Grammar and Vocab themes by level
A0: Entry Level
- Birthdays and Seasonal Greetings
Vocabulary concerning birthdays, Easter and Christmas. - Colours
Words for common colours. - Relatives: nuclear family
Words to describe your immediate family. - Greetings and introducing yourself
How to say hello, say your name, where you live, where you come from and your job, and goodbye. - Talking about your family
How to say how many siblings and parents you have, and pets - Talking about your age
How to say how old you are, and when your birthday is. - Going to the clothes shop
How to ask for simple things, describing them by name, number and colour - How are you?
How to ask someone how they are, understand basic responses, and to say how you are. - Describing things you see
How to describe simple objects with colour and simple adjectives, using "c'est" - Waiter, I would like ...
How to politely ask for simple things at the restaurant, describing them by name and number and other simple requests - Describing yourself
How to describe yourself physically, using simple adjectives - Expressing simple opinions about things
How to say "It is..." and express simple opinions. - Describing your house
How to say how many rooms they are in your house, and what is in them, using "il y a" and simple nouns and adjectives - Describing your city
How to say what you find in your city, general places, using "il y a" - Months
The names of all the months. - Numbers 11 to 31
The numbers 11 to 31 in French. - Days of the week
The names of the days of the week. - Numbers 0 to 10
The numbers 0 to 10 in French. - Nationalities - bonus material
A small introductory selection of nationalities. A1: Beginner
- Vocabulaire - Les animaux de la ferme
Useful list of farm animals in French - Colours - feminine forms
The feminine form of 11 basic colours - Emotions and feelings - bonus material
Extra vocabulary to express opinions - Ailments and remedies - bonus material
Extra vocabulary related to medecine. - Relatives: extended family
A selection of members of extended family. - Restaurant meats - common
A selection of common meats. - Restaurant - dish adjectives
A selection of adjectives used to describe your food. - Stationery - common
A selection of common stationery equipment. - Vocabulaire - Les sujets d'école
A useful list of the main school subjects in French - Expressions of time - basic
Common vocabulary to place an action in time. - Town places - common
A selection of common town places. - Describing simple objects and their locations
All the things you need to know to describe how objects and where they are relative to other things - Sports - common
A selection of common sports. - Hotel - bonus material
Extra vocabulary related to hotels. - Post Office - bonus material
A selection of specific vocabulary related to the post office. - Seaside - bonus material
Extra vocabulary related to the seaside. - Restaurant drinks - common
A vocabulary list of common drinks. - Describing other people's personality
Describe someone else's personality with simple adjectives and adverbs - Describing other people physically
Describe someone's face using adjectives and adverbs - Talking about places...
Give your opinions about places using verbs like "aimer"... adverbs and adjectives - Relationships with family
Say how you get along with your family, who you like or dislike and why. - What do you do for a living?
Say what people do for a living, using masculine and feminine - My routine
Say what time you usually get up, have a wash, go to work... until bed time. - What I wear ...
Talk about your clothes and other's, using colour adjectives - Clothing - casual
A selection of everyday clothes. - On the telly
Say what you like on TV, talk about your favourite films and shows - Hobbies and pastimes
Talk about what you do during your spare time, how often, and give simple opinions on it - Next weekend
Talk about what you are going to do during the weekend, using Close Future. - Describing my house
Describe where you live, the type of house and where it is situated - In my neighbourhood
Say where are the main places in your neighbourhood according to your house - I'm going food shopping
Say what fruit or veg you need to buy and the quantities you need - Numbers: the tens (10, 20... 90)
The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 - Household chores
Say what chores you do at home and how often - Directions
Say how to get to the places in town, using basic directions - At the shops
Ask and tell prices in French and choose a way to pay. - Going to the chemist's
To say which part of your body hurts and simple symptoms - Going abroad
Talk about countries you go to and your choice of transport - countries - bonus material
list of common countries - Making travel arrangements
Ask and book train/plane tickets - Booking a hotel
Ask and book a room in a hotel - Ordering at a restaurant
Order from a menu and ask for the bill - Describing my bedroom
Say where are the objects in my room, and simple adjectives - Going out
Invite someone out, giving the details, and saying you can't go with excuses - What's the weather like?
Talk about the weather in general, using specific expressions in Present tense and seasons - Numbers: hundreds, thousands, millions, billions
Vocabulary for large numbers, hundreds, thousand, millions and billions - Numbers 70 to 99
The numbers 70 to 99 in French. - Dear Gran
Write a postcard and tell about your holidays, using present tense - Getting ready to go out
Talk about what you do to get ready before going out, using reflexive verbs in present tense - Live chat (Phone/Facebook/Whatsapp/MSN) 2
How to ask what someone's doing and describe what you're doing using the present tense - À table! J'arrive!
Simple commands and use the present tense to express immediate/near future actions. - Clothing - sportswear
A selection of sportswear clothes. - Clothing - accessories
A selection of clothes accessories. - Time - units
How to express durations (minute,second,week,...). - Grammar practice: Forming Feminine
How to identify word gender and form feminine of adjectives. - Grammar practice: Forming Plural
How to form the plural form of nouns and adjectives. - Phobias
Talk about what scares you, using avoir peur de - It's mine!
Talking about someone's possessions, using "de" and possessive adjectives - Who's first?
Talking about ranking, using ordinal numbers - Basic Maths
Talk about basic calculus in French, including fractions and large numbers - Grammar practice: Forming Questions in simple tenses
How to ask simple questions. - Grammar practice: Negative expressions
How to form basic negative sentences. - My favourite subject
Say what you like or don't like about school - What time is it?
How to ask and tell the time - Makeup and cosmetics
Vocabulary related to cosmetics. - Nationalities - bonus material
A selection of nationalities - House-bathroom
French A1 theme A2: Lower Intermediate
- Kitchen - general
A selection of items that you would find in the kitchen. - Shopping - containers
A list of items used to contain food. - Animals - wild animals
A selection of animals from the jungle and wild areas. - Fruit - bonus material
A selection of common fruit. - Camping - bonus material
Extra vocabulary related to going camping. - Cooking - verbs
Extra vocabulary to talk about how to cook. - Car accident - bonus material
A selection of terms describing a car accident. - Directions - bonus material
More vocabulary about how to find one's bearings. - Restaurant - fish and seafood - common
A selection of seafood and fish vocabulary. - Vegetables - bonus material
A selection of common vegetables. - Nature and countryside - common
Vocabulary to describe what you would see in the countryside. - Restaurant - general
A selection of items that you would find in a restaurant. - Cooking - condiments
Vocabulary for all the extras you'll find on a dinner table. - Restaurant food - extra
More food vocabulary. - Vocabulaire - À l'école
Useful French vocabulary related to school - Shopping - general
A selection of vocabulary related to shops. - Shopping - quantity
A selection of terms to express quantities in the context of shopping. - Computers - common
Extra vocabulary related to computers. - Expressions of time - common
A selection of vocabulary to express frequency and time. - Town places - bonus material
A selection of more town places. - Car description - bonus material
Vocabulary to describe parts of a car. - Travel by plane - bonus material
Extra vocabulary related to travelling by plane. - Travel by train - bonus material
Extra vocabulary related to travelling by train. - Weather - bonus material
Extra vocabulary related to the weather. - Adjectives of opinions - bonus material
Adjectives to express one's opinion. - Professions - bonus material
A selection of extra professions. - It was raining, so I...
Say what you did last weekend in correlation with what the weather was like - Last summer
Talk about what you did last summer, using passé composé with activities - Last Christmas
Say what you did on last Christmas day, using reflexive verbs in the passe compose and adverbs - Last Easter
Say what you did last Easter, using passe compose and imperfect for your opinion - The highway code
Talk about what you must and mustn't do on the road, using "il faut" and "il ne faut pas" - Saving the planet
Say what people must do or mustn't do for the environment (using falloir and devoir), and what you do - Eating healthily
Say what is more or less healthy to eat/drink, and talk about your food habits - Where do you prefer to go on holiday?
Say which is your favorite holidays (beach or mountain) and why, using pouvoir ... - Evolution of technologies
Talk about what we could do before and we can do now with new technologies, using the imperfect - Recipes
Give instructions to cook using the imperative tense - When I was little
Talk about what you remember you used to do, using imperfect tense - Comparing holiday types of accomodation
Compare types of holiday accomodation and say which one is your favorite - Bad habits
Talk about bad habits you used to have and still have or not, using imperfect and present - We've been robbed!
tell what happened and say what is missing using object pronouns - That's what she said!
reporting someone's instructions, using indirect speech in the past tense with passe compose and use of infinitive - This shirt's too tight!
Say how clothes fit you and what is the problem when they don't, and use le la les to refer to it or them - What is there to do in this city?
Get information about a place you're visiting - On my way to work
Say by which mean you go to work and how long it takes, using "y" for "there" - Around the board game
Understand and join in silly arguments while playing games! - Mon amour
Talk about your love life in past and present tense, using simple and reflexive verbs - Clothing - jewellery
A selection of jewellery items. - Restaurant toppings - common
A selection of toppings you could find on your pizza. - Animals - sea
A selection of animals that live in the sea. - Animals - general
A list of more advanced animals. - Emotions and feelings - bonus material
Extra vocabulary to express one's feelings. - Hobbies and pastimes - common
A selection of common hobbies. - My car broke down!
How to report a car breakdown or accident and ask for help - I've just done it
Talk about what you've just done, using "venir de" + infinitive - Grammar practice: Negative expressions
How to form more complex negative sentences. - Grammar practice: Forming Feminine - advanced
How to form more complex feminine of adjectives. - Adjectives That Change Meaning According to Position
How to position and understand certain adjectives according to their meanings. - I'm late! I'm late! For an important date!
Say you are late, early or on time, and why - Grammar practice: Indefinite pronouns
How to use and understand a selection of indefinite pronouns. - Grammar practice: Forming Plural - advanced
How to form more complex plural of nouns and adjectives. - Grammar focus: Disjunctive/stress pronouns
How and when to use moi, toi, lui etc for emphasis - Grammar practice: Forming Questions in the Passé Composé
How to ask questions in the Passé Composé. - Les participes passés irréguliers
A selection of irregular past participles in French B1: Intermediate
- Clothing - smart and business
A selection of smart clothes. - Restaurant - fish and seafood - gourmet
Vocabulary for less commons types of fish and seafood. - Vocabulaire - La banque
Useful list of French vocabulary related to the bank - Restaurant meats - gourmet
Vocabulary to describe various cuts and types of meats. - Restaurant drinks - apéritifs
Vocabulary concerning pre-dinner drinks. - Vegetables - gourmet
Names of some of the less common types of vegetables. - Hobbies - DIY
Doing some painting and decorating? Here's the vocab you'll need. - At the doctor's - bonus material
Extra vocabulary to describe how you hurt yourself. - Hobbies and pastimes - advanced
Names for less common past-times. - In the countryside - advanced
More advanced vocabulary you'll need for you country walks! - Restaurant - dish-styles
Descriptions of how dishes might be cooked that you will typically see on a menu. - Computers - advanced
Surf into the digital age with this advanced IT vocab. - Expressions of time - advanced
More expressions used with time. - Car vocabulary - advanced
Less common vocabulary for your automobile. - Hair description - bonus material
Extra vocabulary to describe someone's hair. - Parts of the body - bonus material
Extra parts of the body. - I can swim now!
Talk about what you could/can do and how you learn, using imperfect, passé compose and present tenses. - Excuse me, waiter!
Ask questions and complaint in a restaurant - Tomorrow will be sunny
Talk about the weather predictions, using future tense - Can I leave a message?
Ask for someone on the phone and leave a message, using specific vocabulary - What's up, Doc?
Ask and understand medical advice and instructions - Cost of living
Talk about prices and compare different cities' cost of living, using comparative and superlative - Job interview
Ask questions about the job, and answer specific questions - On my next holiday
Talk about what you will do and what you hope for it (weather...), using the future tense - My ideal job
Say what would be your ideal job and why, using conditional tense, comparative and superlative - Problem at the ATM
Say what your problem is and ask for help - When I'm 64
To talk about what will happen in your life, using future tense - Grammar practice: Negative expressions - advanced
Grammar focus on the various forms of negative expressions and their subtleties. - In 3012
Talk about what the future will be like, using le Futur - When I finish school,...
Talk about your plans after school, using le Futur with "quand" - Who's that girl?
Making people guess who you are talking about, using passé composé and relative pronouns - Grammar practice: Forming Questions using Le Futur
How to form questions in the future tense by inversion for regular and reflexive verbs. - Grammar practice: Object pronouns with imperatives and commands
Grammar focus on pronouns that are the object of the verb. - If I won the lottery,...
Talking about what you would do, using Conditional and Imperfect - I should, You should, We should
Talk about what you should and shouldn't do, and give advice. B2: Upper Intermediate
- Have you heard the news?
newspaper article reporting on a "fait divers", testimonies... - Il est venu, le temps des regrets ...
French B2 theme - Il nous a quitté ce matin ...
necrology - futur antérieur, plus-que-parfait... - Il est passé par ici ...
mixed être verbs, récit de journée - Que faire en cas de … ?
subjonctif présent + expressions - Hypothèses (Comment ça se fait... ?)
formulated hypotheses about a situation with Subjonctif - Il était une fois ...
Understand Le passé simple in the context of a fairy tale story - Tu m’aideras ce weekend ?
how to establish a list of activities / chores using futur antérieur and futur - Le Fantôme de l’Opéra - Gustave Leroux (extrait)
literary extract C1: Advanced
- Première présentation de Charles Bovary (Flaubert)
Texte littéraire, extrait de Madame Bovary, description
