Free French resources, all in one place.
A short, opinionated set of free study plans, printable cheatsheets, a level test, and our paid programs for serious learners. Curated by La Rédaction. No download wall, no email gate, no padded list. Pick one starting point and go.
Free, with no account
Every quiz, plan and PDF on this page is free. No email gate, no sign-up wall. Start instantly.
One plan, one cheatsheet, one habit
You don’t need fifteen apps. You need one structured plan, one printable, and ten focused minutes a day.
Built for English-speaking adults
Every grammar point is explained in English. Every example is a phrase you’d actually use in France.
The Level Quiz
Three minutes, an instant CEFR score, and one specific plan picked for you. The single best first step on this page, and the one we send 90% of new readers to.
The 10 resources at a glance
Scan, jump to your level, click straight through.| Resource | What it does | Level | Type | Get it |
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| 🐭 Level Quiz | Find your true CEFR starting point | A0 → C1 | Free · 3 min | Start → |
| 🗓️ A0 → A1 Plan | 4-week beginner roadmap | A0 → A1 | Free | Open → |
| 🗓️ A1 → A2 Plan | 8-week intermediate roadmap | A1 → A2 | Free | Open → |
| 📄 Present Tense Verbs | 15 essential verbs, conjugations + drills | A0 → A1 | Free PDF | Download → |
| 📄 Articles & Gender | Le, la, les, un, une, des explained | A0 → A1 | Free PDF | Download → |
| 📄 A1 Foundations | Quick-start map for absolute beginners | A0 → A1 | Free PDF | Download → |
| 📚 Learning Center | 60+ free guides on grammar, culture, expat life | All | Free hub | Browse → |
| 📈 Progress Pass | Weekly native audio, CEFR tracking, full archives | A0 → B2 | $19/mo | See → |
| 📈 DELF Prep | Mock exams, written corrections, timed listening | A2 → B1 | $9/mo | See → |
| 🥐 Paris Ready Pack | One-shot guide for travelers to Paris | A0 → A2 | $47 once | See → |
Most people learning French as adults don’t have a content problem. They have a focus problem. There are millions of YouTube tutorials, hundreds of apps, dozens of Reddit threads, and exactly zero clarity. Every week you start a new method, abandon it on day three, and feel guilty about it on day four. That’s the cycle. The best way to learn French for English speakers isn’t another download. It’s a clean shape for the next ninety days.
This page exists to do one thing: narrow your choices. There’s a quiz to find your real level. There are two structured plans, A0 to A1 in four weeks and A1 to A2 in eight, written for people who have twenty-five minutes a day and no Sunday-morning marathon energy. There are three printable PDFs because the act of printing something and pinning it to your fridge moves the needle more than another browser tab. And there’s the Learning Center for the days you want to read instead of drill.
Beneath the free side, there’s the paid side: a $19/month system for serious learners, a $9/month track for DELF candidates, and a one-shot $47 pack for travelers. We’ve kept the boundary clean on purpose. The free resources here are genuinely enough to take an English-speaking adult from zero to A2. The paid programs exist for people who want a weekly cadence, native audio, and someone tracking their CEFR level for them. Both are real products. Neither is a teaser.
One last thing. A lot of beginners get stuck early because they fight the wrong battles. They memorise vocabulary lists no one uses. They argue with grammar rules instead of absorbing them. Learning how to think in French and stop translating is the real unlock, and it doesn’t happen by reading more rules. It happens by doing fewer things, every day, for longer than you’d like.
Top 3 free starters
If you only do three things on this page, do these.The Level Quiz
Best for: finding out where you actually stand.
Twenty questions, instant CEFR score, one plan picked for you. The fastest way to stop guessing whether you’re an A1 or an A2 and start studying the right thing.La Rédaction
Start the quiz →A0 to A1, in four weeks
Best for: total beginners who want a clear shape.
Twenty-five minutes a day, five days a week. Greetings and numbers in week one, the three core verbs in week two, then asking questions and ordering food. By week four, your first real conversation.La Rédaction
Open the plan →A1 Foundations cheatsheet
Best for: one printable to use every day.
Must-know phrases, grammar anchors, pronunciation cues, and a minimal daily routine. The single sheet of paper successful learners pin to their wall and look at every morning.La Rédaction
Download PDF →🗓️ Study plans · A0 to A2
Each plan gives you specific weekly goals you can actually finish. Twenty-five minutes a day, five days a week. If a week feels heavy, reduce the daily time but keep the streak. Repetition beats intensity, every time.
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A0 to A1, in four weeks
For absolute beginners.
Start from zero with greetings, core verbs (être, avoir, aller), and the simple questions you’ll actually use. By week four, you’ll introduce yourself, order food, and ask for directions without freezing.
🐭 Take the Quiz firstWeek 1: greetings, numbers, basic introduction phrasesWeek 2: the three foundational verbs (être, avoir, aller)Week 3: asking questions, following directions, ordering foodWeek 4: review, plus your first real conversation practice -
A1 to A2, in eight weeks
For confirmed beginners ready to push.
Build real beginner fluency through practical themes: food, the city, family, hobbies, and past events. By week eight, you’ll hold short conversations, follow simple podcasts, and write basic emails.
🐭 Take the Quiz firstWeeks 1 – 2: past tense, daily routinesWeeks 3 – 4: food vocabulary, shopping, comparativesWeeks 5 – 6: travel essentials, directions, city lifeWeeks 7 – 8: review, conversation scenarios, mini exam
📄 Cheatsheets · printable PDFs
Pick one. Just one. Print it or save it to your phone home screen. Say the examples out loud every day for a full week. Then move to the next one. The act of looking at the same sheet daily beats any new app you’d download in its place.
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Present Tense, essential verbs
Conjugation tables for the 15 most frequent verbs, plus short drills you can say while making your morning coffee. Covers être, avoir, aller, faire, and the verbs you’ll use most.
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Articles, gender & agreement
Simple rules with clean visuals and quick self-checks. When to use le, la, les, un, une, des, and why French adjectives change their endings.
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A1 Foundations, the quick-start map
Must-know phrases, core grammar anchors, pronunciation cues, and a minimal daily routine. One sheet to pin on the wall and read every morning.
Download PDF ↓
How to actually use this page
One quiz, one plan, one cheatsheet. Don’t open three tabs. The Level Quiz tells you which plan to follow, the plan tells you which cheatsheet to use, the cheatsheet tells you what to say out loud today. Anything more is procrastination dressed up as preparation.
Daily beats binge. Twenty-five minutes a day, five days a week, will outperform a four-hour Sunday session every time. The neural pathways for language are built on repetition, not effort. Pick a fixed slot in your day, defend it, and stop negotiating with yourself.
Print the PDF. Pin it on the fridge, the bathroom mirror, or beside your laptop. Every glance is a free three-second review. You don’t need to formally study a cheatsheet. You need to walk past it twenty times a day for two weeks.
Don’t switch plans mid-stream. The most common failure pattern we see is starting the A0 to A1 plan, hitting week two, deciding it’s “not enough”, and jumping to a new app. Finish the four weeks. Then decide. A realistic French timeline is measured in months, not weeks.
One short article a day. If you have ten extra minutes, open the Learning Center and read one piece. Don’t take notes. Don’t translate. Just read. French pronunciation and listening habits, false friends to avoid, untranslatable French words: pick one, read once, move on.
Frequently asked questions
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Still on the fence? Take the Level Quiz.
If you only have three minutes for this page, spend them on the quiz. It tells you exactly which plan to start, which cheatsheet to print, and which article to read first. Everything else gets clearer once you know your real level.
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