A2 French Lessons: Everyday Grammar and Routines
Build connected sentences for everyday life. Work on quantities, places, time expressions and daily routines, then compare ways to talk about future plans. Review a theme when the examples still need support.
Tu progresses! On continue. 💪
Turn familiar words into everyday French.
Follow a day from getting up to making plans for tomorrow. Notice where reflexive pronouns belong, how French expresses a duration, and why the date alone does not choose your future tense. Use the games to check a specific pattern, then describe your own routine.
A useful way to begin
Choose one everyday situation and make two or three sentences of your own. Use the linked practice to check the pattern before moving on.
This collection covers the lessons currently available at this level. Follow the themes that help you; it is not a complete CEFR course. Not sure where to start? Try the level quiz.
Strengthen everyday grammar
Describe a routine, an ongoing duration and a future plan with the appropriate verb pattern.
Language Foundations10 Common French Mistakes English Speakers Make
Understand ten common French mistakes involving gender, verbs, prepositions and pronunciation. Compare examples and practical corrections. An error becomes easier to fix when you understand the…Read the article
Language FoundationsDu, De La, Des or De? French Quantities Explained
Choose French partitive articles and de after quantities or negatives. Compare everyday food examples, exceptions and a practice quiz.Read the article
Language FoundationsFrench Prepositions of Place: À, En, Au and Chez
Choose French prepositions for cities, countries and people’s homes. Compare à, en, au, chez and return journeys with examples and audio.Read the article
Language FoundationsDepuis vs Pendant vs Pour: French Time Expressions
Choose depuis, pendant, pour, dans or en to describe time in French. Compare timelines and examples, then test your understanding.Read the article
Language FoundationsFrench Reflexive Verbs: Daily Routine and Word Order
Build a daily routine in French with reflexive pronouns, negatives and infinitives. Compare translated examples, listen and practise.Read the article
Language FoundationsFutur Proche vs Futur Simple: Examples and Practice
Compare futur proche and futur simple in French plans, promises and announcements. Learn the forms and practise choosing the tense.Read the article
Put it into practice
Practice gameDu, de la or des?- Practice gameÀ, de, en or chez?
- Practice gameTu or vous?
- Practice gameDepuis, pendant or pour?
- Practice gameBuild a French daily routine
- Practice gamePlans and promises in French
Try it yourself
Describe your morning routine with reflexive verbs and state a plan for tomorrow. Compare a near-future intention with a promise in the futur simple, then try both games.
Make everyday exchanges feel familiar.
Rehearse a shop visit, a plan for the weekend or a short conversation about your day.
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Describe a place with concrete vocabulary
Combine nouns and descriptive adjectives to describe what you see.
Language FoundationsFrench Nature Vocabulary: Trees, Rivers and Mountains
Describe nature in French with vocabulary for trees, rivers, mountains and weather. Compare landscape terms through translated examples and audio. Landscape words help you describe what…Read the article
Language FoundationsFrench Countryside Vocabulary: Farms and Village Life
Learn French countryside vocabulary for landscapes, farm buildings, animals, seasons and village life, with translated examples and a glossary. Countryside vocabulary becomes easier to remember when…Read the article
Try it yourself
Choose five useful words from the nature glossary, then three from the countryside guide. Write a short description of a familiar place.
Avoid familiar-looking words that mislead
Replace literal translations with a word that fits your meaning.
Try it yourself
Start with the critical four false friends. Make a French example for each, then return to the definitions to check that your meaning fits.
Understand short messages and spoken reductions
Recognise common texting codes and hear familiar phrases in connected speech.
Language FoundationsFrench Texting Slang: 57 Codes and How to Reply
Decode 57 French texting slang terms and learn how to reply. Compare shorthand, emoji and register with translated messages and examples. French messages often shorten sounds…Read the article
Language FoundationsUnderstand Spoken French: Liaison, Rhythm and Reductions
Understand spoken French through liaison, rhythm, reduced forms and word groups. Compare examples and recover when you miss a phrase. Missed words often come from sound…Read the article
Put it into practice
- Practice gamePoison or poisson?
Reading & listeningRead and listen to the French Briefing- Practice gameNumbers by ear
- Practice gameWhat did they say?
Try it yourself
Read the everyday adult abbreviations in the texting guide and the reductions section of the pronunciation guide. Rewrite three short messages in full French.
Give one idea a little practice.
You do not need a long reading list for today. Choose one guide and leave with something you can actually use.
Notice the pattern
Read the examples before trying to memorise a rule. In the Foundations lessons, use the French audio to connect the written phrase with its sound.
Try it for yourself
Use the exercises or linked practice where available. Look at why an answer works, then make a new sentence about your own life.
Meet it again
Listen for the pattern in a conversation or a short text. Return to the lesson when you need a reminder, then choose your next useful topic.
Make this the French you actually use.
You have explored the lessons. Now put the language to work. Practise the mistakes that hold you back, then take your French into a real conversation.
Make everyday exchanges feel familiar.
Rehearse a shop visit, a plan for the weekend or a short conversation about your day.
Choose a tutor, compare lesson prices and book a conversation with a clear goal. Bring one point from your reading, try it aloud and leave with something specific to practise next.
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