Basic French Grammar

The grammar guide explores the grammar points addressed in the French lessons on this site. (To see subjects listed by topic, visit the Topical Index.)

Grammar Points by Lesson

Beginner's French I

Lesson 2 - subject pronouns

Lesson 3 - the verb être (to be)

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Lesson 4 - definite articles (le, la, l', les); masculine and feminine

Lesson 5 - indefinite articles (un, une, des)

Lesson 6 - the verb avoir (to have); plural of nouns

Lesson 7 - regular er verbs; verb groups

Lesson 8 - the verb aller (to go)

Lesson 9 - forming negative sentences

Lesson 10 - asking questions; using question words

Beginner's French II

Lesson 11 - telling time; quel, quels, quelle, quelles

Lesson 12 - the verb faire (with weather and sports)

Lesson 13 - adjective agreement

Lesson 14 - adjective placement

Lesson 15 - possessive adjectives (mon, ma, mes, etc.)

Lesson 16 - stressed pronouns (moi, toi, lui, elle, etc.)

Lesson 17 - the verb prendre; expressions with avoir

Lesson 18 - ce, cet, cette, ces

Lesson 19 - « ir » verbs

Lesson 20 - reflexive verbs

Beginner's French III

Lesson 21 - the imperative

Lesson 22 - the immediate future (le futur proche or le futur immédiat)

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Lesson 23 - using y to replace a location

Lesson 24 - the partitive (du, de la, de l')

Lesson 25 - using en (to replace de, du, de la, d', des +noun)

Lesson 26 - the passé composé with avoir

Lesson 27 - present participle (expressed as a verb)

Lesson 28 - the pronoun on, as an alternative to using nous

Lesson 29 - irregular verbs (Third Group)

Lesson 30 - irregular verbs (Third Group)

Intermediate Lessons

Lesson 1 - venir, venir de

Lesson 2 - the relative pronouns qui and que

Lesson 3 - verbs which take être in the passé composé (past tense)

Lesson 4 - verbs + infinitive; verbs + à or de + infinitive

Lesson 5 - L'imparfait (imperfect tense)

Lesson 6 - using savoir and connaître

Lesson 7 - depuis with present tense, pendant, pour

Lesson 8 - reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the passé composé

Lesson 9 - direct object pronouns

Lesson 10 - indirect object pronouns

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