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French from zero to A1

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French from zero to A1, taught in English (standard French of France): letters, accents and nasal vowels, introductions with être and numbers to 69, the articles un/une/des and avoir with age, jobs and family, towns and countries with ne… pas and au/du/aux/des, adjectives, likes, home and every way to ask a question, the day by the clock with reflexive verbs, pouvoir, vouloir, devoir and the futur proche, a first story about the past with the passé composé and the imperative, dates, food, shopping and paperwork, and real-life scenes — café, hotel, travel, doctor.

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Module 0. Letters and sounds

Lesson 1. The alphabet, letter names, and accents

14 exercises · I can say any letter of the French alphabet by its French name, write down a word, first name, or last name spelled out to me, and understand what each mark does: é, è, ê, ç, and ï.

Lesson 2. What is silent and what links up

13 exercises · I can read a French word without pronouncing its silent letters, lengthen the last syllable of the group instead of stressing one inside the word, and write l'école and l'ami with an apostrophe where the vowel dropped out.

Lesson 3. Letter pairs, nasal vowels, and tricky sounds

16 exercises · I can read aloud an unfamiliar French word with ou, oi, eau, ch, gn, qu, ph, and a nasal vowel without mixing up [y] and [u], adding an n to a nasal vowel, or adding a glide to é and o.

Module 1. Hello, my name is…

Lesson 1. Bonjour ! Greetings, goodbyes, tu or vous

15 exercises · I can say hello and goodbye in French, choose tu or vous for the situation, say thank you, apologize, and ask someone to repeat.

Lesson 2. My name is: s'appeler, pronouns, and “letter by letter”

16 exercises · I can give my first and last name, ask someone's name with tu and with vous, ask someone to spell a word, and write down what I hear.

Lesson 3. Être: who you are and where you're from

15 exercises · I can say who I am and where I'm from with the verb être, give a nationality in the masculine and feminine, and ask “Where are you from?”

Lesson 4. Numbers 0–69 and phone numbers

16 exercises · I can count to 69 in French, say and write down a phone number in pairs, and tell 13 from 30 by ear.

Lesson 5. Module 1 review

16 exercises · I can say hello and choose tu or vous, give my name and ask someone's, say who I am and where I'm from, and write down a phone number.

Module 2. Who I am and who you are

Lesson 1. Un, une, des: things and c'est

14 exercises · I can name a thing near me in French with the right article — un, une, or des — and say “this is…” and “here is…”: c'est, ce sont, voici, voilà.

Lesson 2. Avoir, age, and the numbers 70–99

17 exercises · I can say what I have, how old I am, and that I'm hungry, thirsty, or sleepy — and count in French past sixty-nine.

Lesson 3. Jobs: “Je suis médecin”

14 exercises · I can name a job — mine or someone else's — in the masculine and the feminine, ask “Quelle est votre profession ?”, and not add an extra article after être.

Lesson 4. Family and possessives: mon, ma, mes…

15 exercises · I can name my relatives and say whose something is: mon, ma, mes, ton, son, notre, votre, leur — choosing the form by the thing, not the owner.

Lesson 5. C'est or il est ?

14 exercises · I can choose between c'est and il est: say “this is a doctor” and “he's a doctor”, “this is my dog” and “she's a saleswoman” — and react to something in one phrase: c'est super !

Lesson 6. Module 2 review

16 exercises · I can put the whole module together: name a thing with the right article, say what I have and how old I am, name a job and my relatives, and choose between c'est and il est.

Module 3. Town, countries, and getting around

Lesson 1. -er verbs: parler, habiter, travailler

14 exercises · I can conjugate any -er verb in all six persons, write j' before a vowel, and avoid mistakes in the five groups where the stem changes in writing.

Lesson 2. The negative: ne … pas

16 exercises · I can say that I don't do something or never do it, put ne and pas around the verb, and replace un, une, des with de after a negative.

Lesson 3. Countries, cities, and the article le, la, les

15 exercises · I can name a country with the right article and say where I live and where I'm from: en France, au Japon, aux États-Unis, à Paris, du Canada.

Lesson 4. In town: il y a and prepositions of place

15 exercises · I can say what there is and isn't in town and explain where it is: in front of the train station, behind the post office, next to the pharmacy, across from the bank.

Lesson 5. Au, aux, du, des: aller and venir

15 exercises · I can say where I'm going and where I'm coming back from — au marché, à la gare, aux toilettes, du musée — and say how I travel: en bus, à pied.

Lesson 6. Module 3 review

16 exercises · I can use the module's five topics together: -er conjugation, the negative, the country article and preposition, il y a with prepositions of place, and contractions with aller and venir.

Module 4. People, tastes, and home

Lesson 1. The adjective: gender, number, position

16 exercises · I can describe a person and a thing: put the adjective in the right gender, number, and position — and not say “un vieux ami”.

Lesson 2. Tastes: aimer, adorer, détester

13 exercises · I can say what I like, love, and can't stand, give a reason with parce que and a purpose with pour — and not lose the article.

Lesson 3. Faire du sport: activities and stressed pronouns

13 exercises · I can say what I do and who with: faire du sport, faire de la natation, jouer au tennis — and say “Moi aussi” or “Moi non plus”.

Lesson 4. Home: rooms, furniture, and ce, cet, cette, ces

13 exercises · I can point to a thing or a room — ce lit, cet appartement, cette cuisine, ces chaises — and say what I have at home.

Lesson 5. Questions: intonation, est-ce que, and all the question words

15 exercises · I can ask a question in three ways: with intonation, with est-ce que, and with a question word — and understand such a question by ear.

Lesson 6. Module 4 review

16 exercises · I can use everything from the module: describe a person and a room, say what I like and what I do, point to a thing, and ask a question in three ways.

Module 5. The day, time, and plans

Lesson 1. What time is it: the time, days of the week, timetables

16 exercises · I can ask and tell the time — both the everyday way and as on a timetable — say on which day and at what time of day I do things, and understand “le lundi” versus “lundi”.

Lesson 2. Daily routine: reflexive verbs

17 exercises · I can talk about my day: what time I get up, wash, get dressed, and go to bed, put me, te, se in the right place, and say it about “we” in two ways — nous and on.

Lesson 3. Finir, partir, attendre: other verbs in the présent (present tense)

16 exercises · I can conjugate verbs that don't end in -er in the present tense: finir and choisir with -iss-, partir, sortir, dormir, attendre, vendre, répondre, and also lire, écrire, dire, and savoir — and say what I know how to do.

Lesson 4. Pouvoir et vouloir: I can, I want, I ask

16 exercises · I can say what I can do and what I want, ask for permission, suggest doing something together, and politely ask someone to repeat.

Lesson 5. Devoir, il faut, and obligation

16 exercises · I can say what I have to do, what everyone has to do, and what you mustn't do, and talk about my workday: a meeting, a break, being late.

Lesson 6. Plans: the futur proche (aller + infinitive) and time expressions for the future

15 exercises · I can talk about plans for tomorrow, the weekend, and next year: build aller plus the infinitive, the negative, and the question — and choose the right time expression.

Lesson 7. Module 5 review

15 exercises · I can review the whole module: the time and days, daily routine, verbs that don't end in -er, can and want, have to and mustn't, plans for tomorrow — and choose between savoir and connaître.

Module 6. Talking about the past for the first time

Lesson 1. Passé composé with avoir (the past tense for completed events): regular past participles

16 exercises · I can say what I did yesterday and last week: put avoir in the right person, form past participles in -é, -i, and -u, and make negative sentences and questions in the past tense.

Lesson 2. Irregular past participles: fifteen forms by heart

16 exercises · I can talk about the past with the most common verbs: remember fifteen irregular past participles and put them after avoir in statements, negative sentences, and questions.

Lesson 3. Passé composé with être: past participle agreement

16 exercises · I can talk about going places and about my life story: choose être or avoir, put the fifteen verbs into the past participle, and make it agree with the subject.

Lesson 4. Yesterday, now, just now: time expressions and the passé récent (venir de + infinitive)

17 exercises · I can place events in time: say what happened the day before yesterday and yesterday, what's happening now, and what I've just done, and talk about my day in order — d'abord, puis, alors.

Lesson 5. Impératif (the imperative): directions and invitations

16 exercises · I can give directions and invite someone: give a command with tu, with vous, and with “let's”, tell someone not to do something, and politely accept or decline.

Lesson 6. Module 6 review

16 exercises · I can put it all together: talk about yesterday, now, and tomorrow, choose avoir or être, make the past participle agree, and give a command.

Module 7. Calendar, food, shopping, and paperwork

Lesson 1. Calendar and weather: months, seasons, the date, and il fait beau

15 exercises · I can name the month, the season, and today's date, say when my birthday is, and say what the weather is like today.

Lesson 2. Food and quantity: du, de la, des, and je voudrais

16 exercises · I can say what I eat and buy, give a quantity, and ask politely: “Je voudrais un kilo de fromage, s'il vous plaît”.

Lesson 3. Shopping: clothes, colors, prices, and payment

18 exercises · I can name an item and its color, ask the price and the size, ask to try something on, and say how I'm paying.

Lesson 4. Paperwork, the phone, and digital life

17 exercises · I can fill out a form in French, give my address and email, answer a call, and ask someone to repeat or speak more slowly.

Module 8. Pratique A1

Lesson 1. Au café et au restaurant: ordering, the check, and the tip

15 exercises · I can get or reserve a table in a French café, ask for the menu, order, answer the waiter's questions, ask for the check, pay in cash or by card, and leave a tip.

Lesson 2. À l'hôtel: booking, checking in, and a problem in the room

13 exercises · I can book a room for the right number of nights, check in at the front desk of a French hotel, hand over my passport and get the key, ask about breakfast and the floor, and say that something in the room doesn't work.

Lesson 3. En route: ticket, platform, and directions

13 exercises · I can buy a one-way or round-trip ticket, ask for the departure time and the platform, understand that the train is late and where to change, validate my ticket, and ask the way to the station or the stop.

Lesson 4. Chez le médecin: what hurts and making an appointment

16 exercises · I can make a doctor's appointment, name the part of the body that hurts, say how long I've been feeling sick, and understand the doctor's questions and advice to rest.