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Beginner to Advanced French Course: Lessons 1 to 40
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1 Introductions | greetings | basic vocabulary | numbers 1-10LEVEL: A0
Core video
Exercise video
- Présentation (dialogue)
Supplementary videos
- Greetings (lesson focus)
- Tu vs. vous (lesson focus)
Quizzes
- Lesson 01 (main quiz)
- Greetings
- Tu vs. vous
- Présentation (testing introducing yourself)
2 Greetings | weather | seasons | days | numbers 1-20 | ordinal numbersLEVEL: A0, A1
Core video
Exercise video
- C'est l'hiver (dialogue)
Supplementary videos
- Numbers 1-20 (lesson focus)
- Ordinal numbers (lesson focus)
- Weather & seasons (lesson focus)
- Days of the week (lesson focus)
Quizzes
- Lesson 02 (main quiz)
- Days of the week
- Numbers 1-20
- Ordinal numbers
- Weather & seasons
- C'est l'hiver (describing the weather)
3 Feelings | emotions | months | dates | numbers 0-100LEVEL: A0, A1
Core video
Exercise video
- Chez le boucher (dialogue)
Supplementary videos
- Months of the year (lesson focus)
- Big numbers (lesson focus)
- Counting in tens (vocabulary)
- Numbers 1 to 100 (vocabulary)
Quizzes
- Lesson 03 (main quiz)
- Months of the year
- Big numbers
- Counting in tens
- Numbers 1 to 100
- Chez le boucher (practising numbers)
4 Alphabet | spell your name | pronunciationLEVEL: A0, A1
Core video
Exercise video
- L'anniversaire de Jacqueline (dialogue)
Supplementary videos
- Alphabet (lesson focus)
- Alphabet (practice)
- Alphabet with Danny (practice)
- Acute & grave accent (lesson focus)
- Circumflex accent (lesson focus)
- Trema accent (lesson focus)
- Cedilla accent (lesson focus)
- AI & EI sounds (lesson focus)
- AIN, AIM, EIN, IN, IM, YM & YN sounds (lesson focus)
- AU & EAU sounds (lesson focus)
- CH sound (lesson focus)
- CH sound - tongue twister (lesson focus)
- É, ET, EZ, ER & ED sounds (lesson focus)
- EN, EM, AN & AM sounds (lesson focus)
- EU sound (lesson focus)
- G & J sounds (lesson focus)
- GN sound (lesson focus)
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- IEN sound (lesson focus)
- ILL sound (lesson focus)
- Πsound (lesson focus)
- OI sound (lesson focus)
- OIN sound (lesson focus)
- ON & OM sounds (lesson focus)
- OU sound (lesson focus)
- PSY, PSO & PSEU sounds (lesson focus)
- R sound (lesson focus)
- S, S & SC sounds (lesson focus)
- TH sound (lesson focus)
- TION & SSION sounds (lesson focus)
- Vowel sounds (lesson focus)
- What NOT to pronounce (lesson focus)
Quizzes
- Lesson 04 (main quiz)
- the Alphabet
- L'anniversaire de Jacqueline (months and alphabet)
5 Definite articles | indefinite articles | partitive articlesLEVEL: A0, A1
Core video
Exercise video
- Au restaurant (dialogue)
Supplementary videos
- Definite articles (practice)
- Definite & indefinite articles (quiz)
- Indefinite articles (practice)
- Partitive articles (practice)
- Why gender is important (lesson focus)
- Feminine words in French (lesson focus)
- Masculine words in French (lesson focus)
- Masculine vs. Feminine (quiz)
- Fruit (vocabulary)
- Meat (vocabulary)
- Non-alcoholic drinks (vocabulary)
- Salty food (vocabulary)
- Sweet food (vocabulary)
- Vegetables (vocabulary)
Quizzes
- Lesson 05 (main quiz)
- Definite articles
- Indefinite articles
- Partitive articles
- Feminine words in French
- Masculine words in French
- Masculine vs. feminine
- Fruit
- Meat
- Non-alcoholic drinks
- Salty food
- Sweet food
- Vegetables
- Au restaurant (articles)
Vocabulary
- Des fruits
- Les animaux de la ferme
- Les animaux domestiques
- Les créatures de la mer
- Les oiseaux
6 Subject pronouns | avoir (to have) | être (to be) | adjective agreement & positionLEVEL: A0, A1
Core video
Exercise video
- Léo le cochon d'Inde (dialogue)
Supplementary videos
- Subject pronouns (practice)
- Nous vs. on (lesson)
- Telling the time - part 1 (lesson focus)
- Telling the time - part 2 (lesson focus)
- Expressions with être (vocabulary)
- Expressions with avoir (vocabulary)
- Être - présent (practice)
- Avoir - présent (practice)
Quizzes
- Lesson 06 (main quiz)
- Subject pronouns
- Telling the time - part 1
- Telling the time - part 2
- Expressions with avoir
- Être - présent
- Avoir - présent
- Léo le cochon d'Inde (adjectives)
7 Conjunctions of coordination | dates | ages | colours | adjectivesLEVEL: A0, A1
Core video
Exercise video
- Ma famille (dialogue)
Supplementary videos
- Adjective position (lesson focus)
- 2 ways of saying "because" (lesson focus)
- Body - part 1 (vocabulary)
- Body - part 2 (vocabulary)
- Body - part 3 (vocabulary)
- Clothes (vocabulary)
- Colours - part 1 (vocabulary)
- Colours - part 2 (vocabulary)
- Family - part 1 (vocabulary)
- Family - part 2 (vocabulary)
- Rainbow song (vocabulary)
Quizzes
- Lesson 07 (main quiz)
- Adjective position
- Body - part 1
- Body - part 2
- Body - part 3
- Clothes
- Colours - part 1
- Colours - part 2
- Family - part 1
- Family - part 2
- Ma famille (describing family)
8 Faire (to do/make) | Expressions with faire | Faire vs. jouer (to play)LEVEL: A0, A1
Core video
Exercise video
- Les loisirs (dialogue)
Supplementary videos
- Expressions with "faire" (lesson focus)
- Percussion instruments (vocabulary)
- Wind instruments (vocabulary)
- String instruments (vocabulary)
- Sport - part 1 (vocabulary)
- Sport - part 2 (vocabulary)
- Time expressions - part 1 (vocabulary)
- Time expressions - part 2 (vocabulary)
Quizzes
- Lesson 08 (main quiz)
- Expressions with "faire"
- Percussion instruments
- Wind instruments
- String instruments
- Sport - part 2
- Time expressions - part 1
- Time expressions - part 2
- Les loisirs (faire & jouer)
9 Aller (to go) | prepositionsLEVEL: A0, A1
Core video
Exercise video
- Le week-end (dialogue)
Supplementary videos
- Dans vs. en (lesson focus)
- Prepositions of place (practice)
- Prepositions - geographical locations (practice)
- Useful prepositions (vocabulary)
- Places - part 1 (vocabulary)
- Places - part 2 (vocabulary)
- Places - part 3 (vocabulary)
- Shops (vocabulary)
Quizzes
- Lesson 09 (main quiz)
- Dans vs. en
- Prepositions of place
- Prepositions - geographical locations
- Useful prepositions
- Places - part 1
- Places - part 2
- Places - part 3
- Le week-end (aller)
10 Infinitive verbs | moods & tenses | 3 verb groups | conjugating groups 1 & 2 verbs (présent)LEVEL: A1
Core video
Exercise video
- Mes activités préférées (dialogue)
Supplementary videos
- Group 1 regular 'ER' verbs - présent (lesson focus)
- Group 1 regular 'ER' verbs - présent (practice)
- Group 2 regular 'IR' verbs - présent (practice)
- Verb groups (practice)
- Essayer (to try) & payer (to pay) - présent (verb)
Quizzes
- Lesson 10 (main quiz)
- Conjugating the verbs manger & commencer
- Group 1 regular 'ER' verbs - présent
- Group 2 regular 'IR' verbs - présent
- Verb Groups
- Mes activités préférées (group 1 & 2 regular verbs - présent)
Verbs
- Finir (to finish)
- Choisir (to choose)
- Aimer (to like/love)
- Donner (to give)
- Mettre (to put)
- Prendre (to take)
11 Group 3 verbs (présent) | impersonal verbs | être en train de (expression) | imperative moodLEVEL: A1
Core video
Exercise video
- Le rendez-vous (dialogue)
Supplementary videos
- Group 3 irregular verbs - présent (lesson focus)
- Group 3 irregular verbs - présent (practice)
- Groups 1, 2 & 3 - common verbs (lesson focus)
- 100 useful verbs (vocabulary)
- Savoir vs. connaître (lesson focus)
- How to say "there is/are" (lesson focus)
Quizzes
- Lesson 11 (main quiz)
- Group 3 irregular verbs - présent
- Groups 1, 2 & 3 - common verbs
- 25 Useful French Verbs and their Opposites
- 100 useful verbs
- Savoir vs. connaître
- Le rendez-vous (testing Group 3 irregular verbs)
12 Simple negations (présent)LEVEL: A1
Core video
Exercise videos
- Le menu (dialogue)
- La fête de la musique (listening & reading)
- Les clés (dictation)
Supplementary videos
- Indefinite articles - in affirmative and negative sentences (practice)
- Simple negations (practice)
- Simple negations (repeat after me)
- 25 french adjectives and their opposites (vocabulary)
Quizzes
- Lesson 12 (main quiz)
- Indefinite articles in negative sentences
- Simple negations - part 1
- Simple negations - part 2
- 25 French adjectives & opposites
- Le menu (negations)
- Les clés
13 Adjectives | comparatives | superlativesLEVEL: A1, A2
Core video
Exercise videos
- Le shopping en ligne (dialogue)
- Ma sœur (dictation)
- Le tunnel sous la manche (gap fill)
- Le TGV ou Train à Grande Vitesse (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Bon vs. bien (lesson focus)
- Adjectives (practice)
- Comparatives (practice)
- Tout, toute, tous & toutes (practice)
Quizzes
- Lesson 13 (main quiz)
- Tout, toute, tous & toutes
- Comparatives
- Adjectives
- Bon vs. bien
- Le shopping en ligne (comparatives & superlatives)
- Ma sœur
- Le tunnel sous la Manche (transport)
14 Possessive adjectives | demonstrative adjectivesLEVEL: A1, A2
Core video
Exercise videos
- Le potager (dialogue)
- Ma voisine (dictation)
- Les élections (gap fill)
- Le quatorze juillet (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Demonstrative adjectives (practice)
- Demonstrative adjectives (live)
- Possessive adjectives (practice)
- Possessive adjectives & genitive cases (live)
Quizzes
- Lesson 14 (main quiz)
- Possessive adjectives
- Demonstrative adjectives (translation)
- Demonstrative adjectives (multiple choice)
- Ma voisine (adjectives)
- Le potager (possessive & demonstrative adjectives)
- Les élections (politics)
15 Passé composé with avoir & êtreLEVEL: A2
Core video
Exercise videos
- Les vacances d'été (dialogue)
- Au théâtre (dictation)
- Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité (gap fill)
- Brigitte Bardot (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Simple negations with passé composé (lesson focus)
- Group 1 regular 'ER' verbs - passé composé (practice)
- Group 2 regular 'IR' verbs - passé composé (practice)
- Group 3 irregular verbs - passé composé (practice)
Quizzes
- Lesson 15 (main quiz)
- Passé composé - Group 1 regular 'ER' verbs
- Passé composé - Group 2 regular 'IR' verbs
- Passé composé - Group 3 irregular verbs
- Simple negations with the passé composé
- Auxiliary verbs with the passé composé
- Les vacances d'été (passé composé)
- Au théâtre
- Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité (politics)
16 Questions | interrogative adverbs: quand, où, comment, combien, pourquoiLEVEL: A1, A2
Core video
Exercise videos
- Le cadeau (dialogue)
- Au camping (dictation)
- Le Mont-Saint-Michel (gap fill)
- Astérix (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Est-ce que ? (lesson focus)
- Est-ce que ? (practice)
- Inversions (lesson focus)
- Où ? (lesson focus)
- Où ? (practice)
- Pourquoi ? (lesson focus)
- Pourquoi ? (practice)
- Comment ? (lesson focus)
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- Comment ? (practice)
- Quand ? (lesson focus)
- Quand ? (practice)
- Combien ? (lesson focus)
- Combien ? (practice)
- N'est-ce pas ? (lesson focus)
- C'est vs. il est (practice)
Quizzes
- Lesson 16 (main quiz)
- Est-ce que ?
- Inversions
- C'est vs. il est
- Test yourself on the different types of questions
- Le cadeau (questions)
- Au camping (passé composé)
- Le Mont-Saint-Michel (geography)
17 Interrogative adjectives | interrogative pronounsLEVEL: A2
Core video
Exercise videos
- Où est la gare ? (dialogue)
- Les questions (dictation)
- La démographie française (gap fill)
- La Tour Eiffel (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Inversions with negations (lesson focus)
- Inversions with passé composé (lesson focus)
- Informal question tags (lesson focus)
- Qui ? (lesson focus)
- Qui ? (practice)
- Quel ? - part 1 (lesson focus)
- Quel ? - part 2 (lesson focus)
- Quel ? (practice)
- Lequel ? (lesson focus)
- Oui vs. si (lesson focus)
Quizzes
- Lesson 17 (main quiz)
- Lequel ?
- Quel ? - part 1
- Quel ? - part 2
- Quel vs. que
- Qui ?
- Inversions with the passé composé
- Inversions with negations
- Où est la gare ? (questions)
- Les questions
- La démographie française (numbers)
18 Irregular plural nouns | irregular adjectivesLEVEL: A2
Core video
Exercise videos
- La petite annonce (dialogue)
- Le livre (dictation)
- Lyon (gap fill)
- Albert Camus (listening & reading)
Supplementary video
- 100 useful adjectives (vocabulary)
Quizzes
- Lesson 18 (main quiz)
- 100 useful adjectives
- La petite annonce (irregular adjectives)
- Le livre
- Lyon
19 Adverbs (role, construction and position)LEVEL: A1, A2
Core video
Exercise videos
- Le chien Tornade (dialogue)
- La manifestation (dictation)
- La Loire (gap fill)
- La grotte de Lascaux (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Bon vs. bien (practice)
- Adverbs of manner (practice)
- Useful adverbs (vocabulary)
- 25 Useful adverbs and their opposites (vocabulary)
Quizzes
- Lesson 19 (main quiz)
- Useful adverbs (adverbs)
- Adverbs of manner
- 25 Useful adverbs and their opposites
- Bon vs. bien (adjectives)
- Le chien Tornade (adverbs)
- La manifestation
- La Loire
20 Futur proche (near future) | participe présent (present participle)LEVEL: A2, B1
Core video
Exercise videos
- Le week-end 2 (dialogue)
- La nuit des musées (dictation)
- Boris Vian (gap fill)
- La Joconde (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Depuis vs. pendant (lesson focus)
- Apporter vs. emporter (practice)
- Emmener vs. amener (practice)
- Another 20 useful prepositions (vocabulary)
- Les faux amis - false friends (vocabulary)
Quizzes
- Lesson 20 (main quiz)
- Les faux amis
- Depuis vs. pendant (prepositions)
- Another 20 useful prepositions
- Emmener vs. amener (verbs)
- Apporter vs. emporter
- Le week-end 2 (futur proche)
- La nuit des musées
- Boris Vian
21 Group 1, 2 & 3 verbs (futur simple)LEVEL: A2, B1
Core video
Exercise videos
- Les 50 ans (dialogue)
- La neige (dictation)
- Le Louvre (gap fill)
- Frédéric Chopin (listening & reading)
Supplementary video
- Group 3 irregular verbs - futur simple (practice)
Quizzes
- Lesson 21 (main quiz)
- Les 50 ans (futur simple)
- La neige
- Le Louvre (culture)
22 Reflexive verbs (présent, futur proche, futur simple & passé composé)LEVEL: A2, B1
Core video
Exercise videos
- Sarah se repose (dialogue)
- La routine (dictation)
- Le métro de paris (gap fill)
- Catherine Deneuve (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Reflexive verbs - présent (practice)
- Reflexive verbs - présent (tenses exercise)
- Reflexive verbs - passé composé (tenses exercise)
- Reflexive verbs - présent (repeat after me)
Quizzes
- Lesson 22 (main quiz)
- Sarah se repose (reflexive verbs)
- La routine
- Le métro de paris (présent)
23 Imparfait | imparfait vs. passé composéLEVEL: A2, B1
Core video
Exercise videos
- Quand j'étais jeune (dialogue)
- La soirée (dictation)
- Jean Ferrat (gap fill)
- Albi (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Group 1 regular 'ER' verbs - imparfait (practice)
- Group 1 'ER' verb irregularities - imparfait (lesson focus)
- Group 2 regular 'IR' verbs - imparfait (practice)
- Group 3 irregular verbs - imparfait (lesson focus)
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- Group 1 irregular 'OYER', 'UYER' & 'AYER' verbs (live)
- Group 1 irregular 'ELER', 'ETER' & 'EVER' verbs (live)
- Passé composé & imparfait (live)
- Mes vacances - gap fill exercise (live)
- Imparfait vs. passé composé (lesson focus)
Quizzes
- Lesson 23 (main quiz)
- Quand j'étais jeune (imparfait)
- La soirée
- Jean Ferrat
24 Simple relative pronouns: qui, que, quoi, dont, oùLEVEL: A2, B1
Core video
Exercise videos
- Le film (dialogue)
- Le tournoi de tennis (dictation)
- Le carnaval de Nice (gap fill)
- Le Festival d'Avignon (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Verbs with "de" & "à" (vocabulary)
- Qui vs. que (practice)
- Manon Des Sources - reading exercise (live)
Quizzes
- Lesson 24 (main quiz)
- Le film (relative pronouns)
- Le tournoi de tennis
- Le carnaval de Nice (culture)
25 Possessive pronouns | demonstrative pronouns | emphatic pronounsLEVEL: A2, B1
Core video
Exercise videos
- La valise (dialogue)
- La maison (dictation)
- La journée internationale des femmes (gap fill)
- Johnny Hallyday (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Possessive pronouns - masculine singular (practice)
- Possessive pronouns - feminine singular (practice)
- Possessive pronouns - masculine plural (practice)
- Possessive pronouns - feminine plural (practice)
- Possessive pronouns (practice)
- C'est vs. ces vs. ses (practice)
Quizzes
- Lesson 25 (main quiz)
- La valise (possessive & demonstrative pronouns)
- La maison
- La journée internationale des femmes (adjectives)
26 Direct & indirect object pronouns | adverbial pronouns EN vs. YLEVEL: B1
Core video
Exercise videos
- Les fratries (dialogue)
- La bibliothèque (dictation)
- Le Guide MICHELIN (gap fill)
- Le Pont du Gard (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Y vs. en (lesson focus)
- Y vs. en (practice)
Quizzes
- Lesson 26 (main quiz)
- Les fratries (direct & indirect object pronouns)
- La bibliothèque (imparfait)
- Le Guide MICHELIN (culture)
27 conditionnel | conditionnel présent | translating modals COULD, SHOULD & WOULDLEVEL: B1
Core video
Exercise videos
- La promenade en bord de mer (dialogue)
- La randonnée (dictation)
- Maigret (gap fill)
- Le palais idéal du facteur cheval (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Comparing group 1 regular 'ER' verbs in 5 tenses (lesson focus)
- Comparing group 2 regular 'IR' verbs in 5 tenses (lesson focus)
- Comparing group 3 irregular verbs in 5 tenses (lesson focus)
- Imparfait vs. conditionnel (lesson focus)
- Group 1 regular 'ER' verbs - mixed tenses (practice)
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- Group 2 regular 'IR' verbs - mixed tenses (practice)
- Group 2 regular 'IR' verbs - conditionnel présent (practice)
- Group 3 irregular verbs - mixed tenses (practice)
- Conditionnel présent - conjugation exercise (live)
Quizzes
- Lesson 27 (main quiz)
- La promenade en bord de mer (conditionnel présent)
- La randonnée
- Maigret (culture)
28 Complex negative constructions (double negations, compound tenses, etc.)LEVEL: B1
Core video
Exercise videos
- Tornade est malade (dialogue)
- La lettre de plainte (dictation)
- Le douanier Rousseau (gap fill)
- La Chandeleur (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- La neige - French to English translation exercise (live)
- Le Canal du Midi - English to French translation exercise (live)
Quizzes
- Lesson 28 (main quiz)
- Tornade est malade (complex negations)
- La lettre de plainte
- Le douanier Rousseau (culture)
29 Comparison with nouns | complex comparative structuresLEVEL: B1
Core video
Exercise videos
- Les meilleurs magasins (dialogue)
- Une manifestation culturelle (dictation)
- Les santons de Provence (gap fill)
- La galette des rois (listening & reading)
Supplementary video
- La 2 CV - gap fill exercise (live)
Quizzes
- Lesson 29 (main quiz)
- Les meilleurs magasins (complex comparative structures)
- Une manifestation culturelle
- Les santons de Provence (participles)
30 SubjunctiveLEVEL: B2
Core video
Exercise videos
- Le passeport (dialogue)
- Ma tante (dictation)
- Le pont d'Avignon (gap fill)
- Jean-Paul Sartre (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Falloir (to be necessary / to need) in 5 tenses (verb)
- Aller au cinéma (dialogue listening exercise)
Quizzes
- Lesson 30 (main quiz)
- Le passeport (subjonctif)
- Ma tante
- Le pont d'Avignon (culture)
31 Subjunctive (continued) | past subjunctive | ne explétifLEVEL: B2
Core video
Exercise videos
- Visite d'une maison (dialogue)
- Le bricoleur (dictation)
- Les vendanges (gap fill)
- Roland Garros (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Alexa interviews Rafael (French in context)
- 25 common slang words (culture)
Quizzes
- Lesson 31 (main quiz)
- Visite d'une maison (subjonctif)
- Le bricoleur
- Les vendanges (verbs)
- 25 common slang words (culture)
32 Compound prepositions | complex prepositional structuresLEVEL: B2, C1
Core video
Exercise videos
- L'amende (dialogue)
- La canicule (dictation)
- Le 1er mai (gap fill)
- Jacques Tati (listening & reading)
Supplementary video
- Alexa interviews Lo (French in context)
Quizzes
- Lesson 32 (main quiz)
- L'amende (complex prepositions)
- La canicule
- Le 1er mai
33 Complex relatives pronounsLEVEL: B2
Core video
Exercise videos
- Le club de yoga (dialogue)
- L'association (dictation)
- Les départements (gap fill)
- Charles de Gaulle (listening & reading)
Supplementary video
- Montréal - reading exercise (live)
Quizzes
- Lesson 33 (main quiz)
- Le club de yoga (complex relative pronouns)
- L'association
- Les départements (politics)
34 Plus-que-parfait (pluperfect/past perfect)LEVEL: B2
Core video
Exercise videos
- Visite des parents (dialogue)
- La carte postale (dictation)
- Marianne (gap fill)
- Les Pyrénées (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Pluperfect - tense conjugation exercise (live)
- Scottish Holiday - English to French translation exercise (live)
Quizzes
- Lesson 34 (main quiz)
- Visite des parents (past perfect)
- Le carte postale
- Marianne (culture)
35 Futur antérieur (future perfect)LEVEL: B2
Core video
Exercise videos
- Le week-end à Avignon (dialogue)
- Le groupe de rock (dictation)
- Les journées du patrimoine (gap fill)
- Versailles (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Alexa interviews Antoine (French in context
- Mademoiselle Perle - part 1 (advanced reading)
Quizzes
- La pandémie (advanced dictation)
- Mademoiselle Perle - part 1 (advanced reading)
- Le week-end à Avignon (future)
- Le groupe de rock
- Les journées du patrimoine (tenses)
36 Conditionnel passé (past conditional)LEVEL: B2
Core video
Exercise videos
- La marche (dialogue)
- Passer une commande (dictation)
- Les César (gap fill)
- Molière (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- À la boulangerie (French in context)
- Mademoiselle Perle - part 2 (advanced reading)
Quizzes
- Lesson 36 (main quiz)
- Leur problème (advanced dictation)
- Mademoiselle Perle - part 2 (advanced reading)
- La marche (conditionnel passé)
- Passer une commande
- Les César (participles)
37 Passé simple (past historic)LEVEL: C1
Core video
Exercise videos
- La Cigale et la Fourmi (dialogue)
- Extrait du Grand Meaulnes (dictation)
- Le camembert (gap fill)
- La moutarde (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- The little Frenchie (French in context)
- Mademoiselle Perle - part 3 (advanced reading)
Quizzes
- Lesson 37 (main quiz)
- Mademoiselle Perle - part 3 (advanced reading)
- La cigale et la fourmi (passé simple)
- Extrait du Grand Meaulnes
- Le camembert
38 Active vs. passive voiceLEVEL: C1
Core video
Exercise videos
- Le cambriolage (dialogue)
- Soirée au théâtre (dictation)
- Colette (gap fill)
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Active vs. passive form (live)
- Mademoiselle Perle - part 4 (advanced reading)
Quizzes
- Lesson 38 (main quiz)
- Mademoiselle Perle - part 4 (advanced reading)
- Le cambriolage (passive and active voice)
- Soirée au théâtre
- Colette (passé simple)
39 Sequence of tenses | subordinate clause vs. main clauseLEVEL: C1, C2
Core video
Exercise videos
- La carambolage (dialogue)
- Serge Gainsbourg (dictation)
- Appel du 18 juin (gap fill)
- La grève (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- Meet la compagnie DERAÏDENZ! (French in context)
- Mademoiselle Perle - part 5 (advanced reading)
Quizzes
- Lesson 39 (main quiz)
- Mademoiselle Perle - part 5 (advanced reading)
- Le carambolage (sequence of tenses)
- Serge Gainsbourg (adjectives)
- La grève (sentence building)
40 Direct v. indirect speech | direct vs. indirect interrogationsLEVEL: C1, C2
Core video
Exercise videos
- La location (dialogue)
- Mes amis musiciens (dictation)
- L'écureuil (gap fill)
- Yves Saint-Laurent (listening & reading)
Supplementary videos
- À la boucherie (French in context)
- Interview with Stefania - part 2 (French in context)
- Mademoiselle Perle - part 6 (advanced reading)
Quizzes
- Lesson 40 (main quiz)
- Mademoiselle Perle - part 6 (advanced reading)
- La location (direct & indirect speech)
- Mes amis musiciens
- L'écureuil
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