A0 to A2 French course roadmap
The whole course on one page: 45 lessons in 9 parts, 4 review tests, 2 mini exams and a final A1 exam — with the grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, speaking and listening syllabus of every lesson.
Course map
- Lesson 1: Greetings, Alphabet & Silent Letters — greetings, the French alphabet, silent final consonants, first words
- Lesson 2: Vowels, Accents & How Are You? — French vowels a e i o u, accents é è ê à ç ù, asking how someone is, question ↗ vs statement ↘
- Lesson 3: Introducing Yourself (tu vs vous) — je m'appelle, tu vs vous, nasal vowels on an in un, saying where you are from
- Lesson 4: Countries, Nationalities & the French R — countries, nationalities masculine / feminine, je viens de, the French R
- Lesson 5: Numbers 0-20 & Telling Your Age — numbers 0–20, age as a fixed phrase, u vs ou, asking someone's age
- Lesson 6: Spelling Your Name, Liaison & Rhythm — spelling aloud, liaison, elision, rhythm of sentences
- Lesson 7: I Am, You Are (etre) — subject pronouns, le verbe être, je suis / tu es / il est, tu vs vous, survival phrases
- Lesson 8: Gender & Articles (un, une, le, la) — masculine vs feminine, un / une, le / la / l' / les / des, plural formation
- Lesson 9: I Have & Telling Your Age (avoir) — le verbe avoir, j'ai / tu as / il a, age with avoir, avoir expressions
- Lesson 10: Family & Possessive Adjectives — family vocabulary, mon / ma / mes, ton / ta / tes, son / sa / ses
- Lesson 11: Adjective Agreement — adjective agreement, feminine and plural forms, adjective position, colours
- Lesson 12: C'est & Il y a - Describing Your Home — c'est / ce sont, il y a, rooms and furniture, describing where you live
- Lesson 13: Regular -ER Verbs — regular -ER verbs, parler / aimer / habiter / travailler, present tense endings, aimer + noun vs aimer + infinitive
- Lesson 14: Saying No (ne... pas) — the negative, ne… pas, negation with être / avoir / -ER verbs, negative answers
- Lesson 15: Asking Questions — three ways to ask a question, question words, est-ce que, qui vs quoi
- Lesson 16: Places & Transport (aller) — le verbe aller, places in town, à, au, à la, aux, en, transport with en / à
- Lesson 17: Weather, Sport & Hobbies (faire) — le verbe faire, weather, sports and hobbies, jouer à / jouer de
- Lesson 18: Reflexive Verbs & Daily Routine — reflexive verbs, se lever / se coucher / s'habiller, daily routine, telling the time roughly
- Lesson 19: Food, Drinks & the Partitive — food vocabulary, drinks, du / de la / de l' / des, je mange / je bois
- Lesson 20: At the Restaurant — ordering food, je voudrais, polite requests, paying the bill
- Lesson 21: Shopping, Quantities & Clothes — shopping phrases, quantities with de, prices and numbers, clothes and colours
- Lesson 22: Directions & Prepositions of Place — prepositions of place, asking the way, giving directions, imperative preview
- Lesson 23: Time, Days, Months & Dates — telling the time, days of the week, months of the year, dates and daily expressions
- Lesson 24: This & That (ce, cet, cette, ces) — demonstrative adjectives, comparing things, shopping dialogue
- Lesson 25: Past Tense 1 - with avoir — passé composé, avoir + past participle, regular past participles, past time markers
- Lesson 26: Past Tense 2 - with etre — the être verbs (DR MRS VANDERTRAMP), agreement of the past participle, irregular past participles
- Lesson 27: Near Future (aller + verb) — futur proche, aller + infinitive, near-future plans, future time markers
- Lesson 28: Can, Want, Must (pouvoir, vouloir, devoir) — pouvoir / vouloir / devoir, modal + infinitive, polite requests, obligation
- Lesson 29: Giving Instructions (imperative) — the imperative, tu / nous / vous commands, negative commands, polite softening
- Lesson 30: Body & Health - At the Doctor — body parts, avoir mal à, health problems, at the pharmacy
- Lesson 31: Travel - Trains, Tickets & Hotels — train station, buying tickets, hotel check-in, travel problems
- Lesson 32: Work & School — jobs, talking about work, school subjects, studies
- Lesson 33: Talking About Myself & Writing — extended self-introduction, writing a short message, email and text conventions, linking ideas
- Lesson 34: Joining Sentences (et, mais, parce que) — basic conjunctions, because / so / when / if, longer sentences
- Lesson 35: Phone Calls & Invitations — phone phrases, making appointments, inviting and accepting / refusing, apologies
- Lesson 36: Final Revision - Everything Together — full A1 consolidation, grammar summary, exam strategies, next steps
- Lesson 37: Passé composé with avoir — passé composé, avoir + past participle, -er / -ir / -re verbs, saying what you did
- Lesson 38: Passé composé with être — être as helper, movement verbs, participle agreement, aller / venir / rester
- Lesson 39: Time words & telling a story — past time markers, il y a, sequencing words, a short story in the past
- Lesson 40: L'imparfait — how things were — l'imparfait, describing the past, habits, —ais —ait —ions —aient
- Lesson 41: Imparfait vs passé composé — imparfait vs passé composé, quand + imperfect, scene setting, interrupted action
- Lesson 42: Telling a longer story — story structure, both past tenses together, connectors, a 90-second story
- Lesson 43: Le futur proche — je vais + verbe — le futur proche, aller + infinitive, future time words, immediate plans
- Lesson 44: Inviting, accepting, refusing — inviting, accepting, refusing politely, fixing a time and place
- Lesson 45: Le futur simple — je parlerai — le futur simple, future endings, irregular future stems, predictions
Tests and exams
- Review Test 1 — covers Lessons 1–6
- Review Test 2 — covers Lessons 7–12
- A1 Mini Exam 1 — covers Lessons 1–18
- Review Test 3 — covers Lessons 19–24
- A1 Mini Exam 2 — covers Lessons 19–30
- Review Test 4 — covers Lessons 31–36
- FINAL A1 EXAM — covers All 36 lessons
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