The DELF A2 Exam: What to expect & How to practise with Progress with Lawless French

What does the CEFR French level A2 cover?

French Level A2 grammar

Just like Level A1, the DELF A2 exam is still considered a basic level. At the A2 level, you should be able to talk about simple tasks and understand phrases and expressions about your personal life - like your name, age, place of residence, occupation, etc.

So let's look at some of the topics that the French A2 level covers:

A2 French: Nouns and Articles

• Comparisons of nouns: ‘De plus en plus de’ and ‘de moins en moins de’= more and more and less and less

• Forming the plural of nouns ending in -ou

• Nouns that change meaning depending on whether they're masculine or feminine

A2 French: Adjectives and Adverbs

• Possessive adjectives: "mon" rather than "ma" with feminine nouns starting with a vowel or mute h

• Possessive adjectives: Using mon, ma, mes, etc with parts of the body

• Possessive adjectives: Using son, sa, ses and personne, tout le monde, chacun, il faut

• Possessive adjectives: Use notre/nos when on means we, but son/sa/ses when it means people

• Irregular adverbs: bien, mal, mieux, moins, peu

• Ce/cet/cette and ces = this/that and these/those

• Making comparisons with adjectives and adverbs (2 topics)

• Adjectives after personne, rien, tout le monde, quelqu'un are always masculine

• Indefinite adjectives: d'autres vs des autres= others

• Frais, long, favori, rigolo have irregular feminine forms

• Quel, quelle, quels, quelles + noun= What a...

A2 French: Prepositions

• Monter dans, descendre de = To get on, off transportation

• Time and place: après / avant VS devant / derrière

• Time: Expressing for + [duration] with either pendant, durant, depuis or pour

• Time: en VS dans

A2 French: Numbers, Dates and Times

• Approximate Numbers: une dizaine = ten or so

• Durations: prochain / dernier = next / last

• Saying 'from ... to ...' + dates and times

• Doing arithmetic: numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division

A2 French: Verb Conjugation

• Conjugate verbs in the present tense (Le Présent) (14 topics)

• Conjugate verbs in the compound past (Le Passé Composé) (26 topics)

• Conjugate verbs in the imperfect tense (L'Imparfait) (9 topics)

• Using nous, vous, ils/elles when conjugating verbs for multiple people

• Translating the -ing form of verbs with L'Infinitif (not -ant)

• Expressing necessity and obligation: il faut

• Making comparisons with verbs: plus que, autant que, moins que

A2 French: Forming Questions

• Forming inverted questions in the present tense (4 topics)

• Forming inverted questions with subject pronouns in the compound past

• Forming inverted questions with names, things and emphasis

• Questions: quel, quels, quelle, quelles= which / what

• Questions: que… = what...

• Questions: qui, qui est-ce qui= who

• Questions: qui / qui est-ce que= whom

• Questions: qu'est-ce qui + [verb] = what [does]...

A2 French: Negatives

• Negation Phrases: “Ne…[pas du tout, plus, personne, rien, pas non plus, aucun(e), ni…ni, pas encore, pas assez (de)]” (9 topics)

• Position of direct and indirect object pronouns with negation

• Restrictive ne … que = only (simple tenses)

• Forming simple negative commands (L'Impératif)

• Using 'ne ... pas' with compound tenses (negation)

• N'avoir plus de = To have none left (negation)

A2 French: Pronouns

• Direct Object pronouns: replacing nouns with le, la, l', les = it, him, her, them

• Indirect Object pronouns: replacing people with lui, leur = him, her, them

• Using tout, tous, toute, toutes= Everything, all (of them), whole

• Indefinite Pronouns: quelqu'un, quelqu'un d'autre= someone, someone else

• Indefinite Pronouns: l'autre, les autres = the other one/ones

• Advanced stress pronouns: Moi, toi, lui, elle, soi, nous, vous, eux, elles

• Expressing quantities: quelques, plusieurs, de nombreux= a few, several, many

• Affirmative commands: me becomes moi

• Object pronouns: Le, la, les vs lui, leur in affirmative commands

• Express each/each one/every: chacun, chacune, chaque

• Possessive pronouns: le mien, le tien, le sien= mine, yours, his/hers/its

• Possessive pronouns: le nôtre, le vôtre, le leur= ours, yours, theirs

A2 French: Idioms

• Aimer = to love, like something / someone

• Using 'trouver' to express 'to find' and opinions

• Using 'sentir bon' and 'se sentir bien'

• Avoir raison / tort / de la chance = To be right / wrong / lucky

• Using "plaire" to express liking something / someone

• Aller à = to suit someone (expressions with aller)

• Visiter vs rendre visite à = To visit a place vs a person

• Connaître vs savoir = to know something vs to know how to do

• Expressions with faire (6 topics)

• Expression of time: il y a + duration = ago

• Using ‘être en train de’ to express ongoing actions in the past

• S'en aller = To leave

Smash your French DELF A2 exam

Now that you know what topics Progress with Lawless French can help you practise based on your level, you can start working through them one by one!

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Make sure you read our detailed guide for your A2 exam with practical tips and exercises for you to smash your French DELF A2 exam!

And if you’re ready for your French DELF B1 exam, read about the topics it covers or keep browsing through our list of 8 official French proficiency tests and diplomas to see which is the right one for you.