B1: Intermediate
B1: Adjectives & Adverbs
- Chaque/Tous les + [durée] = Each/every + [duration] (French Indefinite Adjectives)
- Même can mean "same", "itself", "very", "exact" and "precise" as an adjective, and "even" as an adverb in French
- Dernier = final/previous (French Adjectives that change meaning according to position)
- Forming the feminine of adjectives ending in -u in French
- Ancien = former/old (French Adjectives that change meaning according to position)
- Certain = specific / sure in French (adjectives that change meaning according to position)
- Better and better, worse and worse = de mieux en mieux, de pire en pire (Comparisons in French)
- Propre = own/clean (French Adjectives that change meaning according to position)
- Plus... plus..., moins... moins... = the more...the more..., the less...the less... (comparisons with phrases)
- Le/la/les plus and Le/la/les moins = The most and the least (Superlative with Adjectives in French)
- Vrai = real/true (French Adjectives that change meaning according to position)
- Supérieur à/Inférieur à (Irregular Comparatives in French)
- Forming the plural of adjectives ending in -al in French
- Forming the plural of French adjectives ending in -al (exceptions)
- Meilleur, mieux, pire / plus mauvais, plus mal = better, best, worse and worst in French (irregular comparatives and superlatives)
- Cher= dear/expensive (French Adjectives that change meaning according to position)
- Quelque/quelques vs Un peu de/peu de = A couple/a few vs a bit of/few (French Indefinite Adjectives)
- Compound colour names and colour names derived from things are invariable (French Colour Adjectives)
- Some French adverbs end in -ément
B1: Idioms, Idiomatic Usage, and Structures
- Passer/se passer/se passer de - the different meanings of the verb "passer" in French
- Differences between French and English usages - Passer un exam vs To pass an exam
- Avoir un exam = To pass an exam (French Expressions with avoir)
- Passer can be used with avoir or être in compound tenses depending on its meaning in French (Le Passé Composé)
- Expressing "to leave" with partir/laisser/quitter/sortir in French
- Using the compound past (Le Passé Composé) vs the present (Le Présent) in negative sentences with "depuis" (since/for) in French
- Avoir du mal à/avec = To have trouble, to struggle to/with (French Expressions with avoir)
- Using "faillir + [infinitive]" to say you almost did something in French
- By + [point in time] = d'ici [moment] in French
- Using "si" + L'Imparfait in hypothetical sentences with Le Conditionnel Présent
- Rappeler [à quelqu'un] = to remind [someone] in French
B1: Pronouns
- Qui = Who/which/that (French Relative Pronouns)
- Que = Whom/which/that (French Relative Pronouns)
- En can replace de + [phrase] (French Adverbial Pronouns)
- Using neuter pronouns le or l' to refer to previously mentioned ideas (French Direct Object Pronouns)
- Y can replace à + [thing/object/location] (French Adverbial Pronouns)
- Celui/celle/ceux/celles = the one(s) (French Demonstrative Pronouns)
- Certain(e)s d'entre eux/elles = Some of them (French Indefinite Pronouns)
- Using French adverbial pronoun "y" in affirmative commands in the imperative mood (L'Impératif) in French
- Using French adverbial pronoun "en" in affirmative commands in the imperative mood (L'Impératif) in French
- L'un(e) ... l'autre/Les un(e)s ... les autres = One ... the other(s) (French Indefinite Pronouns)
- Using neuter pronoun le to replace adjectives (French Direct Object Pronouns)
- Où can mean where AND when (French Relative Pronouns)
- Ce qui (vs ce que) = what/which (French Relative Pronouns)
- Ce que (vs ce qui) = what/which (French Relative Pronouns)
B1: Negative Words & Constructions
- Ne ... nulle part = Nowhere (French Negations)
- Ne ... pas = Not - with reflexive verbs in compound tenses (French Negations)
- Position of French object and adverbial pronouns in negative commands in the imperative mood (L'Impératif) in French
- Conjugate reflexive verbs in the imperative mood in French (L'Impératif) - negative commands
- Personne ne ..., rien ne ... = No one, nothing (negation) in French
- Using restrictive ne … que to express only with compound tenses (French Negations)
- Aucun/e … ne = None (French Negations)
- Combining two or more negations (French Negations)
- Ni l'un(e) ni l'autre ne ... = Neither (one nor the other) (French Negations)
- Omitting the "ne" in informal negative sentences in French (French Negations)
B1: Verbs Tenses & Conjugation
- Conjugate paraître/connaître and derivatives (+ avoir) - except apparaître and naître - in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)
- Conjugate courir and derivatives (+avoir) in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)
- Conjugate reflexive verbs in the imperative mood in French (L'Impératif) - affirmative commands
- Conjugate battre and derivatives (+avoir) in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)
- Conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Conjugate être in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Conjugate avoir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Conjugate faire in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Conjugate aller in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Conjugate -dre and -re verbs in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Quand/pendant que + future tense (Le Futur Simple) - not the present tense = When/while I do something in the future (Sequence of Tenses in French)
- Conjugate -éXer, -eXer, -eter, -eler verbs in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Conjugate semi-regular -oyer/-ayer/-uyer verbs in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Conjugate venir/tenir and derivatives in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Conjugate vouloir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Conjugate pouvoir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Conjugate devoir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Conjugate voir/envoyer in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Conjugate recevoir and other -cevoir verbs in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Conjugate most French verbs in the conditional present (Le Conditionnel Présent)
- Conjugate être in the conditional present in French (Le Conditionnel Présent)
- Conjugate avoir in the conditional present in French (Le Conditionnel Présent)
- Conjugate pouvoir in the conditional present in French = could (Le Conditionnel Présent)
- Conjugate devoir in the conditional present in French = should (Le Conditionnel Présent)
- Conjugate faire in the conditional present in French (Le Conditionnel Présent)
- Conjugate aller in the conditional present in French (Le Conditionnel Présent)
- Conjugate savoir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- En + "-ant" = While/by + "-ing" in French (Gerund/Le Gérondif)
- Conjugate valoir in the present tense in French (Le Présent)
- Conjugate courir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Conjugate mourir in the present tense in French (Le Présent)
- Conjugate apparaître in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)
- Conjugate acquérir and other irregular -QUÉRIR verbs in the present tense in French (Le Présent)
B1: Prepositions & Conjunctions
- Which prepositions to use with celebration days - like Christmas - in French
- Expressing distance in French with "à ... de ..." = (at) ... km from ... (French Prepositions)
- Quelque chose de + [adjectif] = Something [adjective] in French
- Which prepositions to use with name days - like Saint Valentine's Day - in French
