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French module

The French module is a complete course in its own right. It covers over 900 verbs conjugated in sixteen tenses, over 1,400 nouns with their gender and plurals, about 280 adjectives with their agreement, and the smaller word classes around them. You don't need to know another language first. Irregular forms are marked in the conjugation tables down to the letters that depart from the pattern.

The ways to study it are described under Ways to study in the User Guide. This guide describes what is in the course, word type by word type.

Each word type has its own tile on Self Study, and each tile opens a hub with the same three sections: Theory, Study and Practice. Level and topic are not set per hub. Your level is chosen by tapping the flag (Scheme and level), the topics in Self Study → Select word scope, and every hub uses both. There is no frequency filter in Self Study.

  • Verbs — over 900 verbs in the three French groups, with fourteen verb groups to choose from and sixteen tenses across the indicatif, conditionnel, subjonctif and impératif. Choose verb groups and tenses, read the theory, look up any verb's full conjugation, then drill meaning, production and recognition, and three choice drills: Passé composé or imparfait, Indicatif or subjonctif and Être or avoir. See Verbs.
  • Nouns — over 1,400 nouns with gender, plurals and translations. The drills are Noun meaning, Pick the correct article, Which article? (the article a whole sentence needs), Singular / Plural and Alternate gender pairs.
  • Adjectives — about 280 adjectives: agreement in gender and number, the irregular feminines and plurals, and position. The drills are Adjective meaning and an Agreement drill.
  • Adverbs — about 170 adverbs: the ones derived with -ment, the irregular forms and the plain lexical adverbs, with an Adverb meaning drill.
  • Pronouns — around 45 pronouns: personal, demonstrative, relative, interrogative and more. The drills are Pronoun meaning, Which pronoun? and an Agreement drill (celui, le mien).
  • Prepositions — about 20 prepositions, with a Preposition meaning drill and a Contrast drill (pour or par, en or dans, à or de).
  • Numerals — cardinals, ordinals, fractions, multiples and collectives, including the vigesimal soixante-dix and quatre-vingts. The drills are Numeral meaning and Does it take an -s?
  • Other Vocabulary — the remaining single words: conjunctions, articles, determiners, interjections and similar.
  • Phrases — over 240 set phrases and common expressions.

Under Tools on Self Study (on the Mac, in the sidebar), Look up finds any conjugated form, plural or vocabulary item. French also has Grammar lessons on the home screen: over fifty step-by-step lessons grouped into modules.

Level schemes

The French course has one level scheme, CEFR: six levels, A1 to C2. To arrange the course differently, duplicate it and make your own (see Level schemes in the User Guide).