French grammar
Every French grammar topic, in one place
Filter by CEFR level, search by topic, and pick the piece that fits what you are stuck on. The catalogue covers the full set of French grammar rules from the SVO baseline at A1 to the register-shifting moves at C1.
Beginner (A1-A2)
-er Verbs Conjugation
The regular French -er verb endings in the present tense as a chart, plus the spelling-change verbs like manger and acheter, and irregular aller.
Beginner (A1-A2)
-re Verbs
French -re verb conjugation in the present: a chart of the regular attendre pattern, the prendre and mettre families, and irregulars like faire and dire.
Beginner (A1-A2)
Adjective Agreement
French adjective agreement in one chart: the feminine and plural endings, when beau becomes bel, nouveau nouvel and vieux vieil, with worked examples.
Intermediate (B1-B2)
Adjective Position
Where French adjectives go: most after the noun, BAGS before it, and a table of adjectives like ancien, cher and propre that change meaning by position.
Intermediate (B1-B2)
Adjectives and Nouns with à or de
Which preposition a French adjective or noun takes before an infinitive: content de, prêt à, facile à versus il est facile de, with a list and examples.
Intermediate (B1-B2)
Advanced French Negation
French negatives beyond ne... pas: ne... que for only, ni... ni, aucun, nulle part and stacked negatives, where each sits in the passé composé, and drills.
All French grammar topics, A-Z
Beginner (A1-A2)
- -er Verbs Conjugation
- -re Verbs
- Adjective Agreement
- Adverb Comparison
- Adverbs of Manner
- Articles
- Avoir vs Être
- Ce, cet, cette, ces
- Cognate Patterns
- Comparatives
- Conditional Tense (Conditionnel)
- Days, Months and Dates
- Demonstrative Adjectives
- Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns
- Feminine Person Nouns
- French grammar cheatsheet
- Future Tense
- Greetings and Basic Phrases
- Imparfait Tense
- Imperative
- Impersonal Verbs
- Indefinite Adjectives
- Interrogative Pronouns
- Irregular Verbs
- Modal Verbs
- Negation
- Nominalisation
- Noun Gender
- Noun Plurals
- Numbers
- Numbers in Daily Life
- Ordering
- Partitive Articles
- Passé Composé
- Passé Composé vs Imparfait
- Possessive Adjectives
- Prepositions
- Quel vs lequel
- Question Words and the 3 Ways to Ask a Question
- Reflexive Verbs
- Regular -ir Verbs
- Relative Pronouns
- Stressed Pronouns
- Subject Pronouns Chart
- Superlatives
- Time Expressions
- Venir de + Infinitive
- Word order in French
- Word-Building
Intermediate (B1-B2)
- Adjective Position
- Adjectives and Nouns with à or de
- Advanced French Negation
- Avoiding the Passive
- Conditionnel Passé
- Conjugation cheatsheet
- Demonstrative Pronouns
- Dont
- Faire Causatif
- Futur Antérieur
- Future Tense After quand
- Gérondif and Present Participle
- How to Say However, Although and Despite
- How to Say Therefore, So, Thus and Hence
- Infinitive or Subjunctive? The Same-Subject Rule
- Intermediate grammar (B1-B2)
- Lequel, Auquel, Duquel
- Passive Voice
- Past Subjunctive (Subjonctif Passé)
- Perception Verbs + Infinitive
- Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect)
- Possessive Pronouns
- Present Subjunctive Conjugation Tables and Irregulars
- Reported Questions and Commands
- Reported Speech
- Sequencing French Past Tenses
- Should Have
- Si Clauses
- Slang and Verlan
- Subjunctive After Conjunctions
- Subjunctive After il faut que and vouloir que
- Subjunctive in Relative Clauses, with Examples
- Subjunctive vs Indicative
- The French Subjunctive After Doubt, Emotion and Opinion
- Verbs Followed by à or de
- Y and En