A2 Grammar
Complete list of A2 Grammar points with meaning, formation, examples and audio. Tap any point for a full explanation.
- Passé composé (with avoir) The main past tense: avoir + past participle
- Direct object pronouns — le, la, les 'it / them' replacing a direct object, before the verb
- Comparative — plus / moins / aussi … que Comparing with plus/moins/aussi … que
- Passé composé (with être) Past tense with être + agreement of the participle
- Reflexive (pronominal) verbs — se laver Verbs with a reflexive pronoun (se) — actions on oneself
- Futur simple The simple future ('will do')
- Imparfait The imperfect: past description and habits
- Indirect object pronouns — lui, leur 'to him/her/them' — replacing à + a person
- Pronouns en and y en (of/about it) and y (there / to it)
- Negations — ne … jamais / rien / plus / personne Other negatives beyond ne … pas
- Questions with qu'est-ce que / qu'est-ce qui Asking 'what' as object vs subject
- Superlative — le plus / le moins Saying 'the most / the least' (superlative)
- Relative pronouns — qui, que Joining clauses with qui (subject) and que (object)
- savoir (présent) — to know (a fact / how to) savoir = know a fact or how to do something (vs connaître)
- il faut + infinitif — one must / it is necessary il faut + infinitive = general obligation / necessity
- depuis + présent — since / for Present tense + depuis for an action still going on
- Adverbs in -ment — forming adverbs Forming adverbs of manner with -ment
- Impératif — commands (tu, nous, vous) Imperative: giving orders, advice or instructions
- être en train de + infinitive — ongoing action Progressive: to be in the middle of doing something
- Indefinite pronouns — quelqu'un, quelque chose, personne, rien someone / something / no one / nothing
- Irregular comparatives — meilleur, mieux, pire Irregular comparatives: better (adj meilleur / adv mieux), worse (pire)
- Adverbs of frequency — toujours, souvent, parfois, jamais Frequency adverbs: always, often, sometimes, never — usually after the verb
- Adverbs of quantity — beaucoup, trop, assez, peu Quantity adverbs: a lot, too much, enough, little — with a verb or with 'de + noun'
- Position of the adverb Where the adverb goes: after the verb; in the passé composé between auxiliary and participle
- Ordinal numbers — premier, deuxième, troisième Ordinal numbers: first, second, third … (number + -ième)
- Expressing quantity — un peu de, beaucoup de, un kilo de Quantity expressions take 'de' with no article: a little sugar, a kilo of apples
- Prepositions of place — sur, sous, devant, derrière, entre, dans Prepositions that show where something is located
- Prepositions with countries and cities — en France, au Japon, à Paris 'To/in' a country or city depends on gender and number
- Discourse markers — d'abord, ensuite, enfin Sequencing markers: d'abord, ensuite, enfin
- ne … ni … ni — neither … nor ne … ni … ni = neither … nor
- Tag question — n'est-ce pas ? n'est-ce pas ? = invariable tag seeking agreement ('right?')
- si — 'yes' to a negative question si = 'yes' answering a negative question (not oui)
- Gender of nouns — typical endings Endings that hint at gender
- Irregular plurals — -al→-aux, œil→yeux Irregular plural forms
- Nationalities and languages — capital letters Capitalization of nationalities and languages
- Dates and months — le 3 mai Saying dates and months
- Expressing likes — aimer + definite article Verbs of preference take the definite article
- il est vs c'est un + profession il est vs c'est un with professions
- Countable vs uncountable — du / de la vs un / une Partitive vs indefinite articles
- mettre — present and passé composé mettre = to put / put on (irregular)
- dire — present and passé composé dire = to say / tell (irregular)
- voir — present and passé composé voir = to see (irregular)
- connaître — to be familiar with connaître = to know / be familiar with (irregular)
- écrire and lire — present écrire = to write, lire = to read (irregular)
- boire — present and passé composé boire = to drink (irregular)
- partir, sortir, dormir — the -ir type without -iss- partir/sortir/dormir = to leave / go out / sleep (irregular -ir)
- ouvrir and offrir — -ir verbs conjugated like -er ouvrir/offrir = to open / to offer (-ir, present like -er)
- Impersonal weather verbs — il pleut, il neige, il fait beau Weather with impersonal 'il' (it)
- Questions across registers — familiar / standard / formal Three registers for questions: intonation (familiar), est-ce que (standard), inversion (formal)