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A noun is a naming word used for a person, thing, place or idea. The word for ‘the’ or ‘a’ changes depending on the gender of the noun and whether it is singular or plural.

Prepositions describe where and when something is in relation to something else. Get to grips with some commonly used French prepositions and check your understanding with activities and a quiz.

In French most adjectives come after the noun. Get to grips with constructing sentences containing adjectives and how to ‘agree’ them with the nouns they describe.

Adverbs add meaning to a verb and describe actions. They usually describe the 'where', 'when' or 'how'. Practise using them in French sentences.

Pronouns replace nouns in a sentence. They are usually quicker ways to refer to a noun and reduce repetition. Types of pronoun include subject pronouns, direct and indirect object pronouns.

Use the present tense to describe what happens regularly and what is happening now. Get to grips with regular and irregular verbs and check your understanding with activities and a quiz.

The perfect tense describes an action in the past that has finished. The pluperfect is used to talk about actions far back in the past such as events that have happened.

The imperfect tense describes an ongoing action in the past or something that used to happen. Get to grips with using the imperfect tense and check your understanding with a quiz.

Use the near future and the simple future tenses to talk about what will happen in the future. Find out how to form and use them and check your understanding with activities and a quiz.

The conditional is used to describe what would, could or should happen. Get to grips with how to form the conditional and check your understanding with activities and a quiz.

The infinitive, the imperative, the present participle, the present subjunctive, the perfect infinitive and the passive voice are French verb forms.

Do you know how to ask questions in French? Get to grips with common question words and check your understanding with activities and a quiz.

Forming negatives is an important part of speaking and writing French. Find out how to form negative structures, then check your understanding with activities and a quiz.