Free online French grammar

Part 1. Nouns and the noun phrase in French

Nouns make up about 60% of all words in French, so understanding them, and the expressions in which they are used, is a fundamental stage in mastering French grammar. Noun phrases are made up of nouns or pronouns and the words that help define them, notably adjectives.

• 1.1.   Articles: the definite and indefinite articles in French   with audio
• 1.2.   Pronouns
•         1.2.1   The main pronouns in French 1 : forms and usage
•         1.2.2   Ce, ça and on - other third person pronouns
•         1.2.3   Y and en
• 1.3    Nouns in French - Gender, number and composition of the noun phrase.
  
  1.3.1. FAQs - 12 essential questions and answers
• 1.4.   Adjectives
• 1.5.   Numbers and counting   with audio
• 1.5.1.   Ordinals
• 1.6.   Possession
• 1.7.   Demonstratives - demonstrative adjectives and demonstrative pronouns
• 1.8.  Relative pronouns and relative clauses

Part 2. French verbs

Verbs are the second grammatical category of words in French. They are vital parts of any sentence  since they express the action or process that is taking place. Mastering verbs is often considered the hardest part of learning French.

• 2.0.  An introduction to French verbs
• 2.1. The auxiliaries: être and avoir
• 2.2. The main verb families:
• 2.2.1. verbs in -er,
• 2.2.2. verbs in -ir,
• 2.2.3. verbs in -re
• 2.3.  Modal verbs - vouloir, pouvoir, devoir
•    2.3.1. Conjugation table for devoir
•    2.3.2. Conjugation table for pouvoir
•    2.3.3. Conjugation table for vouloir

• 2.4.  Irregular verbs

• 2.4.1. Twelve vital irregular verbs
• 2.4.2. Irregular verbs in -re
• 2.4.3. Irregular verbs in -er or -ir

• 2.5.  Tenses, voice, mood.

• 2.5.1.  Expressing present time - the present tense   with audio
• 2.5.2.  Past tenses in French
• 2.5.2.1. The preterite and perfect tenses
• 2.5.2.2  The imperfect and pluperfect
• 2.5.3..  Expressing the future
• 2.5.4.  The infinitive in French
• 2.5.5.  The passive voice
• 2.5.6.  The subjunctive mood in French
• 2.5.7.  Forms and tenses of the subjunctive in French
• 2.5.8.  Conditional tenses and conditional clauses

3.  Other parts of speech:

Adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions help to modify meaning and define the relation between nouns and verbs, clarifying their role in the sentence.