French Grammar Guide

The five French accent marks — é, è, ê, ç, ë: what each one sounds like, when to use it, and the pairs like a/à and sur/sûr where the accent changes meaning.

Learn the most reliable French noun gender endings, common exceptions, people and professions, and why le problème but la solution are normal.

Master French subject pronouns — je, tu, il, elle, on, nous, vous, ils, elles — including what on means, why it takes a singular verb, and a quick quiz.

Tu or vous? A practical decision guide by situation — strangers, work, shops, family — plus how to switch to tu and how to recover if you pick wrong.

Learn French present tense conjugation for regular -er, -ir, and -re verbs, plus spelling changes, uses, examples, mistakes, and a quiz.

Conjugate être and avoir in the French present tense and master their uses: identity, location, possession, and age — j’ai vingt ans — with a quick quiz.

How to form the passé composé: avoir or être plus the past participle, regular and irregular participles, agreement, and negation — with examples and a quiz.

Learn the French imparfait: nous-stem formation, the full endings table, être’s one irregular stem, when to use it, and a self-check quiz.

Passé composé or imparfait? Learn the real difference with a simple camera rule, signal words, side-by-side examples, and a quick self-check quiz.

French reflexive verbs explained: present conjugation, passé composé with être, the agreement rule, reciprocal use, and imperative forms.

Learn French adjective agreement: masculine, feminine, plural forms, common ending patterns, irregular adjectives, color nouns, and mixed groups.

Where do French adjectives go? Learn the after-the-noun default, the BAGS adjectives that come first, and adjectives whose meaning changes with position.

Learn French comparatives and superlatives with plus, moins, aussi, que, le plus, and de, including adjective, adverb, and noun patterns.

Bon describes nouns (good), bien describes verbs (well). Learn the simple test, the c’est bon / c’est bien nuance, and why meilleur and mieux follow suit.

C’est or il est? One simple test decides: look at the word after the verb. Clear rules for professions, adjectives, plurals, plus examples and a quiz.