The Grand Débutant Course Book includes grammar lessons, exercises, activities and essential vocabulary, complete with colorful illustrations to help further your understanding of basic French.
Designed for self-study, the Grand Débutant Exercise Book is perfect for extra practice and reviews in-between lessons. It contains 111 pages of exercises and bonus tips to give your French that extra oomph.
You can introduce yourself in French, talk about your job and hobbies – even if you sometimes have to rely on the kindness (and patience) of strangers to make yourself understood.
You can conjugate regular verbs in the present tense. You can also conjugate common irregular verbs, such as être, avoir, faire and aller.
You know how to get articles and adjectives to agree with their nouns (for the most part).
You know how to construct a basic sentence in French (subject, verb, object, etc).
Wednesday Apr 01: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Wednesday Apr 08: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Wednesday Apr 15: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Wednesday Apr 22: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Wednesday Apr 29: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Wednesday May 06: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Wednesday May 13: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Wednesday May 20: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Wednesday May 27: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Wednesday Jun 03: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense