A focused review of the main irregular verbs in the present tense, plus the -indre family, with verbs like peindre, craindre, atteindre, and se plaindre. You’ll work on recognizing the patterns and using the forms accurately in full sentences.

This lesson takes a closer look at the passé composé built with avoir, especially the irregular past participles that don’t follow the usual pattern. You’ll learn the most useful forms and the patterns that connect them, so you can talk about past actions with a much wider range of verbs.

Some verbs of movement form the passé composé with être instead of avoir. You’ll learn the main group, how agreement works with être, and why a few of these verbs switch back to avoir when they take a direct object.

Reflexive and reciprocal verbs also form the passé composé with être. This lesson covers how to build those forms and how agreement works in sentences like “she got up” or “they met.”

The imparfait is the past tense used for background, habits, descriptions, and actions that were in progress. You’ll learn how to form it and use it for childhood memories, repeated actions, and setting the scene in a story.

French uses the passé composé and imparfait for different kinds of past information. This lesson focuses on the contrast: event versus background, one-time action versus habit, and what happens when an ongoing situation is interrupted by something else.

The plus-que-parfait is the French equivalent of “had done.” You’ll use it when one past action happened before another, which makes it especially useful for keeping the timeline clear in a story.

Direct and indirect object pronouns replace people or things you’ve already mentioned, so you don’t have to repeat the noun. You’ll learn the main forms, where they go in the sentence, and what happens when more than one appears together.

Y and en are two small pronouns that do a lot of work in French. You’ll use y for places and certain structures with à, and en for structures with de, quantities, and expressions like “I have two of them.”

A full review of the level, combining the three past tenses with direct and indirect object pronouns, y, and en. You’ll work through longer sentences where several of these pieces have to work together at once.

You’ll have access to make-up videos in your Student Portal. Each video becomes available at the scheduled time of the class you miss and covers the same lesson material, so you can easily catch up and stay on track. Please note that these are archived lesson recordings, not recordings of your specific class.

Because our classes are small, fixed groups, we reserve your spot for the entire course and may not be able to fill it if you drop out. That's why your options for changing your class depend on how far in advance you let us know:

• 30+ days before class starts: Request a full refund or transfer to another Signature Class at no cost.
• 15–29 days before class starts: Request the full value of your registration in store credit.
• Less than 15 days before class starts, or after the class has begun: Your registration is final, and refunds, credits, and transfers aren't available.

Signature Classes have a capacity of 10–12 students per group, with groups ranging from 4–12 students depending on enrollment.

Keep the momentum going! After finishing your Signature Class, we recommend taking at least 5 Conversation Labs at the level you just completed to practice and solidify what you’ve learned.

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