Francés Básico y cómo Evitar Errores Comunes

Download the free e-book from the course resources to review the 20 common mistakes in francés básico and access the answers for practice and challenges.

Learn to use a free web-based speech recognition tool to practice French pronunciation by pasting sentences, selecting French, recording, and comparing your speech with the text.

Encourage learners to give feedback to shape the next classes, proposing topics like the 20 most common mistakes in intermediate French, useful expressions, and exam confidence for A1–A2 and B1–B2.

Discover how French grammatical gender works and learn gender rules, endings, and category cues to choose masculine or feminine forms, with determinant agreement and color-coding mnemonics.

Explore the French you forms tu and vous, learning when to use second person singular versus plural and the formal versus informal rules; practice with examples and corrections.

Master French contractions by learning when vowels trigger elision, applying de/du/la/le rules, noting masculine versus feminine forms and surname exceptions, with guided exercises and practice sets.

Learn how to form plurals of irregular French nouns by applying key rules, including when to add x or s, with examples like cheval and shadow, plus two exceptions.

Confront mistake number six: correctly use French possessive adjectives by matching the gender and number of the possessed object, not the owner, through guided warmups and sentence correction practice.

This lesson introduces French reflexive verbs, explains how the reflexive pronoun marks actions done to oneself, and includes practice with se réveiller and se laver.

Master the French prepositions of place through mistake #8, learning six essentials (in, on, in front of, behind, between, underneath) and practice with guided examples to avoid common errors.

Master French negation across present, future, and past tenses using ne pas, with vowel contractions and auxiliary negation in passé composé. Practice includes warmups, five sentences, and reflexive verbs.

Master French demonstrative adjectives by matching gender and number with nouns, using ce, cet, cette, or ces correctly, and practice through guided activities to improve speaking and writing accuracy.

Distinguish regular and irregular -ir verbs in the present tense, apply stem-and-endings rules, and practice with choisir, partir, sortir, and dormir.

Master the French adjective placement rule by learning when adjectives come before or after the noun, guided by bags (beauty, age, goodness, size). Practice applying the correct order and agreement.

Explore mistake 13: choosing il/elle est instead of c'est. Learn to pair il/elle est with adjectives and c'est with nouns, plus rules for general statements.

Discover how French handles duration with prepositions of time, learn when to use pendant versus depuis, and note the rare future use of pour, with practical examples.

Confront mistake #15 by contrasting voir (to see, passive) and regarder (to watch, active), and practice correct usage, conjugation, and synonyms to avoid confusion.

Master the French distinction between connaître and savoir, including when each takes a direct object or is followed by another verb to express familiarity or know-how.

Master the French r and h pronunciation through guided practice, learn back-of-the-throat r and silent h rules, and use the e-book and pronunciation website to sharpen accuracy.

Master French pronunciation by learning when to pronounce or silence the final consonant, and practice distinguishing endings with rules for careful letters c, r, f, l and infinitive er verbs.

Master mistake number 19 by not pronouncing the -ent ending in the third person plural verb forms, and learn when adverbs require pronunciation during practice.

Master the essential French liaison by linking final consonants to the following word's vowel sounds, with practice examples, exceptions, and tips to avoid forgetting this core pronunciation skill.