Name That French Tense Activity – Practice Using French Tenses

Comparing French and English Tenses These practice cards and 2 hours of private video instruction provide an excellent opportunity to review why each tense is chosen for a particular sentence. Translations are included. It can be very interesting to compare French and English sentence structure. There are many similarities, and many big differences as well.Continue reading “Name That French Tense Activity – Practice Using French Tenses”

French Sentence Structure – Le Futur Simple

You will never travel abroad if you don’t have a passport. Vous ne voyagerez jamais à l’étranger si vous n’avez pas de passeport. Comparing French and English Sentence Structure It can be interesting to look at French sentences and their English translations while comparing the two. Once you have identified corresponding words, you will realizeContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – Le Futur Simple”

French Sentence Structure – 3rd Conditional Si Clauses

I never would have talked to her about it if I had not believed that it was good news. Je ne lui en aurais jamais parlé si je n’avais pas cru que ce soit une bonne nouvelle.  Comparing French and English Sentence Structure It can be interesting to look at French sentences and their EnglishContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – 3rd Conditional Si Clauses”

French Sentence Structure – Imperative with Pronouns

It can be interesting to look at French sentences and their English translations while comparing the two. Once you have identified corresponding words, you will realize how many similarities there are French and English. You’ll also notice some big differences, and those are worth examining more closely. Comparing French and English Sentence Structure Those shoesContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – Imperative with Pronouns”

French Sentence Structure – Relative Pronoun DONT

Go ahead, take them, they are lamps that I no longer use. Vas-y, prends-les, ce sont des lampes dont je ne me sers plus.  When you’re learning French grammar from a textbook, most of what you learn has been carefully dissected so that you can focus on one topic at a time. This is veryContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – Relative Pronoun DONT”