Do you want to know what the French A2 Curriculum is? Well look no further! In this post I am going to share the French A2 Curriculum so you know exactly what will be on Language Atlas.
It’s my mission to have all the French grammar on Language Atlas, but it is a work in progress. I will keep adding lessons, so be sure to check in often!
As you may know the French language can be categorized in 6 levels.
This is according to the CEFR model.
I will begin with the Verbs in the French A2 Curriculum as I believe that verbs are the most important part of the language.
After this is done I will move onto other areas.
I will show you exactly what I have, and what I plan on doing.
Table of Contents
Verbs
In this chapter we are going to examine the Verbs in the French A2 Curriculum.
Verbs are sometimes also called action words. They cause something to happen in a sentence. They are the source of action and movement.
In my opinion the verbs are the most important part of the French A2 Curriculum.
Passé Composé
Passé Composé (How & When to Use)
| Subject | Tense |
| How to form the Passé Composé | Passé Composé |
| When to use the Passé Composé | Passé Composé |
| Passé Composé vs Imparfait | Passé Composé and Imparfait |
Passé Composé (Avoir)
This section will deal with the verbs that have to use avoir in Le Passé Composé. This is the first new tense that you will need to know in the French A2 Curriculum.
Verbs with an é ending
| Subject | Ending | Helping Verb |
| Regular -er verbs | é | avoir |
Most verbs in French are -er verbs. These verbs are very easy to conjugate. They take the é ending in Le Passé Composé.
Verbs with an i ending
| Subject | Ending | Helping Verb |
| Regular -ir verbs | i | avoir |
| Dormir and derivatives | i | avoir |
| Prendre/apprendre and derivatives | i | avoir |
| Mettre and derivatives | i | avoir |
| Conduire and derivatives | i | avoir |
| Dire | i | avoir |
| Écrire and inscrire | i | avoir |
The verbs in this group take an i ending in Le Passé Composé.
Verbs with a u ending
| Subject | Ending | Helping Verb |
| Regular -re verbs | u | avoir |
| Tenir and derivatives | u | avoir |
| Connaître and derivatives | u | avoir |
| Pouvoir | u | avoir |
| Vouloir | u | avoir |
| Devoir | u | avoir |
| Savoir | u | avoir |
| Croire | u | avoir |
| Lire | u | avoir |
| Boire | u | avoir |
The verbs in this group take an u ending in Le Passé Composé.
Verbs that are an exception
Verbs that fall in this group are conjugated in a different way because they are exceptions.
Passé Composé (Être)
There are a few, but important verbs in Le Passé Composé that have to take Être. This section deals with those verbs. This is also part of the first new tense that you need to know for the French A2 Curriculum.
Verbs that need Être
| Subject | Ending | Helping Verb |
| Devenir | u | être |
| Revenir | u | être |
| Monter | é | être |
| Rentrer | é | être |
| Sortir | i | être |
| Venir | u | être |
| Arriver | é | être |
| Naître | é | être |
| Descendre | u | être |
| Entrer | é | être |
| Retourner | é | être |
| Tomber | é | être |
| Rester | é | être |
| Aller | é | être |
| Mourir | – | être |
| Partir | i | être |
The famous Dr & Mrs Van Der Tramp verbs have to use Être in Le Passé Composé.
Reflexive Verbs
| Subject | Helping Verb |
| Reflexive verbs in le passé composé | être |
This shows you how to conjugate reflexive verbs in Le Passé Composé.
Imparfait
Imparfait (How and When to Use)
This section deals with understanding how the L’Imparfait is formed in French. This is the second tense that you will find in the French A2 Curriculum.
| Subject | Tense |
| How to form the Imparfait | Imparfait |
| When to use the Imparfait | Imparfait |
| Imparfait vs Passé Composé | Imparfait and Passé Composé |
Regular & Semi-regular Verbs
| Subject | Tense |
| Regular verbs | Imparfait |
| Semi-regular -cer verbs | Imparfait |
| Semi-regular -ger verbs | Imparfait |
Irregular Verbs
This section of the French A2 Curriculum explains how the most important irregular verbs are conjugated in l’imparfait.
| Subject | Tense |
| Avoir | Imparfait |
| Être | Imparfait |
| Aller | Imparfait |
| Faire | Imparfait |
| Pouvoir | Imparfait |
| Vouloir | Imparfait |
| Devoir | Imparfait |
| Savoir | Imparfait |
| Voir | Imparfait |
| Croire | Imparfait |
| Dire | Imparfait |
| Lire | Imparfait |
| Boire | Imparfait |
| Écrire | Imparfait |
Reflexive Verbs
| Subject | Tense |
| Reflexive Verbs in the imparfait | Imparfait |
This is everything that you need to know for verbs in the French A2 Curriculum.
Pronouns
In this chapter we are going to examine the Pronouns in the French A2 Curriculum.
A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or a noun phrase.
Some examples are: I, you, he, she, we, and they.
| Subject | Lesson | Anki |
| What are subjects, verbs, and objects? | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to use direct objects (le, la, l’, les) | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to use indirect objects (lui, leur) | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to position object pronouns | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to use y (there) | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to use en (of them) | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to use possessive pronouns (le mien, le nôtre etc.) | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to use stress pronouns (moi, toi, lui etc.) | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to use stress pronouns with même | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to use tout (tout, tous toute, toutes) | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to say someone/someone else (quelqu’un and quelqu’un d’autre) | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to say something else (autre chose/ quelque chose d’autre) | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to say the other one(s) | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to express quantity | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to say the same | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to say each and each one | Not yet | Not yet |
Articles and Nouns
In this chapter we are going to examine the Articles and Nouns in the French A2 Curriculum.
An article is a word that is used in front of a noun. In English we have definite articles and indefinite articles. The definite article is “the”, and the indefinite ones are “a” and “an”.
Nouns are humans, animals, plants, and things.
This is the shortest chapter in the French A2 Curriculum.
| Subject | Area | Lesson | Anki |
| Pluralize -ou nouns | Nouns | Not yet | Not yet |
Idioms
In this chapter we are going to examine the Idioms in the French A2 Curriculum.
An Idiom is a set construction that is often used in a language
| French | English | Lesson | Anki |
| Aimer | To love something/someone | Not yet | Not yet |
| Aller à | To suit someone | Not yet | Not yet |
| Avoir raison/tort/de la chance | To be right/wrong/lucky | Not yet | Not yet |
| Devoir: Passé Composé vs Imparfait | Devoir: Passé Composé vs Imparfait | Not yet | Not yet |
| Être en train de | Highlight an ongoing action | Not yet | Not yet |
| Express Punctuality | Not yet | Not yet | |
| Faire confiance (à) | To trust | Not yet | Not yet |
| Faire exprès (de) | To do something on purpose | Not yet | Not yet |
| Faire mal à versus faire du mal à | Physical pain versus emotional pain | Not yet | Not yet |
| Il y a (duration) | X (time unit) ago | Not yet | Not yet |
| Manquer (à) | To miss someone/something (emotionally) | Not yet | Not yet |
| Demi/Moitié | Half | Not yet | Not yet |
| Promener, se promener, marcher, aller à pied | To (take a) walk | Not yet | Not yet |
| Rappeler (à quelqu’un) | To remind (someone) | Not yet | Not yet |
| Savoir versus Connaître | Savoir versus Connaître | Not yet | Not yet |
| Se rappeler (de), se souvenir de, | To remember | Not yet | Not yet |
| S’en aller | To leave | Not yet | Not yet |
| Sentir bon vs se sentir bien | Smell vs Feeling | Not yet | Not yet |
| Visiter versus Rendre visite à | To visit a place versus a person | Not yet | Not yet |
Negations
In this chapter we are going to examine the Negations in the French A2 Curriculum.
You will learn how to make a sentence negative.
| French | English | Lesson | Anki |
| ne…acune (e) | none | Not yet | Not yet |
| ne…ni…ni | neither…nor | Not yet | Not yet |
| ne…pas assez (de) | not enough (of) | Not yet | Not yet |
| ne…pas du tout | not at all | Not yet | Not yet |
| ne…pas encore | not yet | Not yet | Not yet |
| ne…pas non plus | not…either | Not yet | Not yet |
| ne…personne | no one, nobody | Not yet | Not yet |
| ne…plus | no more, no more | Not yet | Not yet |
| ne…que | only (restriction) | Not yet | Not yet |
| ne…rien | nothing | Not yet | Not yet |
| position of direct and indirect object pronoun | Not yet | Not yet | |
| using ne..pas with compound tenses | Not yet | Not yet |
Questions and Interrogatives
In this chapter we are going to examine the Questions and Interrogatives in the French A2 Curriculum.
You will the learn the basics of how to ask a question.
| French | English | Lesson | Anki |
| Que…? | How to start questions with “Que” | Not yet | Not yet |
| Qui/Qui est-ce qui? | How to ask a “who” question | ||
| Qui/Qui est-ce que? | How to ask a “whom” question | ||
| quel, quels, quelle, quelles | How to ask “which” or “what” |
| Name | Lesson | Anki |
| How to form inverted question in French | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to form inverted questions with nouns | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to form inverted questions with reflexive verbs | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to form inverted questions with subject pronouns in the passé composé | Not yet | Not yet |
Adjectives and Adverbs
In this chapter we are going to examine the Adjectives and Adverbs in the French A2 Curriculum.
These are describing words. They say something about a noun or a noun phrase.
| Subject | Lesson | Anki |
| How to make comparisons with adverbs | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to make comparisons with adjectives | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to form the superlative of adverbs in French | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to form the superlative of verbs in French | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to say this/that and these/those in French | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to form irregular adverbs | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to form the feminine of adjectives ending in –f | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to form adverbs of adjectives ending in –ant and –ent | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to form the feminine of adjectives ending in –oux | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to form the feminine of adjectives ending in -c | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to say others in French | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to position adverbs with verbs in compound tenses | Not yet | Not yet |
| How to express possesion with possessive adjectives | Not yet | Not yet |
Prepositions and Conjunctions
In this chapter we are going to examine the Prepositions and Conjuctions in the French A2 Curriculum.
In English there are many prepositions: in, out, next to, before, after, behind, in front of etc.
French has these as well. We will learn how to use them.
| French | English | Lesson | Anki |
| Depuis | How to use depuis | Not yet | Not yet |
| En vs Dans | With vs In | Not yet | Not yet |
| pendant, durant, depuis, pour | How to express duration | Not yet | Not yet |
| Descendre de/Monter dans | To get off/on transportatation | Not yet | Not yet |
This was it for the French A2 Curriculum. Soon there will be a Curriculum for French B1. However, until then, please work on the French A1 and the French A2 Curriculum.
