TABLE OF CONTENTS

3
CHAPTER 1

Infinitive Verbs

3
CHAPTER 2

Tenses

4 Imeperative
CHAPTER 3

4 Impersonal Verbs
CHAPTER 4

4 Present Participle
CHAPTER 5

5
CHAPTER 6

Negative

5
CHAPTER 7

Perfect Infinitive

5
CHAPTER 8

Infinitives with Prepositions

5
CHAPTER 9

Nouns

5
CHAPTER 10

Adjectives and Adverbs

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CHAPTER 11

Articles

7
CHAPTER 12

Interrogatives

8 Demonstratives
CHAPTER 13

8 Pronouns
CHAPTER 14

9
CHAPTER 15

Conjunctions

10
CHAPTER 16

Prepositions

10
CHAPTER 17

Numbers, Quantity, Time

11
CHAPTER 18

Passive Voice
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Aller To go Allé(e)(s)
1. INFINITIVE VERBS Mourir To die Mort(e)(s)
• The infinitive is the original form of the verb Partir To leave/depart Parti(e)(s)
• All verbs either have an –er, -ir or –re ending. • All the past participles verbs taking être must agree with
Example : aller, avoir, regarder, manger, jouer the noun in number and gender.
• All reflexive verbs take être as auxiliary
2. TENSES • Add (e) for feminine nouns, (s) for plural nouns
Example: sortir → sorti
2.1 Present Tense Elle + (être in present tense) + (past participle)
• Remove -er/-ir/-re from the ending of the verb to form = Elle est sortie (She went)
the present stem
• Add the ending from the table below. Forming the past participle for verbs taking avoir
• Remove the verb ending (-er/-ir/-re) and add the
-ER -IR -RE following endings:
JE -e -is -s VERB ENDING SUFFIX
TU -es -is -s -ER -é
IL/ELLE/ON -e -it -IR -i
NOUS -ons -issons -ons -RE -u
VOUS -ez -issez -ez
ILS/ELLES -ent -issent -ent • Note : verbs taking avoir as an auxiliary do not agree
with the noun in gender and number.
• Example: regarder → regard (present stem)
Tu (regard + es) = Tu regardes (You are watching) Example: manger → mangé
• Note: irregular verbs do not follow this pattern Nous + (avoir in present tense) + (past participle)
= Nous avons mangé (We ate)
2.2 Perfect Tense
• Used to express an action completed in the past 2.3 Imperfect Tense
• Formation: • Used to express a continuous/habitual action done in
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 + 𝐴𝑢𝑥𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑏 + 𝑃𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 the past
• All verbs either take avoir or être as auxiliary verbs Formation:
Verbs that take être as auxiliary: • Conjugate the verb in present tense nous form
(DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP → acronym to memorise) • Remove the nous ending to form the imperfect stem
Verb Meaning Past Participle • Add the ending from the table below.
Devenir To become Devenu(e)(s) • Note: the ending does not change for different verb
Revenir To return Revenu(e)(s) types (-er/-ir/-re)
Monter To climb Monté(e)(s) ENDING
Rentrer To come back Rentré(e)(s) JE -ais
Sortir To go out Sorti(e)(s) TU -ais
Venir To come Venu(e)(s) IL/ELLE/ON -ait
Arriver To arrive Arrivé(e)(s) NOUS -ions
Naître To be born Né(e)(s) VOUS -iez
Descendre To go down Descendu(e)(s) ILS/ELLES -aient
Entrer To come in Entré(e)(s)
• Example: jouer → jouons → jou (imperfect stem)
Retourner To give back Retourné(e)(s)
Il (jou + ait) = Il jouait (He used to play)
Tomber To fall Tombé(e)(s)
Rester To remain/stay Resté(e)(s)

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2.4 Immediate Future Tense • Example: regarder → Je viens de regarder la télé. (I just
• Used to express actions going to occur in the near future watched TV)
• Formation:
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 + 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 + 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑏 3. IMPERATIVE
• Example: Apprendre (to learn) • Used to give advice/orders to one or more people
Vous + (aller in present tense) + (infinitive) • Only exists in tu, nous & vous forms
= Vouz allez apprendre (You are going to learn) • Informal singular: tu form of the present tense.
(For –er verbs, take off the –s.)
2.5 Future Tense • Formal singular or plural: vous form of the present tense.
• Formation: • First person plural: nous form of present tense (e.g. let’s
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 + 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 + 𝑠𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑥 go)
• To form future stem, use -ir and -er verb infinitives • Example: Parle! (Talk!)
• For –re verbs, remove the -e Parlons! (Let’s talk !)
SUFFIX Parlez (Talk!)
JE -ai • Common irregular imperative forms:
TU -as INFINITIVE TU NOUS VOUS
IL/ELLE/ON -a ALLER Va Allons Allez
NOUS -ons AVOIR Aie Ayons Ayez
VOUS -ez ÊTRE Sois Soyons Soyez
ILS/ELLES -ont SAVOIR Sache Sachons Sachez
VOULOIR Veuille Veuillons Veuillezx
• Example: descendre → descendr (future stem)
= Nous descendrons (We will go down)
4. IMPERSONAL VERBS
2.6 Pluperfect Tense • They do not refer to a real person or a thing
• Used to refer to an action in the past before a time in • They are only used with ‘it’ and in the infinitive
the past which is already referred to Pleuvoir Il pleut It is raining
• Formation: Neiger Il neige It is snowing
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 + 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 (𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑟 ê𝑡𝑟𝑒 ) Geler Il gèle It is freezing
+ 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 Tonner Il tonne It is thundering
• Remember DR & MRS P VANDERTRAMP Faire Il fait mauvais The weather is bad
• Example: manger → mangé (past participle) • Note: The verb faire is usually used to describe weather,
= J’avais mangé (We had eaten) even though it means ‘to do’
Example: Il fait chaud. (It (the weather) is hot)
2.7 Conditional Tense
• Used to talk about a hypothetical/imagined reality 5. PRESENT PARTICIPLE
• Formation: • Used to express the -ing form of the verb
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 + 𝐹𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 + 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 (1.3) • Never takes subject (je, tu, il…)
• Example: jouer → jouer (future stem) • Formation:
Il + jouer + ais = Il jouerais (He would play) 𝑬𝒏 + 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒃 𝒊𝒏 𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 ( 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 − 𝒐𝒏𝒔)
+ (−𝒂𝒏𝒕)
2.8 Recent Past Tense • Example: manger → mangeons →mange
• Used to express an action which has just been = En mangeant (while eating)
completed • Note: Do not confuse with present tense. Present tense
• Formation: can also be translated like this:
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 + 𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑟 + 𝑑𝑒 + 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑏 Je parle → I am talking.

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6. NEGATIVE Consister Oublier
• Ne… pas is the most common negative. It means ‘not’. Continuer Parler
• Most negatives form a sandwich around the main verb. Encourager Promettre
• Example: Vous ne mangez pas de viande (You do not eat Enseigner Refuser
meat). Réussir Regretter
Servir Rêver
• Remember: ne becomes n’ before a vowel or silent h
• Example : Il commence à comprendre. (He is beginning
MORE NEGATIVES… to understand.)
Ne…plus Not Je ne travaille plus Ils viennent d’arriver. (They [have] just arrived)
anymore, no (I don’t work
longer anymore). 9. NOUNS
Ne…rien Nothing Je ne vois rien
9.1 Gender
(I can’t see anything).
• All nouns have either a masculine or a feminine gender.
Ne…jamais Never Je ne vais jamais
à la piscine • The articles, verbs, adjectives agree with the noun in
gender and number
(I never go to the
swimming pool).
9.2 Singular and Plural
Ne…personne No-one Je ne connais personne
• Most nouns add an –s to the singular to show that they
à Paris
are plural, however there are some exceptions:
(I don’t know anyone
o Nouns ending in –al → –aux in plural.
in Paris)
o Nouns ending in -eu, -eau or –ou → –eux, -eaux or
Ne…que Only Je ne regarde que des
–oux in plural.
films
o Nouns ending in –s, -x or –z in the singular form don’t
(I only watch films)
change in the plural.
Ne…ni…ni Neither…nor Je ne vais pas ni au
• Irregular Plurals:
cinema ni au theater
o Un œil → des yeux
(I neither go to the
o Monsieur → Messieurs
cinema nor to the
o Madame → Mesdames
theatre)
o Madamoiselle → Mesdemoiselles
7. PERFECT INFINITIVE
10. ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
• Refers to something that has happened in the past
• Formation: 10.1 Formation and Position
(𝑎𝑝𝑟è𝑠) + 𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑟 ê𝑡𝑟𝑒 + 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 • Adjectives:
• Example: Après avoir mange… (after having eaten…) o Adjectives must agree in number and gender with the
Après être arrive…(After having arrived) noun that they describe.
• Note: avoir/être will be used depending on weather ▪ To make adjective feminine → add –e
the verb takes avoir or être in the past perfect tense ▪ To make adjective plural →add –s
▪ To make adjective feminine plural→add –es.
8. INFINITIVES WITH PREPOSITIONS o These rules include all regular adjectives that end in –
• The following verbs require à/de before them: u, -I or –é
Verbs requiring à Verbs requiring de o Adjectives including colour and nationality usually go
Aider S’arrêter after the noun.
S’amuser Décider o Numbers always go before the noun.
Apprendre Essayer
Commencer S’occuper
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• Adverbs: 10.4 Quantifiers
o Adverbs are formed by adding –ment to the feminine Beaucoup de A lot of, many
form of the adjective. Moins de Less
o When the masculine adjective ends in –ent or –ant Plus de More
remove the –ent or –ant and add –emment. Trop de Too much, too many
o Adverbs are usually before adjectives and after verbs Assez de Enough
• Exception: some adjectives which go before the noun: Bien Well/ a lot
Adjective Meaning Comme As/ like
Grand(e) Big/Tall Fort Large
Bon(ne) Good Peu/ un peu Not much/ little
Jeune Young Si If
Petit(e) Small Tellement So much
Mauvais(e) Bad Tout The whole/the entire
Vieux/Vielle Old Très Very
Meilleur(e) Better Trop Too much/ very
Beau Handsome • Often followed by de + a noun.
Belle Beautiful Elle mange beaucoup de fruits (She eats a lot of fruit).
Faux/Fause False, fake
Gros(se) Large, fat 10.5 Interrogative Adjectives
Haut(e) High, tall • They are used to ask for more detail than just ‘yes’ or
Joli(e) Pretty ‘no’
Même Same • They agree with the noun in gender and number
Nouveau/Nouvelle New • They mean ‘which’ or ‘what’
Quel Masculine singular
10.2 Comparative Quels Masculine plural
• plus (que) = more (than). Quelle Feminine singular
Je mange plus lentement que toi. (I eat more slowly than Quelles Feminine plural
you)
• moins (que) = less (than). 10.6 Possessive Adjectives
Il parle moins vite que moi. (He speaks less quickly than • These come before the noun and agree with that noun
me) • Remember: mon, ton and son are used before a
• aussie (que) = as (as). feminine word starting with a vowel or silent h.
Elle chante aussi bien que moi. (She sings as well as me) ENGLISH MASC FEM PLURAL
• An adjective or an adverb must come after plus, moins or MY Mon Ma Mes
aussi. YOUR (SINGULAR,
Ton Ta Tes
• Mieux = better; pire = worse INFORMAL)
HIS, HER, ITS Son Sa Ses
10.3 Superlative OUR Notre Notre Nos
• Le/la/les plus = the most. YOUR (PLURAL,
Votre Votre Vos
Mon père conduit le plus vite. (My father drives the FORMAL)
fastest) THEIR Leur Leur Leurs
• Le/la/les moins = the least.
Elle parle le moins vite. (She speaks the least fast.) 10.7 Indefinite Adjectives
• An adjective or an adverb must come after le/la/les plus • Indefinites always come before a noun and agree with
or le/la/les moins. the noun in both number and gender.
• Le meilleur = the best ; le pire = the worst ; Chaque Each/every (only in singular form)
Le moindre = the least Chacun Each one
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Quelque Some/Any (in questions) • Example:
Même The same thing la femme → the woman
N’importe quel Any Le Masculine singular
Pareil The same La Feminine singular
Plusieurs Several Les Plural
Tel Such L’ Singular starting with vowel or h
• Add an –s for the plural form quelques which means
‘some’, ‘a few’ or ‘any’ in questions. 11.2 Indefinite articles
• These articles mean ‘some’ or ‘a’
10.8 Adverbs of place and time • They come before the noun
• These are some of the many adverbs of place and time • Note: after negative verb forms, un, une and des change
used to describe when an action is taking place to de
Tard Late Un Masculine singular
Tôt Early Une Feminine singular
Dans un moment In a while Des Plural
Aussitôt Immediately
Finalement Finally 11.3 Au, à la, à l’, aux
Tout de suite Straight away • These mean ‘to the’ or ‘at the’.
Toujours Always Au Masculine singular
Jamais Never À la Feminine singular
Souvent Often Aux Plural
Rarement Rarely À l’ Singular starting with vowel or h
Longtemps (for) a long time • Example: au cinema (to/at the cinema)
Brièvement Briefly à la gare (to/at the station)
Autrefois In the past à l’hôpital (to/at the hospital)
Actuellement At present aux magasins (to/at the shops)
La vielle The day before
Le lendemain The next day 11.4 Partitive articles
Déjà Already • These articles mean ‘some’ or ‘any’.
Pas encore Not yet Du Masculine singular
De la Feminine singular
10.9 Common adverbial phrases De l’ Singular word beginning with vowel
Dans l’avenir/la passé In the future/past Des Plural
Dans un mois In a month • We may not always say ‘some’ in English, but in French it
En ce moment In a moment is always used.
En avance Early
• When de is used on its own, it means ‘of’ or ‘from’.
En retard Late
• De indicates where you’re (coming) from or whose thing
À l’heure On time
it is.
En face Across the way/ in front of
• Remember: de becomes d’ before a vowel or a silent h.
Sans doute Without doubt/Undoubtedly
12. INTERROGATIVES
11. ARTICLES
• Common words to start a question:
11.1 Definite articles Qui Who
• These articles mean ‘the’ Que/ Qu’est-ce que What
Quand When
• They appear before the noun
Où Where
Pourquoi Why
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Comment How • To say ‘it’, use il or elle, depending on the gender of the
Combien How much/How many noun
À quelle heure? At what time? • Example: la maison → Elle est magnifique!
Combien de temps ? How long?/How much time? (It is magnificent!)
Lequel Which one?
• Questions can be formed by inverting the verb with the 14.2 Direct and Indirect Object Personal
subject Pronouns
• Example: Vous avez une voiture. (You have a car.) DIRECT OBJECT PERSONAL PRONOUNS:
Avez – vous une voiture ? (Do you have a car?) • These replace a noun in a phrase.
• They agree with the noun in gender and number
13. DEMONSTRATIVES • They are placed before the verb
• Example: Je le mange. (I am eating it)
13.1 Ce, cette, ces SINGULAR PLURAL
• These demonstratives mean ‘this’ and ‘these’. 1 ST
Me Nous
• They come before a noun and agree with it in number 2 ND
Te Vous
and gender. 3RD Le/la Les
Ce Masculine singular
Cette Feminine singular INDIRECT OBJECT PERSONAL PRONOUNS:
Ces Plural SINGULAR PLURAL
Cet Before a vowel/silent h 1 ST
Me Nous
2ND Te Vous
13.2 celui, celle, ceux, –ci, -là 3RD Lui Leur
• Celui and celle are used to specify one particular thing
• These replace the names of people that come after the
from a group.
preposition à.
Celui Masculine singular
• They agree with the noun in gender and number.
Celle Feminine singular
• They go before the verb.
Ceux Plural
• Example: Il écrit à nous. → Il nous écrit. (He writes to us)
• Compound forms: celui-ci, celle-ci, celui-ci, celui-là.
• Forms ending in –ci indicate something that’s close to
Note: when multiple pronouns appear in a sentence, they
the speaker (here/this)
are arranged in the following order:
Example: celui-ci → this one
Direct Object + Indirect Object + y/en
• Forms ending in –là indicate something that’s farther
away from the speaker (there/that)
14.3 Reflexive Pronouns
Example: celui-là → that one
SINGULAR PLURAL
ST
1 Me Nous
14. PRONOUNS 2 ND
Te Vous
3RD Se Se
14.1 Subject Personal Pronouns
PERSON PRONOUN MEANING • These pronouns are used in reflexive verbs and come
before the main part of the verb.
1ST Je I
Example: Se baigner → Je me baigne
2ND Tu You (singular, informal)
3RD Il/Elle/On He/She/One • In the perfect tense, the reflexive pronoun goes before
1ST Nous We the auxiliary verb
2ND Vous You (plural, formal) Example: Se coucher → Je me suis couché
3RD Ils/Elles Them • In the negative, the negation surrounds the reflexive
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Example: Se coucher → Je ne me couche pas tôt (I don’t o J’ai rencontré un homme dont femme est policière. (I
go to bed early) met a man whose wife is a policewoman.)
• Où
14.4 Y o Où means ‘where’, ‘when’, ‘which’ or ‘that’.
• Y means ‘there’. o Où is also used as a question word for ‘where’.
• It replaces a thing (but never a person), a place and o Où est le café? (Where is the café ?)
words with à plus and en plus.
• It comes before all parts of the verb. 14.7 Posessive Pronouns
• Example: Il y a des livres sur la table. (There are some • They agree with the possessed noun in gender and
books on the table) number
Il y va pour chercher un roman. (He went there to look • They are always preceded by definite articles (le/la/les)
for a book.) • They replace (possessive adjective + noun)

14.5 En MASC. FEM. MASC. FEM.

• En means ‘of them’, ‘of it’ or ‘some’. SING. SING. PLURAL PLURAL
• It replaces words of quantity and words with de. MINE Le mien La Les Les
• It comes before all parts of the verbs. mienne miens miennes
• Example: Tu veux du fromage ? Oui, j’en veux bien. (Do YOURS (TU) Le tien La Les Les
you want some cheese? Yes, I’d like some) tienne tiens tiennes
Tu as combien de sœurs? J’en ai trois. (How many sisters HIS, HERS, Le sien La Les Les
do you have? I have 3 (of them)) ITS sienne siens siennes
OURS Le nôtre La Les Les
14.6 Relative Pronouns nôtre nôtres nôtres
• Link relative clauses to main clauses so that you don’t YOURS Le vôtre La Les Les
have to repeat subjects and objects (VOUS) vôtre vôtres vôtres
• Qui/Que THEIRS Le leur La leur Les Les
o Qui and que can both be used to refer to people or leurs leurs
things.
o Qui is used for the subject or indirect object, as well as • Example: J’aime bien cette idée, mais que pensez-vous
after a preposition. des leurs ? (I really like this idea, but what do you think
o Que is used for the direct object. about theirs?)
o J’ai un ami, qui s’appelle Théo. (I have a friend, who is
called Theo) 15. CONJUNCTIONS
o La chat que j’ai vu était noir. (The cat which I saw, was
black. 15.1 Co-ordinating Conjunctions
• Lequel • They connect two grammatically equivalent words or
o Means ‘which’ and is used for indirect objects. phrases (e.g. two phrases, two words)
o Follows some prepositions and is only used when • Example: Jean et Pierre sont intelligents. (Jean and Pierre
referring to things, never about people. are intelligent)
o Must also agree with the noun’s gender and number. Car For, because
o Le livre dans lequel j’ai écrit. (The book in which I Donc So
wrote.) Ensuite Next
• Dont Et And
o Means ‘whose’, ‘of whom’ or ‘which’. Mais But
o May be used to refer to persons or things. Ni Nor
o It does not change its form or agree with anything. Ou Or
Ou bien Or else
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Puis Then Pour For (duration of event in future)
Avant Before
15.2 Subordinating Conjunctions Après After
• They link a dependent clause with an independent
clause 16.4 Prepositions of movement
• Example: Il a réussi parce qu’il a beaucoup travaillé. (He Vers Towards
succeeded because he worked a lot.) À To
Comme As, since De From
Puisque As, since Par By the way of
Lorsque When Jusqu’à To go until
Si If
Parce que Because
16.5 Other prepositions
Contre Against
Malgré Despite
16. PREPOSITIONS
Sans Without
16.1 Prepositions of place Sauf Except
Sur On Selon According to
Sous Under
Devant In front of 17. NUMBERS, QUANTITY, TIME
Derrière Behind
Avec With
17.1 Numbers
Dans In • Numbers 21,31,41,51,61,71 follow this pattern:
En In (abstract sense) 21 → vingt-et-un
Chez At the home of • Numbers from 70 to 79 follow this pattern:
• Some prepositions agree with the gender and number of 75→ soixante-quinze
the noun. • Numbers from 80 to 99 follow this pattern:
• These translate to ‘at’, ‘in’, or ‘to’ depending on 87→quatre-vingt-sept
circumstances 98→quatre-vingt-dix-huit
Au Masculine singular noun
À la Feminine singular nouns ENGLISH ORDINAL CARDINAL
À l’ Singular nouns starting with vowel or h 1 Un Premier
Aux Plural nouns 2 Deux Deuxième
3 Trois Troisième
16.2 Prepositions for countries/cities 4 Quatre Quatrième
Au Masculine singular countries 5 Cinq Cinquième
En Feminine singular countries 6 Six Sixième
Aux Plural countries 7 Sept Septième
À Masculine cities 8 Huit Huitième
À la Feminine cities 9 Neuf Neuvième
Dans States/provinces
10 Dix Dixième
16.3 Prepositions of time 11 Onze Onzième
En In (month, season) 12 Douze Douzième
Dans In (duration after which action will begin) 13 Treize Treizième
Depuis Since (duration of something that is still 14 Quatorze Quatorzième
ongoing) 15 Quinze Quinzième
Pendant During (entire duration) 16 Seize Seizième

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17 Dix-sept Dix-septième • Years are said as regular numbers
18 Dix-huit Dix-huitième Example: 2020 → Deux-mille-vingt
19 Dix-neuf Dix-neuvième • Days of the week:
20 Vingt Vingtième Lundi Monday
21 Vingt-et-un Vingt-et-unième Mardi Tuesday
22 Vingt-deux Vingt-deuxième Mercredi Wednesday
23 Vingt-trois Vingt-troisième Jeudi Thursday
24 Vingt-quatre Vingt-quatrième Vendredi Friday
25 Vingt-cinq Vingt-cinquième Samedi Saturday
26 Vingt-six Vingt-sixième Dimanche Sunday
27 Vingt-sept Vingt-septième
28 Vingt-huit Vingt-huitième 18. PASSIVE VOICE
29 Vingt-neuf Vingt-neuvième • Formation:
30 Trente Trentième 𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 + 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 ê𝑡𝑟𝑒 + 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒
• Participle has to agree with subject of passive verb
40 Quarante Quarantième
• Not often used in French, you are only required to
50 Cinquante Cinquantième
understand it.
60 Soixante Soixantième
70 Soixante-dix Soixante-dixième
80 Quatre-vingt Quatre-vingtième
90 Quatre-vingt-dix Quatre-vingt-dixième
100 Cent Centième
1000 Mille Millième
1000000 Million Millionième
1000000000 Milliard Milliardième

17.2 Expressions of Quantity

Beaucoup A lot
Assez Enough
Un peu A bit
Trop Too much
Demi Half
Moitié Half
Quart Quarter
Tellement So much
Tant So much

17.3 Dates and Times

• Date format:
𝐷𝑎𝑦 + 𝐿𝑒 + 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 (𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑠) + 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ(𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒)
• Eg. Lundi, le 12 septembre.

• If it is not at the start of a sentence, lundi should be

lowercase, as well as septembre always being lowercase.
• In France they use the 24 hour clock, so 3:15pm would
become 15h15 or quinze heures et quart.
• Figures will be accepted in the written examination.
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