Basic words: numbers, time, verbs

What holds these lists together

These lists belong to no particular area, which means they belong to all of them. A pronoun, an article, a number, a question word, the commonest verbs and the connectives that hold a paragraph together turn up in every sentence you will later build about a flat, the weather or a job. Two English habits go wrong here first. English leaves out the article in a general statement and French does not: «I like coffee» is j’aime le café. And where English counts time with a perfect, French stays in the present: «I have lived here for two years» is j’habite ici depuis deux ans. Start here and every other list has something to attach to.

For example: en premier lieu (in the first place), la thèse (the thesis), flagrant (blatant), à cause de (because of), épais (thick), poser (to put down)

Spread across the levels

The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.