Module 1 · 18 lessons

What happened

Tell a short past event and understand a simple personal story.

By the end, you can

Replace repeated objects with pronouns
Use common past forms
Control liaison by context and register
Sequence a short story

Skills: grammar · reading · conversation · listening · pronunciation

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Lesson sequence

Learn, review, then use it.

Use object pronounsReplace a repeated person, thing or place with le, la, les, lui, leur, y or en.20 min Full access

Start talking about the pastBuild the passé composé step by step with avoir or être, form common past participles and use the result in statements, negatives and questions.28 min Full access

Use avoir in the pastUse every subject form of avoir with regular and irregular participles, then add negatives, adverbs, objects and natural questions.26 min Full access

Say what you had to, could or wanted to doPut devoir, pouvoir and vouloir into the past and follow them with an infinitive.13 min Full access

Use être in the pastBuild the passé composé with être, make the participle agree, use pronominal verbs and choose the right auxiliary when a verb changes construction.29 min Full access

Make the participle agreeAdd the written ending that matches the subject of an être verb.13 min Full access

Pronominal verbs in the pastPut reflexive and reciprocal verbs into the passé composé.14 min Full access

Liaison, enchaînement and registerDistinguish an activated silent consonant from a consonant that is already pronounced, then control optional links by register.18 min Full access

Say when it happenedAnchor a past event in time, and tell "ago" apart from "for how long".14 min Full access

Say what did not happenMake a clear negative statement in the passé composé.11 min Full access

Tell a weekend storyDescribe a short weekend as a connected sequence rather than a list of facts.15 min Full access

Ask what happenedAsk for the story, and recognise the same question in its everyday spoken shapes.14 min Full access

Put a story in orderMake a short past story easy to follow with sequence words, and choose between the ones that overlap.13 min Full access

Build the imparfaitForm the second past tense from one reliable stem and a single set of endings.20 min Full access

Describe a past situationUse the imparfait for habits, descriptions and actions that were still going on.16 min Full access

Choose imparfait or passé composéCombine the two past tenses so a story has both a background and events.18 min Full access

React to a storyGive a natural short reaction, and match its strength to the news and the company.15 min Full access

A2 mission: tell the weekend storyTell a connected weekend story and answer two practical follow-up questions.15 min Full access

Mission / checkpoint

Mission: tell the weekend story

Complete 18 more lessons to finish this module.