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French Course Curriculum (50 units)

Glottos Matrix — structural language-learning course for English speakers

How this course works — read before Lesson 1.

BLOCK 1: A1 FOUNDATIONS (Lessons 1–10) → Test "Apprenti / Apprentie" (Apprentice)

Rank: Apprenti / Apprentie

Read French aloud and hear the liaison

Greetings and politeness: bonjour, merci, s'il vous plaît, au revoir, pardon

Tell masculine from feminine nouns; form plurals

Everyday objects: house, food, animals

Use articles: definite, indefinite, partitive (du / de la / des)

Food and drinks, places in town, days of the week, months

The verb être: "I am a teacher", "I'm from England"

Nationalities and countries, professions, family members

The verb avoir + il y a: "I have", "there is/are"

Personal items, body parts, physical state, age

Describe with adjectives — agreement and position

Description: colors, size, character, appearance

Conjugate regular -ER verbs in the present

Action verbs: parler, manger, habiter, travailler, étudier, regarder, écouter, aimer

Say "no" (ne … pas) and ask questions

Question words: qui, que, quand, où, comment, combien, pourquoi

-IR verbs and aller. "I'm going to..." — futur proche

Travel, movement, transport, countries (à, en, au, aux)

-RE verbs and venir de + inf. "I've just done..."

Everyday scenes: faire les courses, prendre le métro

▶ Test after lesson 10

Block-Test 1 (Lessons 1–10): French foundations

you can introduce yourself, order at a café, and find your way around town, level pre-A1 → A1

BLOCK 2: A2 EXPANSION (Lessons 11–20) → Test "Compagnon / Compagne" (Journeyman)

Rank: Compagnon / Compagne

Irregular verbs: pouvoir, vouloir, devoir, savoir

Modal scenes: obligation and ability

Reflexive verbs: "I get up, wash, am called" (se lever, se laver, s'appeler)

Daily routine, times of day

mon / ce — possessive and demonstrative determiners

Extended family, personal items, home life

Adverbs in -ment. Compare: plus / moins / aussi … que

Adverbs of frequency and manner, qualities for comparison

"I see her", "I call them" — direct object pronouns me, te, le/la

Verbs with direct objects: voir, regarder, aimer, connaître, prendre

"I tell him", "I phone her" — indirect object pronouns me, te, lui

Communication and giving: parler à, téléphoner à, répondre à

y and en: "I'm going there", "I have three of them"

Places and directions, quantity expressions

Combine several pronouns in a single sentence

Reinforcement: gift, favor, typical combinations

Commands and requests: "go!", "don't do!" (imperative)

Instructions, recipes, directions, advice

depuis / il y a / pendant / dans + "right now" — être en train de

Time and duration, schedules, ongoing actions

▶ Test after lesson 20

Block-Test 2 (Lessons 11–20): Everyday life and pronouns

you can chat about your daily life, hobbies, and likes, level A2

BLOCK 3: PAST, FUTURE, AND PARTICIPLES B1 (Lessons 21–30) → Test "Chevalier / Chevalière" (Knight)

"Yesterday I bought, did" — passé composé with avoir

Past markers: hier, la semaine dernière, il y a deux ans. Life events

Passé composé with être: motion and reflexive verbs

Verbs of motion and state change, reflexive verbs in the past

Habits and backdrop in the past — imparfait ("I used to go")

Childhood, habits, frequency adverbs, descriptive vocabulary

Past-participle agreement with subject or preceding object

Verbs with different auxiliaries, agreement contexts

Choose between passé composé and imparfait when telling a story

Story connectives, narrative verbs, savoir/connaître/pouvoir/vouloir

"I had been there before" — plus-que-parfait

Sequence in the past, déjà, ne … pas encore, quand

Future: "I will go, will do" — futur simple

Future markers, plans and intentions, predictions

Conditional: "I'd like", "I'd do that" — conditionnel présent

Polite formulas, hypothetical situations, advice

"By the time I finish…" and "I would have done": futur antérieur and conditionnel passé

Sequence, regret and reproach: j'aurais dû

Relative pronouns: qui, que, où, dont

Descriptive and abstract vocabulary, connectors

▶ Test after lesson 30

Block-Test 3 (Lessons 21–30): Past, future, narration

you can tell a story, share your plans, and give directions, level B1

BLOCK 4: SUBJUNCTIVE AND COMPLEX CLAUSES B2 (Lessons 31–40) → Test "Comte / Comtesse" (Count)

Rank: Comte / Comtesse

Subjunctive forms: que je parle, que je fasse

High-frequency verbs in all groups, in the subjunctive

Subjunctive after "I want that…", "it's necessary that…", "I'm glad that…"

Will and obligation, emotional verbs

Subjunctive after doubt and opinion: "I doubt that…"

Doubt and certainty, evaluative expressions

Subjunctive after conjunctions: pour que, bien que, avant que

Purpose, concession, time, condition

Subjunctive in descriptions: "I'm looking for someone who can…"

Searching, evaluating, describing exceptional qualities

"It's a pity he's already left" — passé du subjonctif

Completed action in a subjunctive context

"If I knew, I'd tell you" — conditional sentences (si): three types

Hypothetical scenarios, cause-effect, regret

Reported speech: "he said that…"

Speech verbs: affirmer, demander, suggérer

Passive voice: "it was built", "it's sold"

Formal and journalistic vocabulary, processes

Verbs + à / de + infinitive. Gérondif (en + -ant)

Verbs with prepositions, expressing simultaneity

▶ Test after lesson 40

Block-Test 4 (Lessons 31–40): Subjunctive and complex sentences

you can express opinions, doubts, wishes, and hypotheticals, level B2

BLOCK 5: PRECISION AND NUANCE C1 (Lessons 41–50) → Test "Roi / Reine" (King / Queen)

Rank: Roi / Reine

Advanced relative pronouns: lequel, auquel, duquel, ce qui / ce que

Formal register, abstract nouns, defining vocabulary

Literary tenses (for reading): passé simple, imparfait du subjonctif

Literary and narrative vocabulary, classic texts

Advanced negation: ne … que, ne … aucun, ne explétif

Limit, exception, nuance and degree

Verbs that require a preposition: dépendre de, s'intéresser à

Verbal collocations, abstract relations, geography

Connectors for essay writing: "because", "therefore", "despite"

Full inventory of discourse markers, essay writing, argumentation

Suffixes -tion, -ment, -age. Prefixes re-, dé-, in-

Affixes as a productive system, abstract nouns

Emphatic structures: c'est … qui/que, moi je …

Emphasis, focus, aspectual periphrases

Register: soutenu / courant / familier — pick the right one

Register-marked synonyms, idioms, formal/informal pairs

Fine points of subjonctif and conditionnel: "whatever happens", journalistic conditional

Concessive constructions, hedging, media language

Stylistic mastery and Francophone variation

Idioms, regional vocabulary, register markers

▶ Test after lesson 50

Block-Test 5 (Lessons 41–50): Precision and style

you can argue a point, write essays, and read literature, level C1

French Course Curriculum (50 units) · Glottos Matrix