B2: Upper Intermediate
B2: Verbs Tenses & Conjugation
- Conjugate regular verbs in the subjunctive present in French (Le Subjonctif Présent)
- Special cases when the past participle agrees (in number & gender) when used with 'avoir' in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)
- Conjugate être in the subjunctive present in French (Le Subjonctif Présent)
- Entrer can be used with avoir or être in compound tenses depending on its meaning in French (Le Passé Composé)
- Sortir can be used with avoir or être in Le Passé Composé depending on its meaning in French
- Conjugate aller in the subjunctive present in French (Le Subjonctif Présent)
- Conjugate faire in the subjunctive present in French (Le Subjonctif Présent)
- Descendre can be used with avoir or être in compound tenses depending on its meaning in French (Le Passé Composé)
- Conjugate avoir in the subjunctive present in French (Le Subjonctif Présent)
- Monter can be used with avoir or être in Le Passé Composé depending on its meaning in French
- Conjugate prendre and derivatives in the subjunctive present in French (Le Subjonctif Présent)
- Conjugate cueillir and derivatives in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Il faut que + the subjunctive mood (Le Subjonctif) in French
- Retourner can be used with avoir or être in compound tenses depending on its meaning in French (Le Passé Composé)
- Vouloir que + the subjunctive mood (Le Subjonctif) = To want someone to do something in French
- Conjugate pouvoir in the subjunctive present in French (Le Subjonctif Présent)
- Rentrer can be used with avoir or être in compound tenses depending on its meaning in French (Le Passé Composé)
- Conjugate venir/tenir and derivatives in the subjunctive present in French (Le Subjonctif Présent)
- Conjugate savoir in the subjunctive present in French (Le Subjonctif Présent)
- Aimer que/détester que + the subjunctive mood (Le Subjonctif) = to like/hate that in French
- Conjugate irregular être/avoir/savoir in the imperative mood in French (L'Impératif)
- Repasser can be used with avoir or être in compound tenses depending on its meaning in French (Le Passé Composé)
- J'allais + [infinitive] to express the near future (Le Futur Proche) in the imperfect in French
- Conjugate regular -er, -ir, -dre verbs (+ avoir) in the pluperfect tense in French (Le Plus-que-Parfait)
- Conjugate être/avoir/faire/prendre/vouloir (+ avoir) in the pluperfect tense in French (Le Plus-que-Parfait)
- Conjugate verbs (+ être) in the pluperfect tense in French (Le Plus-que-Parfait)
- Conjugate reflexive verbs in the pluperfect tense in French (Le Plus-que-Parfait)
- Conjugate vouloir in the subjunctive present in French (Le Subjonctif Présent)
- Conjugate devoir in the pluperfect tense in French (Le Plus-que-Parfait)
- Conjugate pouvoir in the pluperfect tense in French (Le Plus-que-Parfait)
- Conjugate regular -er, -ir, -dre verbs (+ avoir) in the conditional past in French (Le Conditionnel Passé)
- Conjugate verbs with irregular past participles in the conditional past in French (Le Conditionnel Passé)
- Conjugate verbs (+ être) in the conditional past in French (Le Conditionnel Passé)
- Conjugate devoir in the conditional past in French = should have (Le Conditionnel Passé)
- Il est [adjectif] que + the subjunctive mood (Le Subjonctif) = It is [adjective] for [someone] to ... in French
- Conjugate pouvoir in the conditional past in French = could have (Le Conditionnel Passé)
- Conjugate regular -er, -ir, -dre verbs (+ avoir) in the future perfect in French (Le Futur Antérieur)
- Conjugate avoir/être/faire and other irregular verbs in the future perfect in French (Le Futur Antérieur)
- Conjugate verbs (+ être) in the future perfect in French (Le Futur Antérieur)
- Conjugate vouloir/pouvoir/devoir in the future perfect in French (Le Futur Antérieur)
- Recognising être in the historic past in French (Le Passé Simple)
- Recognising faire in the historic past in French (Le Passé Simple)
- Recognising all -er verbs - including aller - in the historic past in French (Le Passé Simple)
- Recognising -ir verbs in the historic past in French (Le Passé Simple)
- Conjugate s'asseoir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
- Recognising avoir in the historic past in French (Le Passé Simple)
- Recognising regular -dre verbs in the historic past in French (Le Passé Simple)
- Conjugate verbs in the subjunctive past in French (Le Subjonctif Passé)
- Recognising voir/vivre in the historic past in French (Le Passé Simple)
- Recognising venir/tenir and derivatives in the historic past in French (Le Passé Simple)
- Conjugate vouloir in the imperative mood in French (L'Impératif)
B2: Pronouns
- Position of Double Pronouns in French - Direct Object Pronoun + Indirect Object Pronoun
- Dans lequel/laquelle : alternative to où with places (French Relative Pronouns)
- Position of Double Pronouns in French - Reflexive Pronoun + Direct Object Pronoun
- Tout ce qui/Tout ce que = All/everything that (French Relative Pronouns)
- Position of Double Pronouns in French - Indirect Object Pronoun + "en"
- Position of Double Pronouns in French - Direct Object Pronoun + "y"
- Using [preposition] + qui/lequel/laquelle/etc = on what/behind whom/beside which/etc (French Relative Pronouns)
- Dont = Including/[quantity] of which (French Relative Pronouns)
- Position of Double Pronouns in French - in affirmative commands in the imperative mood (L'Impératif)
- À + qui, auquel, à laquelle = to whom, what, which (French Relative Pronouns)
- De qui/dont/duquel = of/about whom, of/about which - with prepositional verbs with "de" (French Relative Pronouns)
- French reflexive pronouns can be used to express reciprocity - "each other"
- Duquel/de laquelle/desquels/desquelles with prepositional phrases with "de" (French Relative Pronouns)
B2: Prepositions & Conjunctions
- Depuis que + [conjugated verb] = (Ever) since + [conjugated verb] in French
- Malgré/En dépit de = Despite/In spite of in French
- Soit ... soit ... = Either ... or...
- Pour que + the subjunctive mood (Le Subjonctif) = So that.../In order that... in French
- Avant de + infinitive = Before + -ing in French
- Dont = Whose (French Relative Pronouns)
- Bien que/quoique + the subjunctive mood (Le Subjonctif) = although/though in French
- Merci de / pour = Thank you for in French
B2: Idioms, Idiomatic Usage, and Structures
- Faire + [infinitive] = to have something done in French (Causative)
- "Penser/trouver/savoir/croire/prétendre que" are followed with the indicative mood (L'Indicatif) in affirmative sentences BUT with the subjunctive mood (Le Subjonctif) in negative ones
- Attendre quelqu'un vs s'attendre à quelque chose = to wait vs to expect in French
- Avoir besoin que + the subjunctive mood (Le Subjonctif) = To need someone to do something in French
- Expressing "the most/least that I have (ever)..." with a superlative followed by the subjunctive mood in French (Le Subjonctif)