French Grammar Checklist Y7
Understand
Understand the following grammatical
terms: Noun, article, adjective,
pronoun, verb, tense
Simple connectives (et, mais, aussi)
Other connectives (parce que, ou, alors,
donc)
Intensifiers/Qualifiers (très, assez, un
peu)
Frequency expressions (e.g. quelquefois,
tous les jours)
Simple questions using est-ce
que/qu’est-ce que
Questions using question words and
inversion
Time expressions (e.g. hier, le weekend
dernier, ce soir, demain)
General
Nouns
Common prepositions (dans, devant,
derrière, sur, sous, en face de)
Gender & articles (le/la/les)
(un/une/des)
Singular and plural nouns
Determiners (ce/cette/ces)
The partitive article (du, de la, de l’, des)
Adjectives
Regular adjectives (masculine &
feminine agreement)
Regular adjectives: agreement and
position (including plurals)
Irregular adjectives (beau/belle,
vieux/vieille)
Possessive adjectives (mon/ma/ mes,
ton/ta/tes, son/sa/ses)
Comparative adjectives (plus… que,
moins… que)
Superlative adjectives (le/la/les
plus/moins... + la meilleure/les
meilleurs)
Confident
Mastered
Adverbs
Pronouns
Subject pronouns: je, tu, il, elle, on
Modes of address (tu and vous)
Reflexive pronouns
Relative pronouns
Direct object pronouns (le/la/les)
Emphatic pronouns (moi, toi, lui, etc.)
Y & en pronouns
Verbs
Verbs of opinion (j’aime, j’adore, je
n’aime pas, je déteste) followed by a
noun
Key high-frequency verb forms: c’est,
j’ai, je suis
The present tense of regular -er verbs
(singular forms only)
The simple negative: ne…pas with
present tense verbs
The simple negative with future tense
verbs
The simple negative with perfect tense
verbs
Other negatives: ne… rien, ne… jamais
The present tense of key irregular verbs:
aller, avoir, être, faire (singular forms
only)
Verbs followed by à and de (e.g. jouer
au foot, aller à la piscine, faire du sport)
The infinitive following a conjugated
verb (e.g. j’aime + infinitive)
Il faut + infinitive
Je voudrais + infinitive
Modal verbs: the present tense of
pouvoir, devoir & vouloir
The present tense of reflexive verbs
(singular)
Present tense of reflexive verbs
The near future tense (aller + infinitive)
The simple future tense
The perfect tense of regular -er verbs,
using avoir
The perfect tense of common irregular
verbs: boire, faire, prendre, voir
The perfect tense with être
The imperfect tense
C’était and Ce n’était pas + adjective
The conditional of common verbs:
j’aimerais, ce serait
The imperative (tu and vous forms)
Combining
Tenses
Two tenses together (present and
perfect or present and near future)
Three tenses together (present, perfect
and near future)
Combinations of different tenses
(present, perfect, future, imperfect)