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🇫🇷 Grammar Backbone · AQA A-Level French (7652)

The grammar backbone

Ten interactive mini-lessons that build and consolidate the whole grammatical backbone of AQA A-Level French — from the tense system to the subjunctive, si-clauses and the passive. GCSE grammar is assumed; this takes it to A-Level depth. Work through them in order.

1 · The teaching

Ten grammar mini-lessons — the graspable overview of the grammar you must command.

2 · The practice fuel

Authentic vocabulary and set-text language ride on top as drills and games.

Scope: this is the grammar pillar of A-Level. It does not replace your set text & film, essay technique, translation practice or the Individual Research Project — it makes the grammar underneath them secure.
Core grammar · clusters 1–8
1
🕰️ Tense-system consolidation Grammar

The past tenses consolidated — passé composé vs imparfait — plus the pluperfect.

2
🔮 Future & conditional Grammar

Future, conditional, irregular stems, and the compound (future/conditional perfect).

3
🔀 Pronouns in depth Grammar

Multiple-pronoun order, y & en, and relative pronouns (qui/que/dont).

4
🌀 The present subjunctive Grammar

Formation from the ils-stem, the irregular stems, and the triggers.

5
🌀 The subjunctive II Grammar

The perfect subjunctive, present-vs-perfect, and the literary forms.

6
🔗 Si-clauses & reported speech Grammar

The three si-clause types and indirect-speech backshift.

7
🔄 The passive Grammar

Être + agreeing participle, and how French avoids the passive.

8
🧩 Infinitive & participle constructions Grammar

Verb + à/de + infinitive, en + -ant, and après avoir.

Register & skills · clusters 9–10
9
📜 Literary tenses & register Literary

The passé simple (receptive), register, and faux amis.

10
✍️ Essay & translation technique Skills

Connectives, opinion with the subjunctive, and translation skill.

Built to the AQA A-Level French (7652) specification.
A-Level is single-tier; GCSE grammar is assumed as the foundation.