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Core French

Grade 12 University Preparation, following the Ontario curriculum.

  • 5 units
  • 26 lessons
  • 257 practice questions
  • 222 flashcards
  • 2 simulators
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Try oneFSF4U · The Futur Antérieur
Which sentence means By the end of the month, they will have moved?

Units

Unit 1 · 5 lessons · ~20% of course

Le temps: Future Perfect, Past Infinitive and the Passé Simple

Control time across a whole text: the futur antérieur for what will be finished, the future after quand and dès que, the infinitif passé for thanks and sequence, the passé simple you meet in books and history, and full past narration in news, biography and story.

  1. 1The Futur Antérieur
  2. 2Quand, dès que, aussitôt que: the Future after Time Conjunctions
  3. 3The Infinitif Passé
  4. 4Recognizing the Passé Simple
  5. 5Full Past Narration: News, Biography and Story
Unit 2 · 5 lessons · ~20% of course

Le mode: Subjonctif, Conditionnel and Hypotheses

Choose the mood that matches what you mean: indicatif or subjonctif after opinion verbs, emotions, wishes and judgments, the subjonctif passé for what has already happened, the conjunctions of concession, purpose and condition, and mixed hypotheses and tactful feedback with the conditionnel.

  1. 1Opinion Verbs: Indicatif or Subjonctif?
  2. 2Emotion, Wishes and Judgment
  3. 3The Subjonctif Passé
  4. 4Concession, Purpose and Condition
  5. 5Advanced Hypotheses and Tactful Feedback
Unit 3 · 6 lessons · ~20% of course

Pronouns, Negation and Agreement

The precision tools of Grade 12 French: double pronouns in every verb frame, lequel, auquel and duquel, dont and où at full strength, demonstrative and possessive pronouns, the complete set of negatives, and agreement with collective nouns, several adjectives and superlatives.

  1. 1Double Pronouns in Every Position
  2. 2Lequel, auquel, duquel
  3. 3Dont, Duquel and Où
  4. 4Demonstrative and Possessive Pronouns
  5. 5Advanced Negation
  6. 6Tricky Agreement: Collective Nouns, Several Adjectives, Comparisons
Unit 4 · 5 lessons · ~20% of course

Discours et argumentation: Reporting, Persuading and Style

Handle other people's words and build your own case: indirect speech with every tense, time and place shift, indirect questions and commands, the faire causatif, a structured argument with concession and connectors, and the figures of speech that give poems, songs and ads their force.

  1. 1Indirect Discourse: Every Shift
  2. 2Indirect Questions and Commands
  3. 3Faire Causatif, se faire and se laisser
  4. 4Building an Argument: Thesis, Concession and Connectors
  5. 5Figures of Speech and Literary Analysis
Unit 5 · 5 lessons · ~20% of course

Langue et société: Registers, Media and Literature

Use French the way French speakers do: shift register on purpose, understand spoken French and slang, read the news for bias, meet francophone writers from four continents, and write formal letters, reviews and reports.

  1. 1Registers: Familier, Courant, Soutenu
  2. 2Spoken French, Slang and Idioms
  3. 3Media, Bias and Point of View
  4. 4Francophone Literatures and Cultures
  5. 5Formal Writing: Applications, Reviews and Reports

Simulators

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FSF4U
Reported Speech Lab

Switch a quote between “Elle dit que…” and “Elle a dit que…” and watch every tense, pronoun, possessive and time word shift, each with its rule, then rebuild reported sentences blank by blank.

Used in 3 lessons
FSF4U
Relative Pronoun Lab

Work out what the shared noun does in the second sentence, follow the decision chart to qui, que, dont, où or a form of lequel, and watch lequel agree and contract after any preposition.

Used in 3 lessons