Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksAdd to bookExport to PDFODT exportBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Grammar FLE Course A1 ====== ===== 1) The basic sentence ===== * **Structure** Subject + Verb + Complement * e.g. : ''I work in Novi Sad.'' * **Statement** simple sentence * e.g. : ''It's a book.'' * **Negation (base)** : **doesn't ...** * I'm not Serbian: ''I am not Serbian.'' / ''He doesn't have a car.'' * **Questions (3 forms A1)** : * **intonation** : ''Are you coming?'' * **is that** : ''Are you coming?'' * **interrogative word + is that** : ''Where do you live?'' ===== 2) Subject personal pronouns ===== * ''I, you, he, she, we, us, you, they'' * **We** = often **we** in speech * e.g. : ''We go to the cinema.'' ===== 3) Verbs in the present tense ===== * **Prior verbs** : ''to be, to have, to go, to do'' * **1st group (-ER)** to speak, to love, to live, to work... * **Very frequent verbs (as needed)** to come, to take, to be able, to want, to put, to say... * **Pronominal verbs (introduction)** : ''to call, to get up'' * **Verb + infinitive** : * e.g. : ''I can come.'' / ''I want to learn.'' ===== 4) Articles and genre ===== * **Definite articles** : ''le, la, l', les'' * **Indefinite articles** : ''un, une, des'' * **Partitives (according to progression)** : ''du, de la, de l', des'' * I drink coffee: ''I drink coffee.'' / ''I'm eating salad.'' * **Gender** masculine / feminine (simple references) ===== 5) Plural and simple agreements ===== * **Plural nouns** often ''-s'' * **Adjective agreement (base)** : * ex. : ''a little boy'' / ''a little girl'' / ''some little girls'' * Frequent agreements: nationalities, common colours ===== 6) Adjectives: place and useful forms ===== * **Before the noun (common)** e.g.: small, big, beautiful, good, bad, young, old, new... * ex. : ''a big hotel'' * **After the noun (general)** French, blue, interesting... * e.g. : ''a blue car'' * **Feminine (frequent forms)** addition of ''-e'' + common cases (e.g. petite) ===== 7) Essential determiners ===== * **Possessives** : * ''my/my/my'' ; ''ton/ta/tes'' ; ''son/sa/ses'' * ''ours'' ; ''your'' ; ''theirs'' * **Demonstratives** : ''this/that/these'' * **Simple quantity** : ''a lot of, a little of, very'' ===== 8) Prepositions and location ===== * **City / Country** : * ''à'' + city : ''à Paris'' * ''in'' + female country : ''in France'' * ''at'' + male country : ''in Canada'' * ''at'' + plural country : ''in the United States'' * **Place (base)** : ''in, on, under, in front of, behind'' * **Location** : ''next to, near, far from'' * **At** : * e.g. : ''at the doctor's'' / ''at home'' ===== 9) Essential expressions ===== * **C'est / Ce sont** : * e.g. : ''This is a school.'' / ''These are my friends.'' * **There are** : * e.g. : ''There is a problem.'' * **Here / Here** : * e.g. : ''Here's my passport.'' ===== 10) The imperative (functional) ===== * Forms : **you / us / you** * e.g. : ''Look!'' / ''Let's go !'' / ''Take a right !'' ===== 11) Near future (often end A1) ===== * **Go + infinitive** * I'm going to work: ''I'm going to work.'' / ''We're going out.'' ===== Checklist A1 (objective) ===== * Introduce yourself, ask for simple information * Describe a person/object (age, nationality, tastes, simple appearance). * Talk about routine in the present tense * Find your bearings (place, simple directions) * Understand and follow short instructions