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Grammar, verbs and exam charts, designed to be read in a minute and kept on your wall or phone. Each one also comes as text, so you can copy any line.

Exam & scores

CEFR to CLB and NCLC chart: A1 to C2 matched to NCLC levels, with can-do notes and TEF and TCF Canada key scoresExam & scores · All levelsCEFR vs CLB vs NCLC chartCRS points for French chart: Express Entry points per NCLC level, the +25 / +50 French bonus and worked examplesExam & scores · All levelsCRS points for FrenchTCF Canada exam format chart: four sections, writing word counts, speaking task timings and NCLC 7 minimum scoresExam & scores · All levelsTCF Canada exam formatTCF Canada score chart: /699 and /20 score ranges for NCLC 4 to 10 in all four skills, NCLC 7 highlightedExam & scores · All levelsTCF Canada score chartTEF Canada exam format chart: four modules with questions, timings, ancien score maximums and NCLC 7 minimumsExam & scores · All levelsTEF Canada exam formatTEF Canada score chart: ancien score ranges for NCLC 4 to 10 in listening, reading, writing and speakingExam & scores · All levelsTEF Canada score chart

Verbs

Dr Mrs Vandertramp chart listing the 17 French être verbs with meanings, past participles and agreement examplesVerbs · A2Dr & Mrs VandertrampFrench conditional and si clauses chart showing the 3 si-clause types, conditional endings, irregular stems and examplesVerbs · B1French Conditional & Si ClausesFrench irregular verbs chart: present tense of être, avoir, aller, faire, pouvoir, vouloir, devoir, savoir, venir, prendreVerbs · A1–A2French Irregular Verbs ChartFrench subjunctive chart with present subjunctive endings, irregular verbs, triggers and conjunctionsVerbs · B1–B2French Subjunctive ChartFrench verb endings chart for regular -er, -ir and -re verbs in present, imperfect, future and conditionalVerbs · A1–A2French Verb Endings ChartFrench verb tenses chart: 9 tenses with formation, uses and examples for parler and finirVerbs · A2–B1French Verb Tenses ChartPassé composé vs imparfait chart comparing uses, signal words, formation and example sentencesVerbs · A2–B1Passé Composé vs Imparfait

Grammar

French adjectives chart: agreement endings, the BAGS rule, bel nouvel vieil, and adjectives that change meaning with positionGrammar · A2–B1French Adjectives and BAGSFrench articles chart: definite, indefinite and partitive articles, contractions au, aux, du, des and de after negationGrammar · A2French Articles ChartFrench negation chart listing ne pas, ne jamais, ne plus, ne rien, ne personne, ne que, ne aucun and ne ni ni with examplesGrammar · A2–B1French Negation ChartFrench prepositions chart for countries and cities: à, en, au, aux and de, du, des, with Canada, India and Canadian provincesGrammar · A2French Prepositions: Countries and CitiesFrench pronouns chart with subject, stressed, COD, COI and reflexive forms, y and en, and the pronoun order ruleGrammar · A2–B1French Pronouns ChartFrench question words chart with qui, que, où, quand, comment, pourquoi, combien and quel, and three ways to ask a questionGrammar · A2–B1French Question WordsFrench relative pronouns chart showing qui, que, dont, où, lequel, auquel, duquel and ce qui, ce que, ce dont with examplesGrammar · B1French Relative Pronouns

Writing & speaking

French connectors chart grouping linking words by function, with B1 and B2 options and example sentencesWriting & speaking · B1–B2French Connectors ChartFrench formal letter phrases chart: greetings, purpose lines, requests, complaints and closing formulasWriting & speaking · B1–B2French Formal Letter PhrasesFrench opinion phrases cheat sheet: giving opinions, agreeing, disagreeing, nuancing, hypotheses and conclusionsWriting & speaking · B1–B2French Opinion Phrases

Vocabulary

French accents chart showing each accent's sound, rule and examples, with Windows Alt codes and Mac shortcutsVocabulary · All levelsFrench Accents ChartFrench numbers chart with 0–20, tens, 71–99, ordinals, big numbers and how to read years and pricesVocabulary · A1–A2French Numbers Chart

Free PDF guides

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Cover of the free PDF: TEF Canada Preparation Guide 2026 Free PDF · 26 pagesTEF Canada Preparation Guide 2026Format, scoring, strategy for all four modules, model answers and an 8-week plan to NCLC 7Cover of the free PDF: TCF Canada Preparation Guide 2026 Free PDF · 24 pagesTCF Canada Preparation Guide 2026Format, scoring, the 3 writing and 3 speaking tasks with model answers, and an 8-week plan to NCLC 7Cover of the free PDF: CLB 7 French in 12 Weeks Free PDF · 26 pagesCLB 7 French in 12 WeeksA week-by-week study plan from NCLC 5–6 to NCLC 7 for TEF Canada and TCF CanadaCover of the free PDF: TEF & TCF Canada Writing Templates (Expression écrite) Free PDF · 28 pagesTEF & TCF Canada Writing Templates (Expression écrite)Fill-in templates, phrase banks and counted model answers for all five writing tasks

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