Teaching French - Grammar - Tenses

A handy list of links to resources for teaching tenses
French Steps (Beginners)
Stage 4: Talking about the weather. Grammar Tip: Simple and continuous forms of the present tense.
Stage 6: Lost property. Grammar Tip: Simple use of the passé composé. Understanding past participles
Ma France (Post-Beginners)
Unit 5: Work. Grammar Notes: Verbs with je in the present tense (regular, irregular and reflexive) : je fais (I do), je travaille (I work), je suis (I am), je me lève (I get up).
Unit 6: Arrangements. Grammar Notes: How to use the present tense
Unit 7: Kids & pets. Grammar Notes: 3rd person present tense (singular and plural)
Unit 10: Eating out. Grammar Notes: Vouloir and préférer in the present tense
Unit 13: Walks. Grammar Notes: Saying what you're going to do using le future proche : on va followed by the infinitive
Unit 16: B and B. Grammar Notes: The recent past in French: verbs with avoir.
Unit 17: Holidays. Grammar Notes: The recent past in French: verbs with être.
Unit 18: Guided tour. Grammar Notes: Using the imperfect tense, l'imparfait: il vivait ici (he used to live here)
Unit 22: Hotel requests. Grammar Notes: The use of polite expressions with the conditional tense : serait-il possible... ? (would it be possible..?)
Unit 23: DIY. Grammar Notes: Different ways of talking about the future: with on va... or using le futur : je commencerai... (I will start...)
Reportage (Intermediate)
French TV
On Learning Zone Broadband
Telling Tales (French)
A collection of animated children's tales in both French and English
From the radio archive
In Our Time: Jean-Paul Sartre
Melvyn Bragg discusses the French novelist, playwright & philosopher
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