Enhancing Grammar and Vocabulary: Difficulties in the French Language 
Led by Thierry Bidault
$69 per workshop
Fridays, from 5:30-7:30pm

This workshop is in both French and English. Its goal is to help you improve your skills in French grammar and vocabulary. Together, we will go over the most difficult parts of the French language. Participants can also ask questions.

The workshop covers in this order:
– 10 verbs using être et avoir at the past tense for different meanings;
– The 6 most important French verbs with multiple meanings;
– When should you use « Il est » and « C’est » for « It is »;
– Agreement of the past participle in the past tense after « que »;
– Easy ways to conjugate the imperfect, the future and the conditional tenses;
– Vocabulary: 15 foes, words that seem alike in English and French but don’t mean the same;
– « To » and « From » + countries, US states, regions, cities, etc.;
– When should you use the subjunctive present and how to conjugate it;
– The direct and indirect object pronouns: how to use them and how to position them;
– The numerous uses of « En » and « Y »;
– Positioning adjectives and adverbs;
– The new French Parisian and its shortcuts;
– The new way to use the negative form;
– The pronunciation of « Plus » that changes everything today;
– Ceci, Cela, Celui-ci, Celui-là, Ceux-ci, Celles-là;
– The common expressions / Les expressions de la rue;
– Q and A: Questions you never dared to ask about French grammar.