The reference shelf
Free French resources
Shareable charts and references to learn French faster — verbs, grammar, vocabulary and more. New ones added regularly.
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272 charts and guides across three collections- Verb charts
Full conjugation charts for every verb that matters — from être to s'en aller, in every tense you’ll actually use.
94 chartsBrowse all → - Vocabulary lists
Themed word lists with pronunciation and real phrases — food, travel, work, weather and the rest of daily life.
98 listsBrowse all → - Grammar guides
The rules in a sensible order — articles, tenses, pronouns, negation, and the exceptions worth knowing.
80 guidesBrowse all →
Everything else
Tests, posters, cards and collections- GuideFrench for Kids, Teens, Adults & ProfessionalsFind your lane: French for kids (cartoons & games), teenagers, adults and professionals — curated starting points for each.
- GuideNative — real spoken FrenchHow French actually sounds when nobody is slowing down for you: the dropped ne, swallowed syllables, filler words and slang that textbooks leave out.…
- IndexEvery French Lesson & Guide — Complete IndexEvery lesson and guide on French’s Cool, in one place. 123 written lessons and 26 longer guides, grouped by what you actually want to do with them —…
- PostersIllustrated French Vocabulary Posters — Free12 colourful posters that pair every French word with a picture — the fastest way to make vocabulary stick. Save them, share them, and tap any poster…
- GuideWhere to Watch French: Free Sources With French SubtitlesFree and paid francophone video and audio sources with French subtitles, ranked by subtitle reliability and episode length.
- PostersFrench Grammar Posters — 70 Free Printable Rule Cards70 free French grammar posters. Every rule card below is a one-glance summary of a grammar point at a specific CEFR level — the formula, real…
- PostersFrench Verb Posters — 12 Core Conjugations, Free12 free French verb posters. The full present tense of the 12 most important French verbs — one clean poster each, with the past participle tip built…
- ChartLes mois et les saisons — Months & Seasons in FrenchThe months and seasons in French. All twelve months in French and the four seasons — with audio, the little grammar rules (no capital letters, and…A1
- VideosFrench Video Lessons by Level — the Full IndexEvery video lesson, sorted by level. 41 French video lessons built on real videos — cartoons and stories for beginners, culture and native-speed…
- GuideRecommended French Creators — YouTube, Podcasts & MoreThe French-learning creators we genuinely recommend — Alexa, Dylane, Comme une Française, InnerFrench, Easy French and more — each paired with the…
- CardsFrench Mistake Cards — Don’t Say / Say InsteadThe classic mistakes every English speaker makes in French — one card each, with the fix and the why. Save them, share them, and never say « je suis…
- TestWhat’s Your French Level? Free Placement TestWhat’s your French level? Take this free placement test: three short quizzes, one per level. Start at A1 and keep going while it feels easy. Your…
- ListThe 100 Most Common French Words — with AudioThe 100 most common French words. Frequency research is unanimous: a small core of words does most of the talking — master this hundred and you’ll…A1
How to use this free French resources library
Everything on this page is free to use and built for self-study: conjugation charts for every verb that matters, grammar guides in a sensible order, themed vocabulary lists with real phrases, and interactive quizzes to make it stick. It’s the reference shelf of this school — the material our students use between lessons, opened to every French learner online.
A route that works, from beginner up
If you’re starting at A1, resist the urge to graze. Take the essentials in order: être and avoir, the article system, one themed vocabulary list close to your life, and the present tense of the big irregular verbs. Comprehension grows fastest when grammar, vocabulary and listening reinforce each other — so pair each chart you study with its example sentences read aloud, and add our games or a podcast episode for input. Apps like Duolingo are fine as a daily streak-keeper; they’re just not enough alone. Structured references like these plus real practice — speaking, writing, listening — is the combination that actually compounds.
Mix your inputs — the library is wider than charts
The best free French learning diet mixes modalities: charts for structure, our games and quizzes for retention, the word of the day for a daily habit, French music with lyrics for pronunciation, and podcasts for listening comprehension once you pass A2. Every one of those has a home on this site, and each links to the next — a vocabulary list feeds a quiz, a song page feeds the grammar it hides. Language learners who rotate three input types outlast the ones who grind one.
Free is the shelf — practice is the engine
The honest limit of any online resource library: reading about French is input, and fluency is built on output. Use these pages to learn and practice the mechanics, then produce — say the phrases, write your own examples, take the quizzes without looking. And when you want the fastest possible feedback loop, that’s what the school is for: a native French teacher who catches in seconds what self-study misses for months. The resources stay free either way — bonne lecture, et bon courage !