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These pages put two confusable French words or structures side by side and give you one clear decision rule for each, with examples and the mistakes examiners see most.
Savoir is for facts and skills; connaître is for people and places. Learn the one-question test, the passé composé meaning shift, and the errors examiners flag.
C'est goes before nouns with determiners, names, and general ideas; il est goes before bare adjectives, professions, and times. The full rule with examples and traps.
Use the indicative for facts and certainty; use the subjunctive after doubt, desire, emotion, necessity, and judgment. Clear rules, examples, and exam traps.
Use the imparfait for ongoing past background; use the plus-que-parfait for what had happened before another past moment. Learn the timeline rule and traps.
Use the futur for what will happen; use the conditionnel for what would happen, polite requests, advice, and reported future. Clear examples and exam traps.
Futur proche is for near, spoken, already-planned actions; futur simple is for formal predictions, promises, and distant or structured future ideas.
Passé composé is the normal past tense in spoken French; passé simple is the literary narrative past. Learn when to recognize and when to use each.
Depuis is for an action still continuing, pendant is for completed duration, and pour is for planned duration. Learn the rule with examples and exam traps.
Bon is usually an adjective meaning good; bien is usually an adverb meaning well. Learn the real rule, fixed expressions, and common exam traps.
Use meilleur as the comparative of bon for nouns; use mieux as the comparative of bien for verbs and situations. Clear examples and exam traps.
Y replaces à + place or à + thing; en replaces de + thing, quantities, and partitives. Learn the rules, order, and common exam mistakes.
Use qui when the relative pronoun is the subject of the next verb; use que when it is the direct object. Learn the rule with examples and traps.
An counts years; année emphasizes the full duration, experience, or quality of a year. Learn the same pattern for jour/journée, matin/matinée, soir/soirée.