French Writing Blog
Grammar guides, writing tips and exam preparation for French learners — from complete beginners to advanced candidates preparing for TCF, TEF, DELF or DALF.
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French GrammarPassé Composé vs Imparfait: How to Choose Every Time
Passé composé and imparfait are both French past tenses, but they do completely different jobs. Once you understand that single distinction, 90% of the choices become automatic.
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Writing TipsHow to Structure a French Argumentative Essay (TCF, DELF, DALF Format)
A French argumentative essay follows a three-part structure that applies at every exam level — TCF, DELF B1, DELF B2, and DALF C1. Memorise the plan once and it scales with length.
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VocabularyFrench Noun Gender Rules: 15 Suffixes That Tell You Le or La Every Time
Most French noun genders follow predictable suffix patterns. Learn these 15 endings and correctly identify the gender of thousands of nouns without memorising each one individually.
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Writing TipsHow to Write a French Formal Email: Opening Lines, Format, and Common Mistakes
A French formal email follows specific conventions: a mandatory subject line, a formal opening, a direct body, and a fixed closing formula. Here is everything you need to write one correctly.
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Writing Tips40 French Transition Phrases and Connectors for Exam Writing
Forty French connectors and transition phrases organised by function — addition, contrast, cause, result, illustration, and conclusion — ready to use in any TCF, DELF, or DALF writing task.
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Writing TipsHow to Improve Your French Writing Skills: A Practical Method
The learners who improve their French writing fastest practise with purpose — not just with volume. Here is a structured daily method and the tools that make it work.
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French Grammar5 Common French Writing Mistakes (And How to Fix Them)
Five predictable errors appear in most French writing at B1–C1 level. Once you recognise the pattern in your own writing, each one becomes straightforward to fix.
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Exam PreparationTCF Canada Writing Tasks: Exact Word Counts for Tasks 1, 2, and 3
Three tasks, three word-count minimums. Here are the exact requirements for each TCF Canada writing task, how examiners count, and the structure that reliably hits the target.