Vocabulary bank: high-frequency starter French

What this page trains

Use this page when you want a stable beginner word bank instead of separate lesson lists that never meet again.

It is built for English-first learners who need memory support through chunks, not through isolated bilingual labels alone.

Core patterns and contrasts

Organize vocabulary by function: identity, time, movement, requests, classroom survival, and simple opinions. This helps the learner choose words by communicative job rather than by textbook chapter only.

Keep collocations and mini-phrases next to the word whenever possible. For example, demain matin is more useful than demain alone if your lessons often involve plans and schedules.

• Store words with one useful phrase frame.
• Review the same high-frequency words across reading, speaking, and dictation.
• Retire low-value rare words from your active notebook if they never return.

Practice routine

Build five tiny theme cards: greetings, identity, numbers and time, requests, and moving around town. Reuse the same cards for quick review before new lessons.

Then test the words in one speaking answer and one written line. Vocabulary only becomes durable when it leaves the list and enters a sentence.

• Choose ten active words for the week, not forty passive ones.
• Say each phrase aloud and then write one line from memory.
• Bring the same word into two different lessons when possible.

How to use this page

How to use this page: review it in five-minute passes before or after a lesson, then force at least three items into a live sentence or mini dialogue.

Return to it before mock or checkpoint work to reactivate the words that support task completion, especially time, place, request, and identity vocabulary.

After reading the page, revise one older sentence, message, or paragraph with it immediately. The page becomes much more valuable when it changes a real output and not only your notebook.

Keep only the chunks, connectors, or grammar frames that you can actually reuse this week. A smaller active bank almost always beats a larger passive list.

• Best with A0-A2 lessons and all beginner study plans.
• Use as a recycle bank, not as a memorization marathon.
• Keep one section for words that are now automatic and one for words still needing work.