DELF A1 – Learning Objectives
What should you be able to do at A1 level?
Communication
Introduce yourself and others (name, age, nationality, profession).
Talk about your family, hobbies and everyday environment.
Ask and answer simple questions about personal information.
Describe people and objects, including their appearance, colour and price.
Express basic needs, make simple requests and accept or refuse.
Give the date and time, and provide simple directions.
Grammar
Present tense of common verbs (être, avoir, faire, aller) and regular -er verbs.
Subject and stressed pronouns.
Simple questions, interrogative words and negation (ne… pas).
Definite, indefinite and partitive articles.
Possessive, demonstrative and interrogative adjectives.
Gender and number agreement.
Basic prepositions of place and time.
Expressions of quantity, numbers and simple connectors (et, ou, alors).
Imperative and polite requests (je voudrais).
Vocabulary
Personal information: names, age, nationalities and professions.
Family members and relationships.
Numbers, dates, days of the week and time.
Everyday objects, colours and physical descriptions.
Hobbies and leisure activities.
Weather and seasons.
Prices, quantities and basic shopping vocabulary.