The French institution where Marie-Louise and Paul learned irregular verbs – and fell in love Carolyn Webb June 20, 2025 — 7.45pm Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size ...

Explore the 20 useful French verbs with their English meanings. Master essential verbs like être, avoir, and faire to boost your French language skills effectively.

GCSE entries for Spanish rose by 1.6 per cent to 131,965 this summer, provisional data for England show, edging French off the top spot for the first time in more than a decade.

GCSE provisional entries have fallen by 0.6% from 5,811,595 in summer 2024 to 5,777,020 this summer. Meanwhile, A-level entries have decreased by 0.4% from 825,355 last summer to 821,875 this summer.