What is the basic word order in French?

Like English, French is subject + verb + object: Je cherche un emploi. The big differences are object pronouns, which go before the verb (je le cherche), and most adjectives, which come after the noun (un appartement lumineux).

Where does ne … pas go in a French sentence?

Ne goes before the conjugated verb and pas right after it: Mon frère ne travaille pas. In compound tenses they wrap the auxiliary: Elle n’a pas trouvé.

How do you build a sentence in French?

Start with the subject and the conjugated verb, then add the object and the details (place, time). Put object pronouns and ne … pas around the verb, and practise with real sentences until the order feels natural.

Is this word order game good for TCF and TEF writing?

Yes, as daily practice: correct word order is part of the grammatical accuracy examiners look for. Use it alongside full writing practice, where you write complete texts and get feedback.

Is Word tower free to play?

Yes. The first 6 levels are free with no sign-up, and levels 7 to 12 are free with an account, which also saves your stars on every device. Levels 13 to 30 come with Premium, together with every 3D game’s later levels and all the mock tests.

French word order game: build sentences, floor by floor

La tour

French word order clicks when you build sentences yourself. Read a sentence in English, then tap the French words in the right order: a crane lifts each block onto the floor, and every correct sentence lights up a new storey of your tower over the city. Thirty levels take one rule at a time, from une robe bleue and ne … pas to je te le donne, dont and the subjunctive, and every slip shows the rule.

4 min a round
30 levels
First 6 levels free, no sign-up
Writing
Reading

3D game: plays full screen on phones.

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30 levels, 5 worlds

From the basics to exam speed

Each level is one round of about 4 minutes. Win a star to open the next level, and replay for three stars. The first 6 levels are free with no sign-up, levels 7–12 with a free account, and Premium opens all 30.

World 1 · levels 1–6
The base
Les bases
Adjectives before or after the noun, ne … pas around the verb, questions with est-ce que.
· Free, no sign-up
World 2 · levels 7–12
Pronouns and negation
Pronoms et négation
Je la connais, j’y vais, je ne le vois pas: the little words that go before the verb.
· Free account
World 3 · levels 13–18
Past tense and questions
Passé composé et questions
Je l’ai déjà vu, je vais le faire, Avez-vous rempli…?, je te le donne.
· Premium
World 4 · levels 19–24
Complex sentences
Les phrases complexes
qui, que, dont, où, the subjunctive and si: two ideas in one sentence.
· Premium
World 5 · levels 25–30
Exam register
Le registre de l’examen
The passive, ne … que, the gerund, c’est … qui and reported speech, at B2.
· Premium

How to play

1Read the sentence in English.
2Tap the French word blocks in the right order: the crane sets each one on the floor.
3Three wrong blocks and the floor builds itself: read why, then climb on.

What it trains

French sentence structure in about 250 exam-style sentences from A2 to B2, grouped by 26 word-order rules: adjectives, object pronouns before the verb (il m’a montré), the negation around the verb (je n’ai pas encore trouvé), two pronouns (je te le donne), relative clauses (les dossiers dont elle s’occupe), the subjunctive after il faut que and the passive.

Why it matters for TCF and TEF Canada

In the writing section of TCF Canada and TEF Canada, word order is where English habits slip in: a pronoun after the verb or a pas in the wrong place is an error the examiner sees at once. Building correct sentences again and again makes the French order automatic, which matters for the clear, accurate writing expected at NCLC 7 for Express Entry, and it helps you read faster in the reading section too.

Practise writing in the real format: TCF Canada writing practice · TEF Canada writing practice

Learn while you play

Rules and tips to remember

Find the verb first
Spot the conjugated verb, then build around it: the subject before it, ne … pas around it, object pronouns just before it (je le vois, je ne le vois pas).
Use the capital and the full stop
The word with a capital letter starts the sentence and the one with the full stop or question mark ends it. Place those two in your head first.
Read the sentence aloud after each floor
Say the finished sentence out loud. Hearing the right order (Ma collègue m’a montré les dossiers) fixes it in memory for the writing and speaking tests.
Learn one rule, then mix
Each level trains one or two rules, and the rule shows up when a block goes wrong. Three stars mean the order is automatic; then the mixed levels and bosses check it sticks.

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