French grammar (see French Grammar) rewards a deliberate build-up toward its more advanced features, especially the subjunctive mood, rather than tackling everything at once.
Since French requires gender agreement across articles and many adjectives, practicing this consistently from the start — as part of vocabulary study, not a separate topic — prevents having to retrofit agreement habits later.
Master this largest, most regular verb group before tackling irregular high-frequency verbs like être and avoir, which are worth memorizing directly rather than expecting them to fit regular patterns.
Practice choosing between informal tu and formal vous deliberately in example sentences from early on, since getting this right matters for real conversation long before advanced grammar does.
Introduce subjunctive triggers (doubt, necessity, emotion) only after your everyday indicative conjugation is comfortable — rushing the subjunctive before that foundation is solid tends to create confusion rather than accelerate progress.
See also the reference page: French Grammar.
It's more effective to build it into vocabulary study from the start, practicing article and adjective agreement together with each noun rather than treating agreement as a separate later topic.
The -er group — it's the largest and most regular, giving you a working verb system before tackling irregular high-frequency verbs like être and avoir.
Early on — getting this distinction right matters for real conversation long before more advanced grammar does, so it's worth deliberate early practice.
Only once everyday indicative conjugation feels comfortable — introducing it too early tends to create confusion rather than accelerate progress.