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French at B1
Everything written for B1 learners (expressing your ideas), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Verbs & tensesCommon mistakesB1
French gérondif mistakes: who is doing both actions?
Fix dangling French gérondifs by naming the actor. Four corrections cover objects, passive clauses and two different people, followed by a short quiz.
Grammar & usageArticleB1
Le temps de + infinitive: "just long enough to" in French
Le temps de faire quelque chose means the time needed to do it: le temps de prendre un café. See how it frames short actions, with examples and practice.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
French ordinal agreement drill: premier, deuxième and dernier
Rewrite rankings and floor descriptions with premier, deuxième and dernier. Practise gender, plural endings and au premier étage in 14 transformations.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
French location adverbs: dedans, dehors, dessus and dessous
Choose dedans, dehors, dessus or dessous in short French replies. Compare them with dans, sur and sous, then practise locations with picture cards and a drill.
Everyday FrenchDialogueB1
French insurance dialogue: report a stolen bicycle clearly
Report a bicycle theft in French with times, location and supporting documents. Practise separating known facts from missing information in a claim call.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
French B1 conditional gap-fill: a trainee asks for a second chance
Complete twelve conditional forms in a workplace conversation. A trainee owns a scheduling mistake, explains a repair and asks for another chance.
Culture & registerPhrasebookB1
Fric or argent: talk about money in casual and neutral French
Learn du fric and de l’argent through everyday money conversations. Practise saving, being short of money, paying in cash and recognising silver.
Grammar & usageQuizB1
What does ne…que restrict? A French meaning quiz
Ten questions on French ne…que: distinguish only what, only to whom and only when, keep articles, and compare plus que with pas que.
Words & expressionsReadingB1
Preuve or indice? Follow the clues in a missing-bag story
Read a short B1 French story about a missing bag. Distinguish a clue from proof, learn evidence phrases and answer four reading questions.
Verbs & tensesPractical guideB1
Practise French conditional requests beyond je voudrais
Build conditional requests by changing the speaker, the action and the reply. Includes model exchanges, a practice checklist and three questions.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB1
Une issue is not an issue: exits, outcomes and problems
In French, une issue is a way out or an outcome: issue de secours (emergency exit), l'issue du match. An issue (problem) is un problème or une question.
Grammar & usageArticleB1
Tandis que and alors que: while or whereas?
Read tandis que and alors que as time, contrast or both. Compare preferences and overlapping actions, then test the relationship in four examples.
Words & expressionsVerb drillB1
Autoriser or permettre: practise permission and possibility
Compare autoriser quelqu’un à and permettre à quelqu’un de. Practise prepositions, pronouns and the enabling meaning of permettre with clear examples.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
Après que takes the indicative: French timelines at a glance
See which action comes first with après que, compare past and future sequences, and choose between a full clause and après avoir or après être.
Grammar & usageDialogueB1
C’est…qui in French: say who did it
Practise c’est…qui through a family conversation about languages. Compare the person who acts with the person affected, then check your answers.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
Laisser tomber: practise “drop it” in a French gap-fill story
Drop a plan, set a detail aside or let a notebook fall. Learn the meanings of laisser tomber, then complete six gaps in a story about three friends.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB1
Driving lesson phrases in French: instructions and clarification
Understand common driving-lesson prompts in French, clarify a direction before a manoeuvre and explain difficulties with gears, parking or confidence.
DELF, DALF & examsQuizB1
French names and numbers quiz: who did what, and how many?
Read an organiser’s French update, then answer eight questions on names, group totals, ticket prices, duration and corrected quantities. B1 practice with pictures.
Reading & writingReadingB1
B1 French reading: back to university after twenty years
A 45-year-old nurse goes back to university to study psychology. A B1 profile with glosses: her past motivations, today's difficulties and her hopes.
DELF, DALF & examsPractical guideB1
French self-assessment: what can you check in one practice answer?
Review a short French reply using evidence, a checklist and a fresh attempt. Separate task coverage, language control and the help you used.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB1
Réaliser or accomplir: projects, achievements and “I realised”
Learn réaliser un projet, accomplir une tâche and réaliser que. Compare common English translation traps and check your choices in four questions.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Croire or penser: saying what you think and who you believe
Compare je crois que and je pense que, then learn je te crois, croire en and penser à through a conversation about a rumour and five questions.
Words & expressionsVerb drillB1
Éviter or empêcher? Practise “avoid doing” and “stop someone doing”
Build French sentences with éviter de and empêcher quelqu’un de. Study the patterns, then complete ten gaps about repetition, interruptions and checking sources.
Everyday FrenchCheat sheetB1
Who does what? French phrases for dividing study-group tasks
Divide reading, questions and shared notes in French. Use a printable phrase sheet, a group plan and a quiz to check who has agreed to do each task.
Pronunciation & listeningDialogueB1
Who said what? Follow the turns in a French conversation
Follow three people arranging a meeting. Track a preference, a reported message, a changed proposal and the final decision, then practise the organiser’s lines.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
Pas la peine: “no need” in French, with a gap-fill conversation
Learn pas la peine de, distinguish it from en valoir la peine, then complete a short conversation about preparing a presentation with six guided gaps.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB1
Cancel a gym membership in French: dates, steps and confirmation
Request gym membership cancellation in French, state your preferred end date, ask about remaining steps and get the confirmed date in writing.
Culture & registerQuizB1
French event ticket quiz: admission, discounts and re-entry
Answer twelve questions using a French concert ticket’s terms: opening times, student and age discounts, children’s tickets, identity checks and re-entry.
Reading & writingReadingB1
B1 French reading: who wrote the note in the margin?
A pencilled suspicion sits beside a printed promise. Read a B1 French text and distinguish the author’s words from a previous reader’s note, with glosses and questions.
Everyday FrenchPractical guideB1
Hand over a task in French: a message your colleague can use
Write a clear French handover with the current version, completed checks, remaining action and an explicit reply accepting the follow-up.
Culture & registerCommon mistakesB1
J’en ai marre or je suis fatigué: fed up, tired or both?
Tell frustration from tiredness in French. Compare j’en ai marre, fatigué and fatigant, then practise de, du and adjective agreement in short situations.
Verbs & tensesArticleB1
Passé composé or imparfait? Set the scene
Passé composé or imparfait? Separate the scene that was going on from the event that happened within it, with examples.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
French double-negation drill: personne, jamais and rien
Build French sentences meaning nobody ever does anything. Practise personne, jamais and rien together in the present and passé composé.
Verbs & tensesCheat sheetB1
Conditionnel passé: a formation sheet with five practice questions
Form the French past conditional with aurais or serais and a past participle. Compare auxiliaries, check agreement and practise five choices with explanations.
Grammar & usageDialogueB1
Celui-ci or celui-là? Choose clothes without repeating the noun
Practise celui-ci, celle-là, ceux-ci and celles-là in a clothes-shop dialogue. Eight forms, four picture cards and three questions with clear pointing cues.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillB1
Explain a health timeline in French: since, then and no longer
Practise a French symptom timeline with eight gaps. Say when a symptom began, what changed and what is still happening, with a translation.
