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French at B1
Everything written for B1 learners (expressing your ideas), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Culture & registerPhrasebookB1
French phrases for phone calls at work: introductions, transfers and messages
Handle professional calls in French with 26 lines across four scenes: introduce yourself, transfer a caller, leave a message and confirm details.
Words & expressionsQuizB1
Utile or nécessaire? Eight French questions about what you need
Test utile and nécessaire in eight clear situations: helpful aids, required items, useful information and changing needs. Every answer explains the choice.
Words & expressionsReadingB1
French news vocabulary in context: source, rumour and denial
Read a short local report and learn source, rumeur, démenti and reporting phrases. Practise keeping the speaker and uncertainty in your vocabulary notes.
DELF, DALF & examsPractical guideB1
B1 French opinion review: make your claim fit your example
Review a proposal for a neighbourhood lending library. Replace an overclaim, keep a practical difficulty and rehearse a reply to an objection.
Grammar & usageCommon mistakesB1
Même si or bien que? Four concession mistakes to fix
Use même si c’est and bien que ce soit, distinguish even if from although, and check French elision with four corrections and a short quiz.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Améliorer or perfectionner? Improving French, skills and work
Compare broad improvement with further refinement: améliorer son français, perfectionner sa technique and se perfectionner en français. Examples and four checks.
Culture & registerVerb drillB1
From bagnole to voiture: practise neutral French word choices
Turn familiar French nouns into neutral wording. Practise bagnole, bouquin, fric and flic while keeping the same people, objects and details.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
Ce dont in French: follow the expression with de
Choose ce dont from avoir besoin de, parler de and se souvenir de. A compact reference sheet, clear contrasts with ce que and four practice questions.
Everyday FrenchDialogueB1
Ask a French recruiter to clarify a question you do not understand
Ask a French recruiter to clarify an unclear interview question, confirm the intended focus and answer with a relevant example in sixteen lines.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: change a formal email into a friendly message
Complete 12 greetings, requests and sign-offs as an email changes recipient. Compare a professional request with a message to a friend, with translation.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB1
Renting a flat in French: viewing, rent, charges, deposit and lease
Use 26 French rental phrases across four scenes: view a flat, check the total rent, ask about the deposit and clarify the lease before signing.
Verbs & tensesQuizB1
French subjunctive quiz: ten forms and sentence choices
Try ten French subjunctive questions on regular endings, irregular forms, wishes, reactions and infinitives, with an explanation for every answer.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB1
B1 French reading: what can you consult, photograph or copy?
Read a neighbourhood archive notice in French. Check appointments, photography rules and copy requests with glossed vocabulary and five reading questions.
Everyday FrenchPractical guideB1
Plan a French speaking-partner session: time, topic and feedback
Agree a short French speaking session with a clear task, balanced turns and correction preferences, using a model exchange and a practical checklist.
Grammar & usageCommon mistakesB1
Un autre, l’autre, d’autres: five French choices to get right
Choose another item or the other one with un autre, l’autre, d’autres and les autres. Five fixes, illustrated object cards and a four-question check.
Culture & registerArticleB1
Prochainement or bientôt: announcements, plans and “see you soon”
Compare prochainement and bientôt in announcements, friendly plans and past stories. Practise choosing the tone and separating soon from almost.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
Pour or afin de? Say what an action is for in French
Explain a goal with pour or afin de, make it negative with ne pas, and switch to pour que when another person carries out the intended action.
Culture & registerCheat sheetB1
Très, trop, vraiment, vachement: a French intensifier cheat sheet
Choose French intensifiers by grammar and meaning: très clair, aide beaucoup, trop long and vraiment. Compare familiar emphasis with neutral phrasing.
Words & expressionsDialogueB1
Texte or discours: prepare a French speech with a partner
Follow a conversation about a speech script, practise the speaker’s lines and learn texte, discours, prononcer un discours and discours indirect.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: choosing a village noticeboard location
Fill 12 opinion and concession gaps as residents weigh three noticeboard sites. Includes a location comparison, picture cards and an English translation.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB1
Ask a colleague for help in French: clear, practical phrases
Ask for ten minutes, explain the point you need checked, respond to limited availability and confirm the next action in French workplace exchanges.
Reading & writingQuizB1
French assembly instructions quiz: parts, order and warnings
Read a French shelving-unit assembly notice, then answer twelve questions on parts, pronoun references, sequence and safety warnings.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB1
French reading timeline: what happened before, after and only in the plan
Follow Nora’s request, confirmation and rescheduled meeting. A B1 French reading with a worked timeline, time expressions and five comprehension questions.
Verbs & tensesPractical guideB1
French si clauses: a proofreading checklist with worked repairs
Check if versus whether, then choose the condition and result tenses. Worked repairs cover open conditions, hypotheses and a past-to-present result.
Verbs & tensesCommon mistakesB1
Reflexive passé composé: six mistakes to fix
Fix pronouns, être and agreement in elle s’est levée, elle s’est lavé les mains and elles se sont parlé. Six contrasts and four quiz questions.
Pronunciation & listeningArticleB1
French vowel sequences: why Noël has two syllables and pied has one
Count spoken syllables in Noël, Noé, pied, piano and radio. Compare separate vowels with /j/, /w/ and /ɥ/, then check six common word shapes.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
C’est…que in French: focus the person or thing you choose
Build French object-emphasis sentences with c’est…que. Practise elision, people as objects and past-participle agreement with a transformation drill.
Everyday FrenchCheat sheetB1
A short work update in French: done, doing, waiting, next
Give a clear French status update with four useful patterns: what is finished, what you are doing, what you are waiting for and the next step.
Pronunciation & listeningDialogueB1
French interview practice: follow the question and the reply
Follow a French interview about changing careers. Match reasons, dates and examples, and spot when the guest corrects the interviewer’s assumption.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
Si j’avais su: fill in a different past in French
Complete a missed-meeting story with si + plus-que-parfait and the past conditional. Practise both auxiliaries, negatives and feminine agreement.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB1
End a conversation politely in French: warm, clear goodbyes
Say you need to leave, thank someone for the conversation and choose a goodbye that fits. Compare friendly closings with promises to contact someone.
Culture & registerQuizB1
Tu parles !: an eight-question quiz on agreement and “yeah right”
Does tu parles mean you speak, you bet or yeah right? Read the clue in each French exchange and test all three meanings in eight explained questions.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB1
B1 French reading: what does a neighbourhood survey tell us?
Read a French questionnaire report about repair workshops and board games. Track 80 subscribers, 32 replies and a proposed trial through five questions.
Pronunciation & listeningPractical guideB1
An unknown French word? Follow the clues and ask one clear question
Work through a Montréal conversation, use grammar and context to follow an unknown word, then choose the clarification that gets you the detail you need.
Verbs & tensesCommon mistakesB1
French infinitive or conjugated verb? Six patterns to fix
Choose French infinitives after modals and prepositions, then compare je veux partir with je veux qu’elle parte. Six fixes and four questions.
Grammar & usageArticleB1
Lire aide à comprendre: make an action the subject in French
Use an infinitive as a French subject, find the conjugated main verb and practise singular agreement even when the action has a plural object.
