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French at B1
Everything written for B1 learners (expressing your ideas), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
Dès que + future: practise “as soon as” in French
Practise dès que in routines, past events and future plans. Change the verbs, check future perfect forms and compare as soon as with since.
Culture & registerCheat sheetB1
Nul or mauvais: bad reviews, ability and adjective agreement
Compare c’est nul, mauvais and être nul en with concrete feedback. Study the adjective forms, then check agreement and the meaning of match nul.
Everyday FrenchDialogueB1
French performance review dialogue: ask for more responsibility
Link achievements to a request for more responsibility in French. Practise giving evidence, agreeing a limited first step and setting a review date.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
Déjà, jamais or pas encore? A plus-que-parfait gap-fill
Follow Léa’s first night-train journey. Choose already, never, not yet and again in an eight-gap story, with a reference table and translation.
Culture & registerPhrasebookB1
French phrases for challenging a stereotype
Challenge a sweeping generalisation in French, ask for a concrete example and suggest more precise wording. Four scenes, 24 translated lines and a quiz.
Words & expressionsQuizB1
Possible or probable? Eight French questions on likelihood
Choose between possible and probable in eight French questions. Read short messages, keep the speaker’s meaning and practise adjective agreement.
Reading & writingReadingB1
A guess or a fact? Follow a character’s thoughts in French
Read a short B1 story, track what each character knows and test the difference between a guess, a discovery and an unanswered question.
DELF, DALF & examsPractical guideB1
Retry a French reading task: postponed, moved or cancelled?
Work through a postponement, then retry with new wording. Compare reporté, déplacé and annulé in four short notices with questions and a checklist.
Culture & registerCommon mistakesB1
Étiquette or savoir-vivre? Labels and manners in French
Une étiquette is mostly a label or price tag; good manners are le savoir-vivre or la politesse. Learn when étiquette means etiquette, with examples.
Culture & registerArticleB1
Bosser or travailler? Compare the tone of French verbs
Compare bosser and travailler, galérer and avoir des difficultés, rigoler and rire. See what changes in tone and what the sentence actually tells you.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillB1
Prenions, veniez, buvions: French subjunctive nous and vous
Practise the stem changes in prenions, veniez and buvions, then check étudiions and travailliez in twelve focused sentence gaps.
Culture & registerCheat sheetB1
Pas mal: “not bad” or “quite a lot”? A French meaning cheat sheet
Tell pas mal from pas mal de: praise, quantity and time. Use a compact rule sheet, four food picture cards and a quiz to check the difference.
Pronunciation & listeningDialogueB1
Euh, ben and bah: follow a French conversation
Read euh, ben and bah in a conversation about a language workshop. Hide your replies, practise the exchange and check what each marker does.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB1
C’est pourquoi in French: give the reason, then the result
Use c’est pourquoi for “that is why”. Compare it with parce que and c’est pour cela que, then complete a short announcement and check the meaning.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB1
French phrases for requesting accessibility arrangements at work
Ask for workplace access arrangements in French: describe a practical barrier, suggest an adjustment and confirm who will arrange it, with 24 translated lines.
Everyday FrenchQuizB1
French property plan quiz: surface, duplex and number of rooms
Compare two French property layouts in ten questions. Read T2 and T3 labels, follow a duplex staircase and separate living space from balconies and other annexes.
Pronunciation & listeningReadingB1
Prepare a French passage for reading aloud: a worked example
Prepare a short dinner passage for reading aloud: understand the message, mark phrase groups, check silent endings and practise key connections.
DELF, DALF & examsPractical guideB1
How to prepare for DELF B1 writing
Prepare for DELF B1 writing: understand the task, plan a response in a few minutes and know what to check when you revise.
Culture & registerCommon mistakesB1
Nana or femme: casual labels, women and partners in French
Understand une nana, une femme, ma nana and ma femme through short scenes. Check the register, the relationship and the feminine agreements.
Verbs & tensesArticleB1
Plus-que-parfait or imparfait? Compare the same French scene
Compare lisait and avait lu at the same past moment. See ongoing background, earlier completion and a six-person form table, then test your choices.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
Dont in French: join sentences with a de relationship
Build French sentences with dont from parler de, avoir besoin de and possession. Study five models, then try eight transformations and a short quiz.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetB1
Efficace or efficient: a French cheat sheet for work
Use efficace for getting results and efficient for results relative to resources. Check everyday usage, adjective endings and a three-method comparison.
Culture & registerDialogueB1
Franchement or honnêtement: give a candid opinion in French
Practise frankly and honestly in a French conversation about a presentation. Compare opinions, direct speech and honest behaviour with examples.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillB1
Give a French work progress update: finished, underway, still to do
Build a precise French status update, then complete eight gaps on finished work, work in progress and the next expected review version.
Culture & registerPhrasebookB1
Se prendre la tête: overthinking, arguing and getting on your nerves
Learn se prendre la tête for overthinking or arguing, then compare tu me prends la tête. Practise three short exchanges and check the past form pris.
Culture & registerQuizB1
French museum label quiz: prêt, don, dépôt and collection
Understand French museum labels: prêt du musée du Louvre, don de, dépôt de l'État, legs, acquisition. Ten questions on who owns each object and how it arrived.
Words & expressionsReadingB1
Salaire or revenu: read a French monthly income note
Read a short French text about salary and extra income. Compare salaire, revenu, brut, net, mensuel and annuel, then answer four reading questions.
DELF, DALF & examsPractical guideB1
How to plan a French response from the task instructions
Turn a French writing prompt into a useful plan: identify the reader, select reasons, organise an example and check every requested action.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB1
Capable or compétent: four French mistakes to fix
Use capable de for an action and compétent for skills in a field. Fix four common confusions, check adjective agreement and practise the patterns in context.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Augmenter or accroître: describe an increase in French
Compare augmenter and accroître with clear numbers, everyday and formal wording, and the difference between increasing something and a quantity increasing.
Culture & registerVerb drillB1
Piger or comprendre: practise “I get it” in French
Compare familiar piger with comprendre, study their present-tense forms and complete eight drills. Learn when comprendre means “include” instead.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetB1
Régler or résoudre? Bills, settings and problems in French
Use régler for bills and settings, résoudre for puzzles, and either for many problems. Keep this compact reference and test the patterns in context.
Everyday FrenchDialogueB1
French parent–teacher dialogue: discuss your child’s progress
Read a B1 parent–teacher meeting about reading, classroom participation and support. Practise asking for examples and agreeing a clear follow-up.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: conditional or past conditional?
Fill 12 conditional forms as Ana compares a possible training course with a missed place last year. Includes tense contrasts, agreement and translation.
Grammar & usagePhrasebookB1
N’est-ce pas ? French phrases for checking a detail
Keep n’est-ce pas fixed when you check a date, a plan or an assumption. Practise confirmation exchanges and answer a negative statement clearly with si.
Reading & writingQuizB1
French warranty quiz: covered faults, exclusions and next steps
Read a vacuum cleaner’s warranty card and answer ten questions on covered parts, excluded damage, proof of purchase and the repair procedure.
