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French at B1
Everything written for B1 learners (expressing your ideas), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Reading & writingReadingB1
B1 French reading: a repair café’s busiest afternoon
Read a French repair café report with eight glosses and translation. Match objects to decisions and check the difference between a repair and a promise.
Everyday FrenchPractical guideB1
Prepare a French speaking task: a plan you can speak from
Turn a French speaking prompt into brief notes, a clear recommendation and useful follow-up replies. Includes a B1 model, checklist and quick quiz.
Pronunciation & listeningCommon mistakesB1
Je suis, j’suis and chuis: recognise the same French phrase
See how je suis becomes j’suis or chuis in casual French. Compare sounds and spellings, keep the full meaning, and practise choosing standard written forms.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Toucher or tâter? Contact, texture and feeling for something
Compare toucher with tâter through scarves, cushions and a coat pocket. Learn au toucher, regular present forms and two wider meanings of toucher.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
French d’entre drill: one of us, several of them, none of you
Build group-membership sentences with d’entre nous, vous, eux and elles. Practise singular and plural subjects, negative aucun and feminine agreement.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
Auquel and duquel: a French relative-pronoun cheat sheet
Recognise auquel, à laquelle, auxquels and auxquelles, then compare dont with près duquel. Includes contraction tables, source sentences and four checks.
Everyday FrenchDialogueB1
French subscription dialogue: challenge an automatic renewal
Practise a B1 customer-service call about an automatic renewal, a dated cancellation request and the options still available, with English and speaking cues.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: infinitive or subjunctive after wishes?
Complete 12 wishes and reactions around an unexpected invitation. Track who acts, choose an infinitive or subjunctive, then read the translation.
Culture & registerPhrasebookB1
French condolence phrases: what to say and how to offer help
Express condolences in French with a friend or colleague, write a short sympathy message and offer specific help with room for the person to decline.
Words & expressionsQuizB1
French prefix quiz: re-, dé- and changes of action
Answer twelve French word-building questions on repeating, undoing and reversing actions, with context traps such as regarder, rentrer and déménager.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB1
B1 French reading: an editorial on short article summaries
Read a French editorial about article summaries. Identify the benefit, the criticism and the planned change, with six glosses and five explained questions.
Everyday FrenchPractical guideB1
Write a French support request: action, result and question
Build a clear French support email from the page name, attempted action and displayed message. Read a model and practise separating facts from guesses.
Pronunciation & listeningCommon mistakesB1
Un enfant adorable: where French liaison stops
Compare un enfant adorable with petit enfant. Find the singular-noun boundary, avoid an extra t, and keep consonants already pronounced in livre or table.
DELF, DALF & examsArticleB1
French writing: cover every point before adding more words
Compare a repetitive French response with a focused one, identify two real solutions and check task coverage separately from the word count.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillB1
Futur antérieur drill: what will already be finished?
Build the French future perfect with aurai or serai plus a past participle. Practise deadlines, earlier departures and completed actions before a call.
Everyday FrenchCheat sheetB1
French CV headings: expérience, formation and compétences
Map the sections of a French CV, distinguish qualifications from work history and skills, then sort eight career details under the right headings.
Culture & registerDialogueB1
Tu m’étonnes !: why it often means “no wonder”
Read a French dialogue where tu m’étonnes means no wonder, then contrast genuine surprise. Practise the replies and check what the speaker means.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: whose meal is in the shared freezer?
Fill 12 ownership gaps as flatmates identify unlabelled meals. Practise le mien, la tienne, les nôtres and à qui with picture cards and a translation.
Culture & registerPhrasebookB1
Râler or se plaindre: from grumbling to a clear complaint
Hear the difference between râler and se plaindre, then practise hotel complaints with the right prepositions, useful requests and short exchanges.
Culture & registerQuizB1
Ouais or oui? Nine questions on saying yes in French
Practise oui and familiar ouais in invitations, confirmations and qualified replies. Nine questions help you read the whole answer and choose a clear response.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB1
B1 French reading: a newspaper correction (rectificatif)
Read a local paper’s announcement and its correction, then sort what changed, what stayed the same and what is still unknown. B1, with notes.
DELF, DALF & examsPractical guideB1
Answer a B1 French objection: adapt a museum proposal
Work through two objections to an evening museum visit. Learn when to keep a limited proposal, when to change it and how to explain the difference.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB1
Entreprise or société: four translation traps about companies and society
Both entreprise and société can mean a company. Learn when société means society and entreprise means an undertaking, with examples and a quiz.
Culture & registerArticleB1
Rire, rigoler or se marrer: laughing and joking in French
Choose between rire, rigoler and se marrer with a register comparison, a joking exchange, useful verb forms and four quick practice questions.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
French adjective complements drill: prêt à, content de, utile pour
Complete practical descriptions with prêt à, content de and utile pour. Choose infinitives and noun phrases, including du, de la and d’, in 15 items.
Pronunciation & listeningCheat sheetB1
French plural-noun liaison: which links are optional?
Compare the expected z in des amis with the optional link in amis anglais. A compact guide to noun boundaries, careful speech and three practice questions.
Culture & registerDialogueB1
Papoter or discuter: from a friendly chat to a focused discussion
Follow two friends as a relaxed chat becomes a discussion about their project. Practise papoter avec, discuter de and the difference from an argument.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB1
Une fois que: once one step is complete
Follow a French baking plan with une fois que. Compare present, past and future stages, then fill eight gaps in a short text with tense hints.
Grammar & usagePhrasebookB1
Certes… mais: French phrases for a balanced reply
Acknowledge a point with certes, then add a useful reservation with mais. Practise six short exchanges about a proposal, a method and a decision.
Verbs & tensesQuizB1
Possible, probable or certain? French subjunctive quiz
Compare je doute que, il est possible que and il est probable que. Study the construction pairs, then choose the right mood in eight French questions.
Words & expressionsReadingB1
Preuve, indice, fait: read French evidence words in context
Read a short French report and distinguish a clue, proof, a statement and a denial. Keep selon and semble in your summary, then check your reading.
Pronunciation & listeningPractical guideB1
Retell French audio: a short dictogloss activity with examples
Turn brief listening notes into a French retelling. Practise keeping the cause, result and speaker’s wishes, then compare two accurate reformulations.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB1
Prétendre means claim: use faire semblant for pretending
Avoid the English pretend trap. Compare prétendre and faire semblant de through claims, a theatre scene and four French word-choice questions.
Pronunciation & listeningArticleB1
A French syllable seems to vanish: what to check
Compare petite, je sais pas and vous avez to separate a reduced vowel, an omitted word and a linked boundary. Try four short diagnosis questions.
Words & expressionsVerb drillB1
Se rappeler or se souvenir: practise the two memory patterns
Remember the same day two ways: se rappeler cette journée and se souvenir de cette journée. Practise present forms, pronouns and past agreement.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetB1
Moment, instant, durée: a French time-expression cheat sheet
Choose between a moment, a brief instant and a duration. Compare useful time expressions, then complete a short evening-out story.
