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French at B1
Everything written for B1 learners (expressing your ideas), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
DELF, DALF & examsDialogueB1
DELF B1 dialogue: agree on rehearsal times with a flatmate
Practise a French flatshare conversation about rehearsals and evening meetings. Hide your lines, answer a timetable change and agree on a plan for this week.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
French subjunctive gap-fill: a flatmate’s note with 12 gaps
Complete a flatmate’s note using the present subjunctive after il faut que, pour que and avant que. Twelve gaps, verb hints and an English translation.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB1
Not sure? Say what you know at a French consultation
Say you have not measured your temperature, give an approximate start date and explain a missing medicine name. French phrases with practice.
Culture & registerQuizB1
Se barrer or partir: eight questions on leaving in French
Practise se barrer and partir with eight questions on tone, reflexive pronouns and past forms. Compare a friendly departure with a neutral work farewell.
Reading & writingReadingB1
B1 French reading: the path missing from a hand-drawn map
Ana finds a shortcut missing from a garden map. Read a B1 French text, explore the garden vocabulary and answer questions about the drawing and the real place.
Pronunciation & listeningPractical guideB1
Ask for French pronunciation feedback: phrases that help
Use a short French exchange to ask what a listener heard, request one useful change and try again. Includes a feedback log, checklist and quick quiz.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB1
Éditeur or rédacteur: which French word means editor?
Match French publishing roles to their tasks: éditeur, rédacteur, rédacteur en chef and correcteur. Then distinguish the software term éditeur de texte.
Verbs & tensesArticleB1
Je pouvais or j’ai pu? Past ability and a successful attempt
Compare available ability with a completed attempt: je pouvais, j’ai pu and je n’ai pas pu, plus the different meaning of il a pu oublier.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillB1
French reported promises drill: future completion in the past
Report promises with the conditionnel passé: il aurait terminé avant vendredi. Keep the promised completion, deadline and past viewpoint in 12 rewrites.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
Si bien que in French: a result-clause cheat sheet
Use si bien que to connect a situation to its result. Compare it with bien que and si, then practise the connector and verb forms in short sentences.
Grammar & usageDialogueB1
French clarification questions: ask for the missing detail
Practise a French clarification dialogue: identify a person, recipient, quantity or deadline, then repeat the complete instruction to confirm it.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
Désormais or dorénavant: practise “from now on” in French
Follow a team’s new routine with désormais and dorénavant. Compare a changed situation with future habits, then complete six gaps with feedback.
Words & expressionsPhrasebookB1
Sentir, ressentir or se sentir: smell something, feel something, feel tired
Use sentir for smells and perception, ressentir with a feeling or sensation, and se sentir with an adjective. Practise three short exchanges.
Everyday FrenchQuizB1
French cinema listings quiz: VF, VO, VOST and screening details
Ten questions on French cinema listings: VF, VOSTFR, séance, durée, avant-première, tarif réduit. Choose the right showing for each person.
Reading & writingReadingB1
B1 French reading: why a commuter chose a slower route
Read a French commuter’s account with eight glosses and translation. Compare journey time, comfort and daily priorities in three reading questions.
Pronunciation & listeningPractical guideB1
A varied French listening week: seven days, three different jobs
Build a practical listening week around a café exchange, a radio discussion and an interview, with a sample timetable, a checklist and three checks.
DELF, DALF & examsCommon mistakesB1
Partly true French exam answers: find the clause that fails
A true detail can hide a wrong condition or cause. Split French answer options into claims, compare the evidence and try four short reading checks.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Important or grave in French? Significance, seriousness and pitch
Compare important and grave with decisions, serious errors and deep voices. Check adjective agreement and choose the meaning in four short questions.
Culture & registerVerb drillB1
Je n’en reviens pas: meaning, forms and a French reaction drill
Say “I can’t believe it” with je n’en reviens pas. Compare happy and unhappy surprise, study the present forms and complete eight short reactions.
DELF, DALF & examsCheat sheetB1
French reading mistakes: check who, how many and what is confirmed
A B1 reading review sheet for scope, pending replies, speakers and question words. Compare six short examples, then test the distinctions.
Grammar & usageDialogueB1
Tu as acheté quoi ? Ask and clarify in everyday French
Practise a conversation with quoi, où, quand and avec qui. Learn when a final question word asks for a detail, repetition or a surprised confirmation.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB1
Jusqu’à ce que: practise “until” with a French cloze
Use jusqu’à ce que + subjunctive for an event that ends an action. Study the forms, complete a rehearsal scene and compare until with a fixed time.
Words & expressionsPhrasebookB1
Obtenir or recevoir? French phrases for requests and replies
Ask for an appointment, talk about a diploma and check a delivery. Compare obtenir and recevoir with dialogues, verb forms, pictures and a quiz.
Pronunciation & listeningQuizB1
Liaison after être: an 8-question French pronunciation quiz
Check the links in vous êtes ici, je suis étudiant and nous sommes amis. Eight questions distinguish liaison, enchaînement and optional links after être.
Reading & writingReadingB1
Read a French job description: tasks, requirements and dates
Read a short French job advert for an administrative assistant. Find the duties, required skills, preferred experience, hours and application deadline.
Pronunciation & listeningPractical guideB1
Choose French listening material: match the clip to the task
A practical check for French listening clips: try the controls, compare captions with speech, and choose support for gist, exact wording or accent study.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB1
Je m’ennuie or je suis ennuyeux? Four French boredom traps
Say you are bored, describe a boring meeting and apologise for a nuisance. Fix four ennuyer traps, check the forms and try four questions.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Jeter or se débarrasser de: throw it away or pass it on?
Compare throwing away with getting rid of something by giving or selling it. Practise jeter, se débarrasser de and débarrasser la table in a moving-day scene.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
Avant de and après avoir: practise putting two actions in order
Use avant de, après avoir and après être to connect two French actions. Compare the order, check the auxiliary and complete eight sentences with hints.
Reading & writingCheat sheetB1
French recipe language: à feu doux, doré, fondant and other cooking cues
Read French heat settings and cooking results, from à feu doux to doré and fondant, with food picturecards and questions on recipe instructions.
Words & expressionsDialogueB1
Entretien or interview: a job interview, a media interview and upkeep
Practise a French job-interview dialogue and distinguish entretien d’embauche, interview and entretien des vélos. Includes maintenance picture cards.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
Aussitôt or immédiatement: a French timing cloze
Follow a last-minute change of plan and practise aussitôt, immédiatement and aussi tôt. A short reference table comes before the six-gap story.
Pronunciation & listeningPhrasebookB1
Shadow short French phrases: a café and daily-routine phrasebook
Choose a short French line, follow a spoken model and practise one feature at a time. Includes café phrases, routine phrases and a recording checklist.
Culture & registerQuizB1
Ça vaut le coup: meaning, sentence patterns and an eight-question quiz
Say “it’s worth it” in French with ça vaut le coup. Practise de plus an infinitive, the negative, past and future forms, and coup versus coût.
Words & expressionsReadingB1
Expérience or expérimentation: three meanings in one French reading
Read about a gardening internship to distinguish acquired experience, a personal experience and an experiment, then compare expérience and expérimentation.
DELF, DALF & examsPractical guideB1
How to compare two French practice attempts fairly
Compare two French emails against one target, record the help you used, and test the same skill in a fresh task. Includes examples and a quiz.
