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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 & tensesCheat sheetB1
French past infinitive: useful patterns and eight sentence questions
Practise après avoir fini, être arrivées and nous être levés. A compact reference, actor checks and eight questions make the past infinitive usable.
Everyday FrenchDialogueB1
Correct a delivery address in French: a support call
Practise a delivery-address correction in French: identify the order, replace the wrong number and check what the support agent has confirmed.
Words & expressionsGap-fillB1
Apercevoir or remarquer? A French station story with eight gaps
Catch sight of a traveller, notice a detail and realise a mistake. Compare apercevoir, remarquer and s’apercevoir, then complete a B1 story with eight gaps.
Words & expressionsPhrasebookB1
Triste, déçu or malheureux: say how you feel in French
Find words for sadness, disappointment and unhappiness in three short conversations. Practise reasons, feminine forms and the meaning of un malheureux hasard.
Pronunciation & listeningQuizB1
French nasal vowels in liaison: mon ami, bon ami and on arrive
Eight questions on nasal vowels and linking n. Compare mon ami, bon ami, un ami and jardin immense, with a phrase table to study before you start.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Écran or moniteur: how to name a screen in French
Name a phone screen, a second monitor and a projection screen in French. Compare écran and moniteur with picture cards, a help-desk scene and a quiz.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillB1
Agreement with avoir: find the object before adding -e or -s
Practise écrit or écrites, pris or prises: find the direct object, check its position and choose the past-participle ending in 12 sentences.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
French connectors by meaning: reason, result, contrast or purpose?
A compact French connector sheet with paired examples, noun and clause patterns, and four questions on the relationship between ideas.
DELF, DALF & examsDialogueB1
French speaking: develop a point, then respond to a partner
Compare a short French monologue with a scheduling dialogue. Practise responsive replies, clarification and confirmation, then review each kind of speaking.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
Maintenant, désormais, bientôt: French time words in a cloze story
Place French time words around a reference point. Complete an event-planning story, then distinguish a current state, a new rule and a later event.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB1
Dispute an unexpected bank charge in French: fees and transactions
Identify an unexpected bank charge in French, ask what a fee covers and request an explanation, review or written reply. Four translated exchanges.
DELF, DALF & examsQuizB1
DELF B1 speaking practice: report a view, then respond
Read Maëlle’s view on group work, check eight reporting choices and rehearse a response that keeps her condition, concern and your own opinion clear.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Développer or agrandir? Ideas, skills and physical size
Develop an idea, build skills or enlarge a photo: compare développer and agrandir with a workshop scene, picture cards and four precise questions.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
French passive agreement: ten endings to practise
Practise passive participle agreement in ten sentences. Match gender and number to the subject, keep été unchanged and check irregular forms.
DELF, DALF & examsCheat sheetB1
French reading evidence notes: keep the fact and its limit together
Build compact B1 reading notes from an email-only registration notice. Keep the source, number, time and uncertainty attached to each claim.
DELF, DALF & examsDialogueB1
DELF B1 dialogue: suggest a cheaper group exhibition trip
Negotiate a cheaper exhibition visit in French. Compare a coach trip with a local bus option, answer a relevance concern and divide the next steps.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB1
En résumé or en conclusion? Practise closing a French paragraph
Distinguish a short summary from a final judgement. Read paired endings, then fill six connector gaps in short French paragraphs with English support.
Culture & registerPhrasebookB1
Ask a French book group for clarification without stopping the discussion
Use four French book-group exchanges to clarify a pronoun, a motive, a connotation and an earlier reference while keeping the discussion moving.
Culture & registerArticleB1
Finalement or enfin: in the end, at last or one last point?
Use finalement for an outcome and enfin for at last, a final step or a correction. Compare four clear French scenes and check your understanding.
Culture & registerVerb drillB1
Galérer or avoir des difficultés: practise saying “I’m struggling”
Form galérer in the present and turn casual complaints into neutral French. Practise galérer pour and avoir des difficultés à with a short drill.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
Notamment and par exemple: a French example-marker cheat sheet
Use notamment to highlight and par exemple to illustrate. Compare noun phrases, full sentences and article choices, then practise with four questions.
Everyday FrenchDialogueB1
French volunteer induction dialogue: choose a role that suits you
Discuss skills, availability, training and responsibilities at a repair workshop. A B1 French volunteer dialogue with translations, cues and picture vocabulary.
Words & expressionsGap-fillB1
Comprendre or se rendre compte: an eight-gap French story
Practise understanding and realising in a short gap-fill story. Check comprendre, se rendre compte de/que and the unchanged past participle rendu.
Pronunciation & listeningPhrasebookB1
Bon, alors, au fait: changing direction in a French conversation
Practise bon to move to a decision, alors to return to an arrangement and au fait to bring in another question. Compare them with en fait.
Grammar & usageArticleB1
Il reste or il manque? What's left and what's missing in French
Il reste means there is some left; il manque means something is missing. Learn both impersonal patterns with stock, time and money examples, then practise.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
French question inversion: proofread verbs, pronouns and hyphens
Practise eight inverted French questions: find the finite verb, keep object pronouns in place and check arrive-t-elle, vient-elle and prend-elle.
Reading & writingCheat sheetB1
French email headers: objet, PJ, CC and CCI explained
Know what belongs in each French email field, label attachments clearly, and practise placing addresses, a subject and a file in the right place.
DELF, DALF & examsDialogueB1
Change a volunteer shift in French: B1 speaking dialogue
Practise a shift-change conversation in French: explain the problem, respond to a staffing objection and agree when to report back.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
En travaillant, tu progresseras: French gérondif conditions
Use en + present participle to link a possible action with a result. Compare si clauses, then complete a short planning text with five gaps.
Grammar & usagePhrasebookB1
De quoi + infinitive: ask for what you need in French
Ask for something to write with, enough to pay or something to eat. Practise avoir de quoi in three short exchanges, with pictures and a quick check.
DELF, DALF & examsArticleB1
French intelligibility and accent: ask what the listener heard
Use a train-time exchange to separate a noticeable accent from a misunderstood number. Ask precise feedback questions and check the message.
Words & expressionsVerb drillB1
Supprimer or effacer: practise deleting items and erasing content
Delete a repeated line, clear a search field and wipe a board. Practise supprimer and effacer, including nous effaçons and the scope of each action.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetB1
Sens or signification? A French meaning cheat sheet
Ask what a word means, distinguish literal and figurative senses, and use sens for direction, perception and common sense. Includes four questions.
Verbs & tensesDialogueB1
Relay a French message: requests, questions and reported speech
Follow Marc as he passes Léa’s travel message to Nora. Practise pronouns, a future viewed from the past, requests with de and questions with si.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
Il a plu, il a fallu, il y a eu: practise impersonal past forms
Complete a rainy-day account with il a plu, il a fallu and il y a eu. Compare the earlier past and keep impersonal il singular.
Reading & writingPhrasebookB1
How to ask permission to quote someone in French
Request quotation permission in French, confirm the exact words and agree the speaker’s credit. Four scenes and 24 translated phrases for an article or newsletter.
