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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 & registerArticleB1
Nickel or impeccable: spotless rooms and perfect arrangements
Learn familiar nickel and impeccable for clean objects and arrangements that suit you. Compare agreement, try picture cards and answer three questions.
DELF, DALF & examsVerb drillB1
Use French writing feedback: turn each comment into a revision
Connect four feedback comments with specific French edits, then practise six short revisions for requests, reasons, reference and verb forms.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
Chacun and chacune: each one, with singular agreement
Use chacun and chacune for each member of a group. Compare chaque, singular and plural subjects, and possessives, then practise six common traps.
Everyday FrenchDialogueB1
Apologise in French when you gave someone the wrong information
Correct wrong French information in a sixteen-line apology, acknowledge the practical effect and agree on a useful next action with a factual explanation.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-fillB1
French task facts: keep the date, role and booking status straight
Complete a French booking email using a fixed fact sheet. Keep Saturday, the club member’s role and the pending room request accurate.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB1
Arrange a home maintenance visit in French: times and access
Agree a maintenance time slot, say when you are home and explain who will open the door. French phrases with replies, a confirmation message and a quiz.
Verbs & tensesArticleB1
Une porte fermée: French past participles as adjectives
See fermé, ouvert, écrit and cassé describe everyday objects. Compare all four agreement forms, then choose the ending each noun needs.
DELF, DALF & examsVerb drillB1
DELF B1 speaking practice: ask for a replacement drawing class
Practise polite requests after a drawing class is cancelled. Explain a Saturday work clash, complete eight useful sentences and ask for a clear next step.
DELF, DALF & examsCheat sheetB1
DELF B1 speaking sheet: should the library open later?
Build a French opinion on a one-month library evening trial. Use five speaking moves, answer a staff-rota objection and explore the library vocabulary.
Everyday FrenchDialogueB1
Explain a work blocker in French and ask for the next decision
Practise a French conversation about a missing delivery address: explain what is blocked, ask for a decision and agree useful work in the meantime.
Words & expressionsGap-fillB1
French thinking verbs: penser, réfléchir and croire in a short story
Follow a team choosing a workshop title. Practise penser à, réfléchir à, croire and sembler in a short French story with gaps and a translation.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB1
Report a broadband outage in French: devices, checks and updates
Report a home internet outage in French, describe the devices affected and checks already tried, then ask about restoration time and follow-up.
Verbs & tensesArticleB1
Plus-que-parfait or passé composé? Tell events in order or look back
Compare a forward-moving account with a flashback. Paired life-story examples and four questions show when French needs an earlier-past viewpoint.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillB1
French past modal drill: missed obligations with aurait dû
Turn evidence of missed responsibilities into French sentences with aurait dû. Keep the unfulfilled obligation separate from the consequence that happened.
Everyday FrenchCheat sheetB1
Plan a language exchange in French: time, corrections and a trial
Use a four-part French planning sheet to agree a language split, correction preferences and one trial session. Check the plan with three questions.
Pronunciation & listeningDialogueB1
Why French speakers repeat words: follow a conversation
Read and practise a French conversation with repeated words. See how repetition checks a time, strengthens a description, restarts a request and confirms a correction.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
Aujourd’hui, demain, ici: a reported-speech gap-fill
Follow a Monday conversation in Lyon into a Wednesday report in Paris. Fill the time and place expressions while keeping the original dates clear.
Verbs & tensesPhrasebookB1
Je voulais vous demander: polite French request openings
Use je voulais vous demander to open a current request. Practise short exchanges, choose tu or vous and distinguish voulais from conditional voudrais.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Titre or intitulé? A book title, a heading and an exact label
Choose titre or intitulé for a book, article, course or job. Compare exact labels, read a short editorial scene and test the distinction.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillB1
Pronominal plus-que-parfait: s’était levée, lavé or parlé?
Practise ten pronominal plus-que-parfait forms. Build the reflexive group, then check agreement in levée, lavé les mains, parlé and vues.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetB1
Certain or sûr: a French certainty cheat sheet
Compare certain and sûr for confidence, sûre for reliability and certaines for some. A printable reference, a short exchange and five questions fix the patterns.
Grammar & usageDialogueB1
Le mien, la tienne, les leurs: whose belongings are these?
Practise French possessive pronouns in a lost-belongings dialogue. Includes the full forms, picture cards, notre versus nôtre and a short quiz.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: reported questions and route instructions
Complete 12 reported questions and commands as a guide compares two walking routes. Practise si, ce que and de plus an infinitive, with a translation.
Culture & registerPhrasebookB1
Jeter un coup d’œil: ask someone to take a quick look in French
Ask for a quick look with jeter un coup d’œil à. Practise friendly and polite requests, learn four pictured targets and check à, au, aux and à l’.
Pronunciation & listeningArticleB1
French rhythm: what syllable-timed means in real phrases
French rhythm gives syllables a relatively even flow while group endings and emphasis change their length. Compare short phrases and count sounds, not letters.
Culture & registerVerb drillB1
Tenir au courant: keep someone posted, with a short French drill
Say je te tiens au courant, ask for an update and practise tenir in useful sentences. Compare tenir, mettre and être au courant with clear examples.
Everyday FrenchCheat sheetB1
French job-ad abbreviations: CDI, CDD, H/F and télétravail
Decode contract types, hours, salary labels and remote-work wording in French job adverts, then extract details from two short examples.
Verbs & tensesDialogueB1
Reporting French commands: demander de and dire de in conversation
Relay instructions with demander à quelqu’un de and dire de. Practise a short dialogue, reflexive commands, negatives and four transformation questions.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Verser or renverser: pour, spill or knock over?
Compare verser and renverser with a café scene, examples for contents and containers, useful forms and four questions on pouring and spilling.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillB1
Vouloir que + subjunctive: build French wishes with two subjects
Practise je veux que tu viennes, je voudrais que vous répondiez and same-subject infinitives. Twelve gaps with a short reference and clear cues.
Pronunciation & listeningCheat sheetB1
French plus pronunciation: /ply/, /plys/ or /plyz/?
Choose the sound of plus from a complete phrase: no longer, more, a comparison or a vowel link. Includes a compact reference and five meaning checks.
Verbs & tensesDialogueB1
French indirect yes/no questions: ask whether with si
Use si for indirect yes/no questions in a ten-line dialogue. Practise statement word order and see why si elle viendra is correct.
Culture & registerArticleB1
How to ask for help politely in French
Keep the request the same while changing how you address a friend, a stranger or a colleague.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillB1
Je suis content que: French emotion clauses with eight practice gaps
React with je suis content que, c’est dommage que and je regrette que. Compare subjects, check adjective agreement and practise eight subjunctive forms.
Culture & registerCheat sheetB1
Environ or à peu près? A French approximation cheat sheet
Give approximate amounts with environ and à peu près, place them around numbers, and use à peu près for rough similarity. Examples, pictures and quiz.
Everyday FrenchDialogueB1
French job interview dialogue: explain a gap in employment
Explain a career break in French with a clear timeline, a relevant skill and a return date. Practise follow-up questions about readiness for work.
