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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 & registerCommon mistakesB1
Je suis crevé or épuisé? Tiredness and other meanings of crever
Understand je suis crevé and je crève de fatigue, check feminine and plural forms, and tell an exhausted person from a flat tyre.
Everyday FrenchExam practiceB1
Feeling unwell: write a short work message in French
Write a French message explaining today’s absence, handing over an urgent task and leaving tomorrow open. Includes a writing space, model and checklist.
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
B1 French short story: an apprentice's first solo repair
Mehdi, a plumbing apprentice, is sent alone to fix a leak for the first time. A B1 story with glosses, translation and questions that ask you to infer.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableB1
Tenir conjugation: tiens, tenons, tenu and tiendrai
Master tenir’s tien-, ten- and tienn- stems, tenu with avoir and tiendr- in the future. Seven tense tables, useful expressions and form-recall practice.
Everyday FrenchWord scaleB1
How busy are you? French from tranquille to débordé
Je me tourne les pouces, c'est tranquille, j'ai du boulot, je suis débordé·e, j'ai la tête sous l'eau: rate your workload in French.
Culture & registerMatching gameB1
French body idioms: avoir la tête dans les nuages and more
Coûter les yeux de la tête, casser les pieds, avoir le bras long, mettre les pieds dans le plat: match ten French body idioms to their meanings.
Culture & registerTimelineB1
Coco Chanel: a life in eight dates
From an orphanage in Corrèze to the rue Cambon: follow Gabrielle Chanel's life in eight dates, in simple French, then put them back in order.
Everyday FrenchReal documentB1
Read a French electricity bill: abonnement, kWh and échéance
A French facture d'électricité: meter readings, consumption in kWh, the fixed subscription, taxes and the payment date. Check that the numbers add up.
Words & expressionsVocabulary listB1
Bagnole or voiture: casual car vocabulary in French
Bagnole is a familiar word for voiture. Compare the same car in two registers, name visible features and learn why a train carriage is also a voiture.
Everyday FrenchText conversationB1
Texting your manager that you're running late, in French
The train is stuck and you'll be late for a meeting. Text your manager in French: the reason, your new arrival time and a solution, with a professional tone.
Words & expressionsSorting gameB1
Faire, prendre or passer? Sort French verb collocations
Faire une pause, prendre une décision, passer un examen: sort sixteen everyday collocations by their verb, where English would say make, take or have.
Grammar & usageSentence builderB1
Build French verbs with à or de before an infinitive
J'apprends à nager, j'ai oublié de fermer, je veux partir: tap the tiles and learn which verbs need à, de, or nothing before an infinitive.
Words & expressionsFlashcardsB1
French laboratory equipment: 24 picture flashcards for practical science
Learn twenty French laboratory vessels and instruments plus four extras. Picture cards and short experiment descriptions help you identify the apparatus.
DELF, DALF & examsPicture sceneB1
DELF B1 speaking scene: benches, parking and shop deliveries
Explore a French town-square proposal, describe benches and parking spaces, then answer a shopkeeper’s concern about delivery access. Includes four questions.
DELF, DALF & examsSpot the mistakeB1
Spot the mistake: false friends in a French CV and cover letter
Actuellement, éventuellement, expérience, formation: tap the English-influenced word in eight job-application sentences and replace it with natural French.
Culture & registerMyth or factB1
Myth or fact: the history of the French language
Did everyone speak French in 1789? Does the circumflex hide a lost s? Did English borrow thousands of French words? Judge eight claims about French.
Culture & registerOdd one outB1
Odd one out: French slang or standard?
Voiture, véhicule, automobile… bagnole? Find the familiar word hiding among neutral or formal ones in eight rows, and know when you can use it.
Verbs & tensesArticleB1
Tout en in French: while doing or although?
Read tout en as an accompanying action or a concession. Compare short scenes, build present participles and answer four questions on meaning and form.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
Donne-le-moi: practise French commands with pronouns
Switch between donne-le-moi and ne me le donne pas. Practise hyphens, moi/toi, lui/leur and the special forms in vas-y and donne-m’en.
Culture & registerCheat sheetB1
Quasiment or presque: almost, nearly all and hardly anyone
Use presque and quasiment for near-completion and quantities. Compare presque tout, presque personne and nearly forgotten actions, then check your reading.
Everyday FrenchDialogueB1
Ask for an interpreter for a French consultation: a B1 dialogue
Phone a French-speaking practice to ask for an English interpreter, a companion and written confirmation. Practise the call and follow what is confirmed.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillB1
Change plans because of the weather in French: a gap-fill exchange
Swap a walk for a museum visit in French. Practise proposals and future plans while keeping the meeting time and changing the meeting place.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB1
Viewing a used car in French: service history, faults and documents
Ask about a used car in French: maintenance records, visible damage, a test drive and the documents you want to see before making a decision.
Verbs & tensesQuizB1
French reported speech quiz: 11 questions with explanations
Practise French reported statements, indirect questions and requests in eleven questions. Track pronouns, past viewpoint and time words with explained answers.
Grammar & usageReadingB1
French time clauses: map what happens before, during and after
Read a short French account of a first day at work, then map the event order. Includes glosses, an English translation and four timeline questions.
Everyday FrenchPractical guideB1
French service messages: received, pending or confirmed?
Read French status messages by matching each noun to its action. Compare received requests, pending changes and confirmed appointments, then test yourself.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB1
Compréhensif is not comprehensive: which French adjective to use?
Choose compréhensif for an understanding person, complet or exhaustif for coverage, and compréhensible for clear explanations. Practise repairs.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceB1
DELF B1 writing practice: why you want to volunteer
Write a DELF B1-style blog post about why you want to volunteer: your motivations, the skills you'd bring and what you hope to gain. Model text of 170 words.
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
B1 French short story: the meal no guest could agree on
Read a French dinner story with eight glosses, translation and three questions. See how a host turns conflicting preferences into a shared meal.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableB1
Obtenir conjugation: obtiens, obtenons, obtenu and obtiendrai
Learn obtenir with seven tables and recall checks. Compare obtien-, obten- and obtiennent, then practise obtenu, obtiendrai and que j’obtienne.
Culture & registerWord scaleB1
Do you agree? French from pas du tout to tout à fait
Pas du tout d'accord, pas vraiment, mouais, plutôt d'accord, tout à fait, absolument: a scale for agreeing and disagreeing in French debates and meetings.
Culture & registerMatching gameB1
French words for "very": match each intensifier to its tone
Très, vachement, super, hyper, trop, extrêmement, fort: match ten French intensifiers to their register and feel, and stop using très for everything.
Reading & writingTimelineB1
Marie Curie: a life in Paris in nine dates
From Warsaw to the Sorbonne, two Nobel Prizes and the Panthéon: Marie Curie's life as a French timeline, with the passé simple and passé composé side by side.
Everyday FrenchReal documentB1
Read a French medicine leaflet: posologie and contre-indications
Understand a French medicine notice: posologie (dosage), how often, maximum per day, contre-indications and side effects. With a realistic leaflet extract.
Everyday FrenchVocabulary listB1
Your medicine list in French: current use, past use and names
Explain which medicines you take now, which you no longer take and which name needs checking. B1 vocabulary with picture cards and a short consultation.
Everyday FrenchText conversationB1
Planning a surprise party in a French group chat
Six friends, one birthday, zero leaks. Follow a French group chat organising a surprise party: who brings what, the cagnotte, and keeping it secret.
