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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 & tensesVerb drillB1
Plus-que-parfait questions and negatives: a word-order drill
Build avais-tu compris, n’avions pas reçu and ne s’était pas levée. Ten gaps practise questions, negation and pronouns around the auxiliary.
Verbs & tensesArticleB1
Imparfait or conditional? Compare parlais and parlerais
Tell je parlais from je parlerais with a stem table, a conversation and five questions on past routines, polite requests and si clauses.
Everyday FrenchVerb drillB1
Explain a symptom timeline in French: depuis, hier and maintenant
Practise saying when a symptom began, what continues and what has stopped. B1 sentence drills with a consultation timeline and body-part picture cards.
Pronunciation & listeningArticleB1
Why familiar French words sound different in a new voice
Connect known French words to a new voice. Compare full and reduced phrases, check the wording, and use the same message to focus on speaker differences.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
Avant que + subjunctive: eight forms to practise
Use avant que with its own subject and a subjunctive verb. Study soit, ait, vienne and puisse, then complete eight sentences and check the timeline.
Pronunciation & listeningArticleB1
French transcripts and speech: why the words seem different
Compare ordinary spelling, casual speech and edited transcripts through a café exchange, a correction and four questions on what the text preserves.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Moyen or méthode? Explain your means, method and resources
Separate a way to reach a goal from a working method. Compare moyen, méthode, avoir les moyens, moyen as an adjective and la moyenne.
Grammar & usageArticleB1
Malgré or bien que? Despite a noun, although a clause
Compare malgré la fatigue with bien que je sois fatigué. See matched examples, follow a short exchange and choose the right French concession frame.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Doux or mou: soft to touch or soft when you press?
Choose doux for a gentle feel, voice or mild weather, and mou for something that lacks firmness. Compare examples, feminine forms and a cushion-shopping scene.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Conseiller or recommander? Give advice with the right pattern
Learn conseiller and recommander with a thing, a person and an action. Compare natural alternatives and practise the à/de patterns in a short quiz.
Verbs & tensesArticleB1
Se passer de and s'en passer: how to say "do without" in French
Se passer de means to do without: je ne peux pas me passer de café. Learn the pattern, the pronoun en, and the difference from se passer (to happen).
Culture & registerArticleB1
Histoire de + infinitive: a casual way to say "just to"
Histoire de rire, histoire de changer: a relaxed spoken way to give a purpose in French. Compare it with pour, afin de and juste pour, and know when to use it.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
But or objectif: how to talk about a goal in French
Compare but and objectif in plans, then recognise a football goal and a camera lens. Examples and four questions cover the meanings that cause confusion.
Culture & registerArticleB1
Justement or exactement: “exactly” is only part of the story
Compare exact details with timely replies: exactement for a precise match, justement for a relevant point. Try two scenes and four questions.
DELF, DALF & examsArticleB1
How to compare your French response with a model answer
Compare two French replies against the same brief. Check task coverage, facts, register and grammar, then practise choosing a useful correction.
