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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 & registerWord scaleB1
Eating in French: from grignoter and manger to déguster and se goinfrer
Grignoter, manger, se régaler, déguster, dévorer, se goinfrer, bouffer: a scale of French eating verbs by how much and how politely you eat.
Culture & registerMatching gameB1
French colour idioms: rire jaune, voir rouge, être blanc comme un linge
Rire jaune, voir la vie en rose, avoir une peur bleue, être vert de rage: match ten French colour idioms to their meanings and see them in use.
Culture & registerTimelineB1
The birth of cinema: from the Lumière brothers to the Nouvelle Vague
The first film screening in Paris in 1895, Méliès' trip to the Moon, the Cannes festival and the French New Wave: French cinema history as a timeline.
Reading & writingReal documentB1
Read a French cancellation letter: résiliation d'abonnement
A formal French letter cancelling a gym membership: subject line, contract reference, notice period, request for confirmation and the formal closing.
Words & expressionsVocabulary listB1
French leatherworking vocabulary: 12 cutting and stitching tools in pictures
Learn twelve French leatherworking tools and fittings, from an awl to a buckle. Use picture cards, then follow requests in a craft demonstration.
Everyday FrenchText conversationB1
Ask a former tutor for a reference in French
Ask a former French placement tutor for permission to name her as a reference. Explain the job, deadline and experience she can actually describe.
Everyday FrenchArticleB1
Please reply by email: make the request in French
Ask a service for an email reply, give a short reason and confirm which details they will send. Includes a model message and a contact-channel quiz.
Pronunciation & listeningVerb drillB1
Je ne sais pas, j’sais pas and chais pas: hear it, then write it
Recognise three casual versions of je ne sais pas, follow what the speaker is unsure about, then restore four sentences to standard written French.
Culture & registerCheat sheetB1
French form names: nom de naissance, nom d’usage and prénom
Distinguish family name, name used in daily life and given names on French forms, then place supplied identity details in the matching fields.
Grammar & usageDialogueB1
N’importe qui and n’importe quoi: anyone, anything or nonsense?
Practise n’importe qui and n’importe quoi in a conversation: open choices, asking anyone, saying that’s nonsense and refusing just anything.
Words & expressionsGap-fillB1
Nourriture, aliments, alimentation: a French food gap-fill
Talk about food in general, individual foods and everyday eating habits. Learn the nouns with six pictures and an eight-gap picnic story.
DELF, DALF & examsPhrasebookB1
French paraphrases: say the same thing with different words
Practise six French source-and-paraphrase pairs, then choose faithful answer options. Keep obligation, possibility, actor, time and degree intact as the wording changes.
Everyday FrenchQuizB1
French job contract quiz: hours, trial period and notice
Read a French employment contract extract: CDI, CDD, période d'essai, durée hebdomadaire, préavis, congés payés. Twelve questions to check you understand the key terms.
Pronunciation & listeningReadingB1
Reading French punctuation aloud: follow the meaning
Read a short French moving-day scene, identify commas, a colon and a question, then practise phrasing with glosses, a checklist and four questions.
Culture & registerPractical guideB1
Give an opinion in French: a judgement, a reason and a useful detail
Move beyond c’est génial or c’est nul. Give a clear French opinion with reasons, compare familiar and neutral wording, and practise adjective agreement.
Culture & registerCommon mistakesB1
Causer or parler: chatting, speaking and causing a problem
Avoid three traps with causer and parler. Compare talking with someone, talking about a topic and causing an effect, then answer four questions.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceB1
DELF B1 writing: propose a sports equipment lending scheme
Write a B1 proposal for a sports club: explain the need, organise loans and protect shared equipment. Includes a model, picture cards and review questions.
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
B1 French story: a concert without its singer
The singer cannot come, but the concert goes ahead. Read a B1 French story with six glosses, instrument picture cards and questions on roles and reactions.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableB1
Plaire conjugation: plais, plaît, plaisons and plu
Conjugate plaire in seven tenses and moods. See why a show plaît but several shows plaisent, use plaire à, and practise the participle plu.
Culture & registerWord scaleB1
How annoyed are you? French from agacé to furieux
A French anger scale: agacé, énervé, fâché, en colère, furieux, hors de moi. Learn the shades of irritation and how to calm things down.
Culture & registerMatching gameB1
Québec French vs France French: match the everyday words
Un char or une voiture? Magasiner or faire du shopping? Match ten everyday words from Québec French to their equivalents in France.
Everyday FrenchTimelineB1
Moving house in France: the steps from notice to keys
Give notice, book the état des lieux, change your address, transfer contracts: the French moving process as a timeline with the vocabulary for each step.
Everyday FrenchReal documentB1
Read a French flat advert: T2, charges comprises and DPE
Decode a real-looking French rental ad: T2, m², loyer charges comprises, dépôt de garantie, DPE energy rating and agency fees. Then decide if it fits.
Culture & registerVocabulary listB1
Boulot, pote, fric: nine familiar French words in everyday sentences
Recognise nine familiar French nouns with examples, gender notes and picture practice. Learn boulot, pote, fric, bagnole, bouquin and more.
Everyday FrenchText conversationB1
Replying to a buyer on a French second-hand app
Someone wants your old bike. Handle the messages in French: availability, a lower offer, the pick-up time and a no-show risk. Choose the best reply each time.
Verbs & tensesArticleB1
Réussir à or essayer de: did the attempt work?
Compare trying and succeeding through a stuck-door scene. Learn essayer de and réussir à, meet four pictured objects, and test the outcome.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
French double pronouns: keep the object and the recipient clear
Practise le lui, te le and lui en in ten short transformations. Follow the same object and recipient through statements, negatives and commands.
Verbs & tensesCheat sheetB1
French reported speech in the past: three tense shifts on one sheet
See present → imparfait, passé composé → plus-que-parfait and future → conditional in a clear timeline, then check six reported messages.
Pronunciation & listeningDialogueB1
Correct yourself in French: je veux dire and ou plutôt
Follow a booking call with three small repairs. Use je veux dire for a corrected fact, ou plutôt for a changed choice and a clear read-back to finish.
Pronunciation & listeningGap-fillB1
French podcast practice: follow the signposts back to the topic
Complete a French podcast extract about commuting. Practise d’abord, ensuite, à propos and revenons, and keep an example separate from the conclusion.
Grammar & usagePhrasebookB1
Rewrite French concession phrases: malgré → bien que
Turn malgré + noun into bien que + subjunctive with paired phrases, short conversations and practice that keeps the same person, obstacle and time.
Pronunciation & listeningQuizB1
French weather forecast quiz: 10 questions on place and timing
Read four French forecast extracts and answer ten questions about rain, wind, fog and changing conditions. Includes translations and weather picture cards.
Everyday FrenchReadingB1
Confirm plans in French after the group chat changes
Read a French group chat that changes a walk to a museum visit. Find the final meeting time and place, then check a short confirmation.
Culture & registerPractical guideB1
French reaction idioms: read Tu m’étonnes and Tu parles in context
Read four short French exchanges to recognise agreement, disbelief and surprise. Practise tu m’étonnes, tu parles and mon œil with clear context.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB1
Formation or éducation: what goes on your French CV?
Choose formation for training and your CV’s study history. Compare education, upbringing and qualifications through examples and a short B1 quiz.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceB1
Who am I writing to? A French exam task on audience
Identify the reader and your role, compare two openings, then write a B1 request to a centre coordinator with a model answer and an audience checklist.
