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French at B1
Everything written for B1 learners (expressing your ideas), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
B1 French story: who says je in an old family letter?
Read a French family story with a letter inside it. Track who says je, who lent the scarf and when the journey happened, with glosses and questions.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableB1
Résoudre conjugation: résous, résolvons and résolu
Conjugate résoudre in seven tenses and moods, from je résous to que nous résolvions. Practise the résolv- stem, future résoudr- and participle résolu.
Words & expressionsWord scaleB1
How hard is it raining? French from bruine to déluge
Il bruine, il pleuvine, il pleut, il pleut à verse, il tombe des cordes, c'est le déluge: seven French ways to describe rain, light to torrential.
Reading & writingMatching gameB1
A French wellbeing article: advice, warning or personal testimony?
Match French wellbeing sentences to personal testimony, advice, practical warnings and limits, without turning one person’s experience into a universal claim.
Culture & registerTimelineB1
A short history of the French language, from 842 to today
From the Strasbourg Oaths in 842 to the 1539 ordinance, the Académie française and today's feminised job titles: a timeline of how French became French.
DELF, DALF & examsReal documentB1
Read a French job advert: CDI, temps plein and avantages
A realistic French job offer: contract type, hours, salary range, required profile and benefits like tickets-restaurant and RTT. Check what it really offers.
DELF, DALF & examsArticleB1
French speaking fluency: keep the idea moving, at your pace
Compare fast, tangled French with clear phrasing. Practise linking a proposal to its reason, managing a pause and giving useful feedback.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillB1
Si + imparfait, conditional: a French hypothesis drill
Build imagined situations with si j’avais and je pourrais. Study the two stems, then complete twelve verb forms in conditions, results and advice.
Everyday FrenchCheat sheetB1
Supportive French messages: offer help and leave room to reply
Write warm French messages with a specific offer, consistent tu or vous and an easy reply boundary. Compare friend and colleague examples and try a quiz.
Words & expressionsDialogueB1
Brancher or connecter? Set up your devices in French
Practise a French device-setup dialogue: plug in a charger, connect to Wi-Fi and log into an account. Learn brancher, connecter and se connecter.
Pronunciation & listeningGap-fillB1
La mie or l’amie? Find French word boundaries in context
Complete a short French scene with la mie, l’amie, la pelle and l’appel. Use the sentence to choose between phrases that share a pronunciation.
Grammar & usagePhrasebookB1
Quand même: saying “anyway” and “thanks anyway” in French
Use quand même when you go ahead despite a difficulty, thank someone after unsuccessful help or react with surprise. Four exchanges and a short quiz.
Pronunciation & listeningQuizB1
Rising intonation in French: question, check or continuation?
A rise can ask for information, check a surprising detail or keep a turn open. Read four exchanges, then choose what the speaker is doing in eight questions.
Words & expressionsReadingB1
Fait or opinion? Read a French meeting report
Read a short French report and two reactions. Separate checkable details, judgements and a prediction, then choose faithful summaries in a B1 quiz.
Words & expressionsPractical guideB1
Does that French word rule fit? Test it with a full sentence
Test French word-choice rules with expliquer, préciser, sujet and thème. Compare natural examples, spot overstrict claims and try a short quiz.
Verbs & tensesCommon mistakesB1
Je devais or j’ai dû: four past-tense mistakes to untangle
Compare past obligations, planned meetings and “must have” in French. Four devoir contrasts, a short exchange and a quiz make the meanings concrete.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceB1
B1 French writing task: your first responsibility
Write a French account of your first responsibility. Practise background, events and reflection with a garden-key model and a guided writing space.
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
B1 French short story: an unexpected retirement party visitor
Read a B1 French retirement party story with eight glosses and translation. Trace the earlier events that explain an unexpected colleague’s visit.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableB1
Suivre conjugation: suis, suivons and suivi in seven tenses and moods
Conjugate suivre with seven tables, examples and recall checks. Practise the plural v, the participle suivi and the difference between suivre and être.
Culture & registerWord scaleB1
When exactly? French time words from tout de suite to un de ces jours
Tout de suite, dans un instant, tout à l'heure, bientôt, plus tard, un de ces jours: a French urgency scale, including the ones that are vaguer than they sound.
Culture & registerMatching gameB1
French food idioms: match the expression to its meaning
C'est la fin des haricots, raconter des salades, avoir la pêche: match ten French food idioms to their meanings, then see how they're used.
Culture & registerTimelineB1
The Tour de France: a history in eight moments
From the first race in 1903 to the yellow jersey, the polka dots and the Champs-Élysées finish: the Tour de France as a timeline with cycling vocabulary.
Verbs & tensesArticleB1
Je savais or j’ai su? Knowing and finding out in French
Compare je savais, j’ai su and je n’ai pas su répondre through a short conversation, a meaning table and four questions with explanations.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
French reciprocal verbs drill: each other or themselves?
Rewrite relationship descriptions with se, nous and vous. Use l’un l’autre or l’un à l’autre to make “each other” clear, with 14 guided answers.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
Lequel after a preposition: four forms and the noun they refer to
Recognise dans lequel, pour laquelle and plural forms in French. Use a compact reference sheet, then check agreement and meaning in five questions.
Words & expressionsDialogueB1
Étroit or serré? Explain a narrow cut or a tight fit in French
Practise a clothes-shop dialogue with étroit and serré. Describe narrow spaces, tight waists and close spacing, with picture cards and an agreement check.
Words & expressionsGap-fillB1
Poser or déposer? A French gap-fill about everyday errands
Put down your glasses, drop off a parcel and submit a form. Practise poser and déposer in a short present-tense story with eight gaps and pictures.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB1
French phrases for a return-to-work meeting
Discuss current capacity, a phased return and review dates in French, with four workplace scenes, 24 translated phrases and a quick comprehension check.
Grammar & usageQuizB1
Si…que or tellement…que? A French result-clause quiz
Try eight questions on so…that in French: si lourd que, parler tellement and tellement de questions. Compare degree, quantity and condition.
Words & expressionsReadingB1
Pollution or nuisance? Read a French neighbourhood report
Read a short B1 neighbourhood report about air pollution and noise disturbance. Explore the vocabulary, follow the speakers and answer four questions.
Grammar & usagePractical guideB1
How to choose qui, que, où or dont: rebuild the short sentence
Choose a French relative pronoun by rebuilding the sentence behind it. Compare qui, que, où, dont and preposition + lequel, then try four questions.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB1
Actuellement or maintenant? Currently, now and actually
Use actuellement for a current situation and maintenant for now. Compare overlapping uses, correct the actually false friend and answer four questions.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceB1
DELF B1 writing practice: ask for a bus route to the hospital
Write a formal DELF B1-style letter to your town council: describe a transport problem, its consequences and propose a solution. Model letter of 180 words and checklist.
Words & expressionsGraded storyB1
Describe a character’s feelings in French: three short scenes
Read three French scenes and choose between ravie, inquiète, déçue and soulagée. Practise agreement and explain a reaction with a detail from the text.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableB1
Acquérir conjugation: acquiers, acquérons, acquis and acquerrai
Learn acquérir in seven tenses and moods, including acquérons, acquièrent, acquis and acquerrai, with skill-building examples, stem notes and a quiz.
Culture & registerWord scaleB1
Money in French: from argent to fric, thune and blé
L'argent is neutral, le fric and la thune are slang, les fonds are formal. A register scale for talking about money in French, with when each word fits.
