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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 & registerMatching gameB1
French idioms with animals: match them to their meaning
Avoir un chat dans la gorge, poser un lapin, être une poule mouillée: match ten French animal idioms to their English meanings, then see them in context.
Culture & registerArticleB1
En fait or en réalité? Say “actually” in French
Correct a date with en fait, contrast appearance with en réalité, and keep actuellement for currently. Compare examples and test four choices.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
Pour que and afin que: French purpose-clause practice
Say why you do something with pour que or afin que. Compare subjects, study useful subjunctive forms and complete eight purpose clauses.
Everyday FrenchCheat sheetB1
French payslip vocabulary: brut, net and cotisations
Identify gross pay, employee contributions, taxable pay and the amount paid using French payslip labels and a simplified worked extract.
Everyday FrenchDialogueB1
A guest in your French flatshare: agree the night and shared space
Ask flatmates about an overnight guest in French. Practise dates, sleeping arrangements and a quiet morning, then check the final agreement.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: plus-que-parfait at a ten-year reunion
Fill twelve gaps in a reunion story. Use the plus-que-parfait for earlier events, the imparfait for background and the passé composé for the meeting.
DELF, DALF & examsPhrasebookB1
French self-correction phrases: leave one clear final message
Practise pardon, je veux dire and je parle de to repair a date, clarify a person or keep an uncertain detail open in French conversation.
Words & expressionsQuizB1
Réussir or accomplir? Eight questions on success and completed tasks
Choose réussir or accomplir in eight French questions. Practise réussir à, exam results and completed tasks, with a short reference before the quiz.
Words & expressionsReadingB1
Souvenir or mémoire? A French reading about a box of keepsakes
Read about a postcard, a ticket and childhood memories. Learn un souvenir, la mémoire and un mémoire, with picture cards and comprehension questions.
DELF, DALF & examsPractical guideB1
Annotate a French writing brief: audience, actions, facts and limits
Mark a B1 French prompt, read its availability table and turn four kinds of annotation into a short message plan. Includes a worked example and quiz.
Verbs & tensesCommon mistakesB1
J’ai failli tomber: French “almost” and four easy mix-ups
J’ai failli means “I almost”, not “I failed to”. Follow a near miss, compare the actual outcomes and check failli plus an infinitive in three questions.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceB1
B1 French writing task: explain a group mistake
Describe a group mistake in French, explain your part and show how you corrected it. Practise with a poster-date model, timeline and writing checklist.
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
B1 French story: a curtain becomes a stage costume
Follow floral cloth from a cupboard to the stage. A B1 French story with textile picture cards, six glosses and questions about what changes and what remains.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableB1
Vivre conjugation: vis, vivons, vécu and vivrai
Learn vivre in seven tenses and moods, from je vis to j’ai vécu and je vivrai. Compare past habits and completed periods, then test the forms.
Culture & registerWord scaleB1
How happy are you? French from content to aux anges
Content, heureux, ravi, enchanté, fou de joie, aux anges, au septième ciel: a French happiness scale with the right word for every level of joy.
Reading & writingMatching gameB1
French letter openings and closings: match the pairs
Madame, Monsieur goes with veuillez agréer; Cher Paul with amitiés; Coucou with bisous. Match eight openings to the closing that fits the same register.
DELF, DALF & examsArticleB1
French writing tasks: the same topic, three different texts
Turn one topic into an email, an article or a source comparison. See how genre, audience and purpose change the French opening, structure and ending.
Words & expressionsVerb drillB1
Interdire or empêcher: forbid an action or stop it happening
Use interdire à quelqu’un de and empêcher quelqu’un de correctly. Compare a rule with an obstacle, then practise the sentence patterns and present forms.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
Par or de after a French passive? A guide to the agent
Use par to name who acts, recognise aimé de tous and respecté de tous, and separate an agent from a noun complement. Includes a four-question check.
Culture & registerDialogueB1
Laisser tomber and coup de main: French idioms in a moving-day dialogue
Read a moving-day conversation with laisser tomber, donner un coup de main and jeter un coup d’œil. Separate physical actions from idiomatic meanings.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
Long actions in French: passé composé or imparfait?
A ten-year job can use the passé composé. Compare whole periods with background situations, then complete a short account of a summer job.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB1
How to give constructive feedback to a colleague in French
Give specific feedback in French: describe what happened, explain its effect and request a concrete change. Four scenes, 24 lines and practice questions.
DELF, DALF & examsQuizB1
Is this French answer relevant? Eight choices about one course
Help a friend choose a French course around her work hours. In eight questions, choose useful reasons, cut topic drift and keep a recommendation focused.
Reading & writingReadingB1
B1 French reading: turning down a film’s soundtrack
Compare two versions of a short film soundtrack in French. Follow the editor’s change, the viewer’s response and the next job, then practise sound vocabulary.
DELF, DALF & examsPractical guideB1
B1 French writing: turn an experience into a reflection
Develop a short rehearsal incident into a French personal account. Compare a starting paragraph, three worked expansions and a reflection tied to the event.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB1
Fournitures means supplies: French office vocabulary without the trap
Distinguish fournitures, meubles, mobilier and matériel in French office orders. Learn eight pictured items and repair purchasing requests.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceB1
DELF B1 writing practice: a forum opinion on car-free city centres
Write a 160–180-word French forum post about car-free city centres. Use a clear prompt, a model answer, argument examples and a focused review checklist.
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
B1 French story: the last page changes the reader’s mind
Salim suspects a neighbour until a novel’s final page changes his view. Read a B1 French story with glosses, object picture cards and four comprehension questions.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableB1
Croire conjugation: crois, croyons, cru and croirai
Learn croire in seven tenses and moods, with tables, belief patterns and recall practice. Check croyons, croyez, cru and the subjunctive croyions.
Words & expressionsWord scaleB1
How fast? French movement from flâner to foncer
Flâner, se balader, marcher, se dépêcher, courir, foncer: climb seven French verbs of moving from strolling to racing, with the art of the flâneur.
Words & expressionsMatching gameB1
Verbs of saying in French: chuchoter, crier, avouer and more
Stop using dire for everything: match ten French verbs of speaking (chuchoter, crier, avouer, affirmer, répondre…) to their meanings, then use them in stories.
Verbs & tensesArticleB1
Je ferai or je ferais? French future and conditional compared
Compare future commitments, hypothetical results and polite requests through paired examples, a work-planning scene and four questions.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillB1
Infinitive or subjunctive? Follow the subjects in French
Compare je souhaite venir with je souhaite que tu viennes. Practise six infinitive frames and six clauses while keeping de where it belongs.
Culture & registerCheat sheetB1
Tout à fait or absolument: a French agreement cheat sheet
Use tout à fait and absolument to agree, describe and deny. Compare pas tout à fait with absolument pas, then check four short French exchanges.
Grammar & usageDialogueB1
À condition que: say “provided that” in French
Make an agreement with à condition que, choose the subjunctive and practise a conversation about sharing work on a presentation.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
Build French idiom cloze cards: practise the whole phrase
Build better French idiom cards with clear cues, whole-phrase gaps and checked pronouns. Try six gaps with donner un coup de main and tenir au courant.
