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French at B1
Everything written for B1 learners (expressing your ideas), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Pronunciation & listeningPhrasebookB1
Polite French requests: wording, pace and room for a reply
Ask for a time slot, a repetition or an appointment change in French. Practise courteous phone phrases and see how delivery works with the words.
Verbs & tensesQuizB1
Plus-que-parfait quiz: 10 questions on forms, time and agreement
Test the French plus-que-parfait in ten contextual questions: auxiliaries, earlier events, negatives, reflexive verbs and participle agreement.
Culture & registerReadingB1
Se pointer or arriver: read an on-time arrival in French
Read a B1 station meet-up using se pointer and arriver. Follow who arrives on time, who is late, and how arriver à faire changes the meaning.
Verbs & tensesPractical guideB1
Who is doing it? Check the subject of a French gérondif
Find the actor of en lisant or en arrivant, compare it with the main subject, and repair unclear attachment through examples and a three-question quiz.
DELF, DALF & examsCommon mistakesB1
French reading mistakes: possible, planned or already happened?
Compare pourrait, prévue, confirmée and a eu lieu. Correct five common overreadings, then test whether a paraphrase keeps the event’s status.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceB1
From French planning notes to a clear email: a B1 writing task
Expand compact notes into a French email that explains a possible delay and asks to change an appointment. Write your version, compare a model and use the checklist.
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
B1 French short story: a town’s last public telephone
Read a B1 French story with eight glosses, English translation and three questions about a public telephone that changes its neighbours’ minds.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Sujet or thème: the topic of a discussion and the theme of a story
Compare sujet and thème through a neighbourhood report, a short story and fixed expressions. See where both words fit and test four useful distinctions.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillB1
French gérondif formation: a nous-stem drill with exceptions
Build en parlant, en finissant and en prenant from the present nous form. Practise spelling changes, three exceptions and reflexive pronouns.
Everyday FrenchCheat sheetB1
Clarify a French work brief: six questions before you start
A practical French question sheet for clarifying a task’s result, audience, format, scope and deadline, followed by a model exchange and three checks.
Everyday FrenchDialogueB1
Ask a teacher for useful feedback in French: a B1 dialogue
Ask about one unclear link in your writing, request an example and explain your revision. Practise a focused feedback conversation in French.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
Check a French past-tense paragraph: revise, then fill the gaps
Work through a French past-tense revision, then complete a new paragraph with imparfait, passé composé and plus-que-parfait forms.
Culture & registerPhrasebookB1
Polite French phrases: requests, thanks and encouragement
Choose French courtesy phrases for the action you mean. Compare tu and vous requests, merci and je vous remercie, bon courage and bonne chance.
Grammar & usageQuizB1
Pas tous or aucun? Eight questions on French partial negation
Practise not all, none, not everything and nothing in eight French questions about messages, answers and understanding. Each answer explains the difference.
Culture & registerReadingB1
C’est dingue or c’est fou? Read three surprising French reactions
Read a short French story with c’est dingue, c’est fou and folle de. Check what surprises the speakers and practise fou, folle, fous and folles.
Culture & registerPractical guideB1
What does a short French reply mean? Read the whole exchange
Understand avec plaisir, je vous en prie and bien reçu through short exchanges. Practise spotting acceptance, thanks, permission and a polite refusal.
Pronunciation & listeningCommon mistakesB1
French double consonants: pomme has one /m/, poisson has /s/
Double French letters usually do not mean a longer consonant. Compare pomme, tasse, coussin and ville, with picture examples and four checks.
Everyday FrenchExam practiceB1
Report a website error in French: write a clear support email
Write a French support email with the page, failed action, exact error message and a focused request. Includes a B1 writing task, model and checklist.
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
B1 French story: a plant cutting and two family labels
Read a French story about a cutting passed from aunt to niece. Follow two labels through time, with vocabulary notes, pictures and comprehension practice.
Words & expressionsArticleB1
Goût or saveur: food flavours and personal tastes in French
Compare le goût and la saveur with food examples, then use à mon goût and mes goûts for preferences. Includes picture cards and a four-question check.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
French active and passive voice: eight transformations to try
Change French active sentences into the passive while keeping the same tense and actor. Study three models, then practise être and participle agreement.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
French frequency expressions: une fois par semaine and tous les deux jours
Compare weekly counts with regular intervals in French: une fois par semaine, deux fois par semaine and tous les deux jours, with schedules and practice.
Culture & registerDialogueB1
French small talk at work: a coffee-machine dialogue
Practise an 18-line French workplace conversation about the weekend and future plans, with English cues and a polite shift from vous to tu.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB1
Depuis que: a French gap-fill about a new routine
Use depuis que to say what has changed since an event. Complete a short workplace story and compare a routine continuing now with a past viewpoint.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB1
Arrange a furniture removal in French: bulky items, stairs and times
Arrange a furniture move in French: list bulky items, explain stairs and lift access, check packing and confirm collection and delivery windows.
DELF, DALF & examsQuizB1
DELF B1 speaking quiz: answer objections to a free sports session
Choose eight replies about a free Sunday sports taster. Practise correcting an exaggerated objection, discussing resources and deciding what to review afterwards.
Reading & writingReadingB1
B1 French reading: choosing a new title for a short film
Read a French discussion about a film title. Separate a viewer’s expectation, a suggested title and the final choice, then answer four questions.
Culture & registerPractical guideB1
French etiquette: choose a greeting for the person in front of you
Use bonjour, salut, tu and vous in clear situations. Compare greeting scenes, ask about preferences and turn sweeping etiquette rules into useful notes.
Verbs & tensesCommon mistakesB1
Sortir, monter, passer: five auxiliary mistakes to fix
Compare going out with taking something out, going upstairs with carrying luggage up, and calling round with spending time. Five fixes and a quiz.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceB1
DELF B1 writing practice: advise a friend on work and study
Write a DELF B1-style letter giving a friend advice on combining a job and studies: weigh time and money, suggest a plan. Model text of 170 words and checklist.
Culture & registerArticleB1
Éventuellement or probablement: a possible plan or a likely one?
Compare éventuellement and probablement in French plans, then test possibility, likelihood and the English false friend eventually with four questions.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillB1
French past infinitive: build avoir fait and être parti
Build the French past infinitive with avoir or être, then practise earlier actions, reflexive pronouns, negatives and participle agreement.
Verbs & tensesCheat sheetB1
French present subjunctive formation: stems and endings
Build the French present subjunctive with a printable rule sheet: regular endings, two stems, irregular models, elision and four practice questions.
Verbs & tensesDialogueB1
Être sur le point de or en train de? About to versus already doing
Practise about to and in the middle of in a departure dialogue. Compare sur le point de, en train de and aller, with past-time examples.
Reading & writingGap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: time expressions in a sailing instructor’s day
Complete 12 chronology and duration expressions in a sailing instructor’s profile. Contrast depuis, pendant and en, with sailing pictures and translation.
Words & expressionsPhrasebookB1
Effort or peine: French phrases for trying, struggling and caring
Say you are making an effort, finding something difficult or feeling sad. Practise faire un effort, avoir de la peine à and ça vaut la peine in short exchanges.
