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French at B2
Everything written for B2 learners (discussing in depth), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Grammar & usageReadingB2
Nullement in French: read an emphatic “not at all”
Read a short reply about a proposal and learn how nullement denies a claim. Compare pas du tout, guère and aucune, then check your reading.
Grammar & usageQuizB2
D’autant plus que: 10 questions on “especially since”
Practise d’autant plus…que and d’autant plus que through ten questions on added reasons, adjective placement, elision, tense and d’autant moins.
Verbs & tensesCheat sheetB2
Ayant fait, étant parti: French compound participles at a glance
Read and form ayant terminé, étant arrivées and s’étant levée. Compare earlier actions with states, then check auxiliary choice and agreement.
Reading & writingGap-fillB2
Make cela and cette mesure clear in a French paragraph
Replace vague references with precise French noun phrases. Study two clear rewrites, then complete a five-gap paragraph using a focused word bank.
Culture & registerCommon mistakesB2
Effectuer or faire? Choose a natural French action verb
Use effectuer for checks, calculations and repairs, keep faire in everyday expressions, and practise clear rewrites with three focused questions.
Everyday FrenchDialogueB2
French union meeting dialogue: respond to a proposed shift pattern
Practise a B2 workplace discussion about rotating shifts, staffing assumptions, recovery time and predictable rotas, with a concrete counterproposal in French.
Reading & writingTimelineB2
A French price comparison: base year, index update and current estimate
Order a French price index’s base year, initial release, revised observation and current estimate. Preserve each figure’s status in a short summary.
Grammar & usageExam practiceB2
Write a French concession and response: a short practice task
Answer an objection fairly in French with a focused writing task, supplied facts, a model paragraph and a checklist for certes…mais and bien que.
Verbs & tensesPractical guideB2
Shorter French sentences: keep the actor clear
Compare full clauses with gérondifs, participles and past infinitives. Check who acts, what happens first and when a full clause reads more clearly.
Reading & writingPhrasebookB2
How to disclose AI assistance in writing in French
Explain AI assistance in French: name the drafting or editing task, describe human checks and accept authorship responsibility. Four scenes and 24 translated lines.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableB2
Être and avoir in the passé simple: fut, eut, furent, eurent
Read the complete passé simple forms of être and avoir, compare fut with fût, and distinguish simple, compound and passive groups in five questions.
Culture & registerText conversationB2
Ask a French colleague to correct a misleading percentage
Ask a French colleague to correct a misleading percentage. Clarify the denominator, distinguish percentage points and propose a concise replacement.
Reading & writingGraded storyB2
B2 French reading: when a factory becomes a public venue
Explore a converted factory in a B2 French feature. Compare heritage, public access and running costs with eight glosses, translation and three questions.
DELF, DALF & examsVocabulary listB2
French vocabulary precision: choose the word that keeps your meaning
Practise twelve French words and phrases for time, cost and written requests. Compare délais and coûts, keep useful prepositions and test your choices.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB2
Dont with quantities: French drill for three of whom and half of which
Combine totals and subgroup facts with dont, numbers and fractions. Eight rewrites help you preserve the group, the proportion and the verb agreement.
Grammar & usageArticleB2
La porte est fermée: a state or an action in French?
Compare a closed door with a closing event. Explore a museum entrance, read two short scenes and check how French context separates state from action.
Reading & writingReadingB2
B2 French short story: the interview that never gets published
Read a B2 French newsroom story with eight glosses and translation, then distinguish a journalist’s ethical decision from practical publication obstacles.
Words & expressionsQuizB2
French large-number quiz: million, milliard and English billion
Translate and compare ten large quantities in French and English, including decimal commas, millions, milliards and the English billion.
Verbs & tensesCheat sheetB2
Il aura oublié: when the French future makes a guess
Compare il aura oublié with tomorrow’s future perfect. Five short rules and four questions show when French future forms express a present or past guess.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-fillB2
B2 French gap-fill: follow an exhibition recording proposal
Read a French exhibition proposal, then complete its summary. Track voluntary recording, approval of each excerpt and the decision still to come.
Culture & registerCommon mistakesB2
Solliciter or demander: four request mistakes to avoid
Ask for help, seek an opinion and write a clear request in French. Compare solliciter and demander, including question clauses and English false friends.
Culture & registerDialogueB2
“Where are you really from?” Responding in French
Practise a sixteen-turn French conversation about “where are you really from?”, with ways to limit disclosure, clarify and redirect.
Reading & writingTimelineB2
A French migration narrative: visits, moves and return visits
Follow a French life timeline that distinguishes temporary visits, a move and later return visits without assuming that a return means resettlement.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceB2
DELF B2 writing: repair or replace school technology?
Write a B2 article weighing school technology repairs against replacement. Compare cost, access and environmental priorities with a model and revision checklist.
Grammar & usagePractical guideB2
Ce qui, ce que, ce dont or ce à quoi: choose by rebuilding the sentence
Choose a French neutral relative with a four-row table, worked examples and a short quiz. Rebuild the verb with cela to find the missing role.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookB2
French phrases for discussing an ethical concern with a manager
Raise an ethical concern in French using observed facts, clear questions and a defined next step. Four workplace scenes, 24 translated lines and a short quiz.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableB2
Agir conjugation and constructions: agir sur, en faveur de and contre
Conjugate agir in seven tenses and moods, and practise agir sur, en faveur de and contre with precise French environmental examples.
Culture & registerText conversationB2
Ask a French organiser for the evidence behind an eco-friendly claim
Ask a French organiser which metric and comparison support an eco-friendly claim. Practise neutral messages requesting scope, period and evidence.
Words & expressionsGraded storyB2
Arrêter une décision: when French arrêter means decide, not stop
Read a B2 French office story where arrêter means settle or stop. Follow the objects calendrier, décision and travail, with glosses and questions.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillB2
Comme si: French imparfait or plus-que-parfait drill
Complete twelve imagined comparisons with comme si. Use the timeline to choose an ongoing imagined state or an event imagined as already completed.
DELF, DALF & examsArticleB2
French source tasks: separate the author’s view from your response
Summarise two views on meetings, then add your own position. Practise attribution, careful paraphrases and the boundary between reporting and judging.
Grammar & usageReadingB2
Who does elle mean? Read and repair ambiguous French pronouns
Read a short interview summary, trace elle and son, then compare two clear rewrites. Practise separating grammatical agreement from the person intended.
Words & expressionsQuizB2
French paronym quiz: collision, collusion and other lookalike words
Choose between collision and collusion, allocation and allocution, conjecture and conjoncture in twelve French contexts with precise explanations.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB2
Ce avec quoi and ce en quoi: choosing a French relative after a preposition
Use ce avec quoi for a means and ce en quoi for a point of difference. Compare neutral relatives with lequel, then choose the right construction.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB2
French B2 gap-fill: concession and contingency during a heatwave
Complete 12 concession and contingency links as a theatre changes its programme. Follow backup plans and ticket-holder options, with pictures and translation.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB2
Concurrence, compétition or concours? Translate competition in French
Choose concurrence for market rivalry, compétition for a sporting event and concours for a judged or selective contest. Practise the patterns.
