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French at B2
Everything written for B2 learners (discussing in depth), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Reading & writingQuizB2
French grant-call reading quiz: eligibility, selection and conditions
Read a French call for community-project grants and answer twelve questions separating eligibility, selection criteria and award conditions.
Reading & writingCheat sheetB2
Plan one French argument paragraph: claim, reason, example, limit
Build a B2 paragraph from four short notes. See how a specific claim develops into a reason, a useful example and a practical limit.
Words & expressionsGap-fillB2
À hauteur de: read the amount or share of French funding
Complete French funding statements with à hauteur de. Read a stated amount or contribution share and distinguish it from an explicitly marked ceiling.
Grammar & usageCommon mistakesB2
French purpose or result? Five mistakes that change the message
Compare pour que, pour and si bien que through five common meaning traps. Check the actors, the subjunctive and whether the text reports success.
Verbs & tensesDialogueB2
Retell a French story: from literary past to everyday speech
Retell a short passage with passé composé while keeping its background, earlier events and hopes. A partner dialogue guides you through the scene.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB2
On estime or est estimé à: French estimate reporting drill
Rewrite eight numerical estimates between on estime and est estimé à. Keep the source, approximate amount, tense and passive agreement intact.
Grammar & usageArticleB2
Quand bien même: "even if" for a hypothetical concession
Quand bien même means even if, even supposing: quand bien même il pleuvrait, je sortirais. Learn its conditional pattern, register and difference from même si.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB2
B2 French inference: match each claim to the museum notice
Read a museum booking notice and test five claims. Distinguish a supported inference, a contradicted closure claim and details the notice leaves open.
DELF, DALF & examsQuizB2
B2 French response quiz: should cafés ban laptops?
Read a categorical claim about café tables, then answer eight questions to build a fair reply with a concession, a distinction and a practical proposal.
Reading & writingCheat sheetB2
French numerical comparisons: le double, la moitié and deux fois plus
Distinguish ratios, numerical differences and percentage changes in French, then rewrite comparisons with le double, la moitié and explicit figures.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB2
What follows a French connector? Complete a project update
Practise noun, infinitive and finite-clause complements in a French project update, with sans, faute de, quitte à and à condition que.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB2
Une expertise in French: expert knowledge or an assessment?
Interpret expertise in professional French: distinguish know-how, a commissioned assessment and its report, then translate six short workplace extracts.
Culture & registerDialogueB2
Ask a French researcher what a study did not measure
Practise a sixteen-line French exchange asking what a study did not measure. Clarify participants, task, outcome and practical limits.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB2
C’est à Nora que…: French focus sentences with prepositions
Keep à, de, dans, en and pour when highlighting a recipient, place, time or purpose. Build c’est…que sentences in a guided transformation drill.
Grammar & usageArticleB2
Ce sur quoi in French: what you work on, agree on or base an idea on
Build ce sur quoi from travailler sur, se mettre d’accord sur and reposer sur. Compare named relatives and check agreement in a short project scene.
Verbs & tensesReadingB2
The found letter: a French reading with literary past tenses
Read La lettre retrouvée with glosses and a translation. Follow passé simple events, imparfait background and earlier actions, then answer four questions.
Reading & writingQuizB2
French logical fallacy quiz: false dilemmas, personal attacks and straw men
Identify flawed reasoning in twelve short French exchanges, then choose fair reformulations that address the argument and its evidence.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB2
Le recours à: French action nouns and their prepositions
Keep à in le recours à and de in la mise en œuvre de. Compare complete noun frames, practise contractions and choose the right complement.
Culture & registerGap-fillB2
S’avérer or se révéler: practise how something turns out
Compare s’avérer utile, se révéler difficile and révéler une erreur. Complete a short report with eight gaps and check accents and past agreement.
Grammar & usageCommon mistakesB2
Le fait de or le fait que? Four French patterns to keep apart
Choose le fait de + infinitive or le fait que + a full clause. Fix four common mix-ups, keep earlier actions clear and check which verb agrees with fait.
Culture & registerDialogueB2
French public debate dialogue: should dogs be allowed off lead?
Read a B2 park consultation with dog owners, parents and walkers. Practise acknowledging concerns and defending a limited off-lead proposal in French.
Culture & registerVerb drillB2
Partial disagreement in French: sur ce point, en partie and dans ce cas
Turn eight sweeping rebuttals into precise partial disagreements. State what you accept, then limit one point, part of an explanation or particular case.
Everyday FrenchArticleB2
Correct a misunderstanding at work in French: clarify and repair
Clarify an internal-versus-client presentation mix-up in French. Use precise reformulations, keep useful work and confirm the changes with a short quiz.
Grammar & usageReadingB2
French exception clauses: what changes after à moins que?
Read a short planning note with à moins que and sans que. Separate the default, exception and pending checks, then test your reading in four questions.
DELF, DALF & examsQuizB2
B2 French writing practice: edit a club newsletter update
Make ten writing decisions for a film-club newsletter. Preserve a condition, explain an adopted change and invite comments on a Sunday proposal.
Reading & writingCheat sheetB2
French citation abbreviations: cf., ibid., s. d. and et al.
Decode French reference notes, trace ibid. to the preceding source, and read cf., s. d., et al., p. and chap. in context.
Reading & writingGap-fillB2
French paragraph flow: repair the links, then fill the gaps
Repair a French paragraph about rehearsal hours. Trace pronouns, organise the ideas and choose connectors that match the reasoning, then try a short gap-fill.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB2
Assumer or supposer? How to translate “assume” into French
Choose assumer for responsibility and supposer for an unverified belief. Compare workplace examples, repair misleading translations and test five decisions.
Grammar & usageDialogueB2
Focus a French paragraph: who, when or what matters?
Follow an editor and writer as they choose a paragraph’s main point. Practise c’est…qui, c’est…que and clear references with three questions.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillB2
French passé simple: four ending families and a reading drill
Recognise the four passé simple families with a full table, irregular-stem examples and 14 typed answers. Practise vint, prit, vécut and the circumflex.
Grammar & usageArticleB2
De sorte que: result or purpose? Compare the French verb forms
Compare de sorte que + indicative for a reported result with the subjunctive for a purpose. Follow a speaker’s preparation, then choose the right reading.
Reading & writingReadingB2
B2 French short story: the translator’s name is missing
Read a B2 French story about a missing translation credit, with eight glosses, an English translation and questions on responsibility and recognition.
Reading & writingQuizB2
Keep, move or cut? French paragraph unity quiz
Practise keeping a French paragraph focused with eight revision questions. Separate a useful reason, a relevant limit and a detail that belongs elsewhere.
Culture & registerCheat sheetB2
Formal French word meanings: a sheet for accurate simpler wording
Check requérir, solliciter, préconiser and fustiger in full French sentences. Compare simpler wording, verb patterns and four short summary questions.
Reading & writingGap-fillB2
French paragraph flow: link known and new information
Follow a French paragraph from a proposal to its practical conditions. Fill eight gaps, trace the reference chain and compare two natural sentence openings.
Everyday FrenchCommon mistakesB2
Bénéfices or avantages sociaux? Workplace benefits in French
Translate employee benefits accurately: compare bénéfices, avantages and avantages sociaux, read a job package and correct misleading workplace sentences.
