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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 & usageDialogueB2
L’un l’autre in French: each other, with the right preposition
Follow two colleagues working together, then build l’un l’autre, l’une à l’autre and les unes avec les autres from each verb’s normal construction.
Reading & writingVerb drillB2
Write a French comparison paragraph: criteria, contrast and choice
Compare two venues in French using the same criteria. Study a model paragraph, complete eight sentence gaps and connect the choice to a clear purpose.
DELF, DALF & examsArticleB2
French writing coherence: fix the link before adding connectors
Compare two French recommendations, repair an unclear reference and choose connectors that express a real cause, contrast or consequence.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB2
B2 French reading: spot irony in a street-concert commentary
Read a French concert commentary and explain its irony. Find the fact that overturns the opening praise and identify exactly what the writer criticises.
Grammar & usageQuizB2
Plus… plus and plus… moins: eight French practice questions
Practise the more… the more and the more… the less in French. Choose plus or moins, check de before nouns and connect two changing degrees.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB2
Ne… guère in French: hardly, not much, not often
A compact reference for ne… guère: amount, frequency and degree, word order in two tenses, everyday paraphrases and a four-question meaning check.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB2
Parce que, en effet or donc? Follow the reason and the result
Complete a French committee update with reason and result links. Compare a claim followed by support with a circumstance followed by a consequence.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB2
Ignorer in French: not knowing or deliberately ignoring?
Read ignorer accurately in emails and conversations. Contrast missing information with deliberate disregard, then interpret and repair six contextual examples.
Culture & registerDialogueB2
French science interview dialogue: explain an uncertain result
Practise a B2 science interview about a small score difference, sample size and test order. Clarify a result and its limits in French, with English cues.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB2
Ce livre, je l’aime: practise French left and right dislocation
Move a French topic to the start or end of a sentence, keep its referring pronoun, and practise le, la, les, en and y in context.
Culture & registerArticleB2
Omettre or oublier: leave out a detail or forget it?
Compare omettre and oublier with a missing attachment, a shortened report and a forgotten name. Practise de + infinitive and the forms omis and oublié.
Culture & registerReadingB2
Fustiger or critiquer: read the strength of French criticism
Read a short French report and compare fustiger, critiquer and critiquer vivement. Practise strong criticism, limited criticism and faithful summaries.
Grammar & usageQuizB2
Tout intelligent qu’il est: French concessive clauses quiz
Ten questions on tout… que concessions: interpret the contrast, agree the adjective and tout, and recognise indicative and subjunctive choices.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB2
French percentage agreement: 30 % des personnes ont or a?
Choose French verb agreement after percentages, distinguish personnes from population and le taux, and complete data statements with a clear reference.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillB2
Set a French meeting topic aside: practise the return
Fill eight gaps in a French meeting exchange to defer a budget question, return to it and arrange a separate discussion with clear next steps.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesB2
Préjudice or préjugé? Harm, prejudice and bias in French
Distinguish préjudice, préjugé, biais and dommage with social and formal examples. Correct translations about harm, judgements and loss.
DELF, DALF & examsVerb drillB2
B2 French formal requests: turn assumed approval into a question
Repair an equipment-loan letter that confirms too much. Compare requests and commitments, then practise six precise French request forms.
Verbs & tensesArticleB2
Passé simple or imparfait? Read the events and the background
Read French narrative through paired examples: complete events, ongoing scenes, long durations and repeated visits, with four reading questions.
Verbs & tensesReadingB2
French free indirect thought: whose “tomorrow” are you reading?
Read a B2 scene with free indirect thought. Follow Léa’s now and tomorrow, compare three ways to report a thought and answer four reading questions.
DELF, DALF & examsQuizB2
B2 French reading quiz: two views on changing market hours
Compare two French arguments about later market hours. Eight questions test their shared goal, different next steps and the limits of a one-day trial.
Verbs & tensesCheat sheetB2
French present participle: the nous stem, -ant and three exceptions
Form parlant, prenant, ayant, étant and sachant, then use the bare present participle in notices and descriptions with five short practice questions.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB2
Fit, vit and dit: a passé simple gap-fill story
Read and complete a short story with fit, vit, dit, firent, virent and dirent. Includes full verb tables and contrasts with fut, vint and present dit.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB2
Peut-être viendra-t-elle: practise inversion in a statement
Turn peut-être que into formal French statements with inversion. Study hyphens, noun subjects and negative word order, then complete eight transformations.
Reading & writingArticleB2
Revise a French argument paragraph: claim, reason and limit
Follow one French paragraph through three edits: name the problem, explain the proposed change and replace réglerait tout with a precise, limited benefit.
Grammar & usageReadingB2
Who did what? Read agency in a French report
Read a short French handover report and separate the person acting, the person arranging and the person affected, with a role map and four questions.
Grammar & usageQuizB2
Expletive ne quiz: read je crains qu’il ne vienne correctly
Eight questions on optional expletive ne after fear, avant que and à moins que, with contrasts that show when pas changes the meaning.
Reading & writingCheat sheetB2
French quotation punctuation: guillemets, dialogue dashes and omissions
Place French guillemets, full stops and dialogue dashes, mark cuts with […], and repair short quotations while preserving the speaker’s meaning.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-fillB2
B2 French writing: describe attendance figures accurately
Turn 22 and 30 recorded entries into a precise French column. Complete nine gaps, distinguish a rise from its cause, then check three claims.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB2
French avoir beau drill: express effort that fails to change the result
Rewrite unsuccessful-effort situations with avoir beau plus an infinitive. Practise present, past and background effort while retaining the outcome.
Reading & writingArticleB2
After par exemple: explain what your French example shows
Add commentary after a French example: connect the useful detail to your point, choose a precise takeaway and keep the conclusion within the case.
Culture & registerReadingB2
Préconiser or recommander: read a proposal without changing its meaning
Read a short French editorial note using préconiser and recommander. Compare their patterns and distinguish a suggested change from an adopted decision.
Words & expressionsQuizB2
À défaut de and à défaut: French fallback constructions in context
Practise à défaut de and standalone à défaut in French fallback offers. Follow the supplied primary option, condition and alternative without forcing rigid meanings.
Culture & registerCheat sheetB2
French formal letter endings: reconnaissant, reconnaissante or gré?
Choose reconnaissant or reconnaissante for the writer, use savoir gré correctly, and complete formal French closings for different recipients.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB2
Au point de + infinitive: practise saying “so much that”
Turn French degree-and-result sentences into au point de + infinitive. Compare au point que, place negatives and practise eight sentence completions.
Words & expressionsArticleB2
Acquérir or acheter: buying an object, gaining a skill
Acheter means buy; acquérir covers gaining possessions, knowledge and skills. Compare their uses, practise key forms and test your word choice.
Verbs & tensesReadingB2
Reading French literary verbs: recognise vint, prit and eut fini
Read a short scene, recover six literary verb forms and compare eut with eût. Glosses, a form table and four questions keep meaning in view.
