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French at C1
Everything written for C1 learners (nuance and style), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceC1
A French commemorative speech that names a disagreement honestly
Write a French C1 commemorative speech that honours people while attributing two different interpretations of an event and preserving their disagreement.
DELF, DALF & examsVerb drillC1
C1 French handover email: practise precise requests and status updates
Write a clear French volunteer handover. Study a complete email, then practise ten forms that distinguish finished work, open duties and polite requests.
Everyday FrenchPractical guideC1
Check a French professional reformulation: five meaning tests
Compare French professional summaries for attribution, scope, certainty, conditions and decision status, then test four close reformulations.
Reading & writingCommon mistakesC1
Comparable or equivalent? Four French argument mistakes
Use comparable, aussi… que and revient au même precisely in French. Compare two museum tours, repair overbroad conclusions and check your reasoning.
Reading & writingReal documentC1
A French public leaflet that keeps the exception visible
Compare a dense French eligibility clause with a public leaflet that preserves the main rule, the exception and the effect of missing documents.
Reading & writingGraded storyC1
A French story told in two family languages
Read a French story about translating a family phrase, with two notebooks, glosses, an English translation and evidence-based comprehension questions.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillC1
Reopen a decision in French: a C1 meeting gap-fill
Complete a French meeting exchange about new information. Practise recalling an earlier decision, explaining the change and limiting what needs review.
Reading & writingPhrasebookC1
Check a French paraphrase: phrases for discussing meaning
Use French review phrases to catch lost attribution, stronger predictions, wider scope and missing conditions. Compare a source with two paraphrases.
Reading & writingCheat sheetC1
French executive summary: a decision brief with options and next steps
Build a French executive summary around the decision, options, recommendation and outstanding checks. Includes a compact reference sheet and a worked brief.
Culture & registerArticleC1
Soi-disant or prétendu? Distancing yourself from a label
Un soi-disant expert claims to be one; un prétendu expert is called one by others. Learn the nuance, the agreement of prétendu and modern usage.
Grammar & usageReadingC1
Plus long que je ne pensais: read ne in a French comparison
Read a short report with plus and moins comparisons. Learn why ne can be non-negative, keep the comparison direction clear and check your reading.
Reading & writingQuizC1
French rhetorical questions: eight argument-writing questions
Test what a French rhetorical question implies, which premise it assumes and how to support its answer. Eight questions with detailed explanations.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceC1
C1 French writing: propose a travelling library display
Write to partner venues about a travel-notebook display: keep reproductions and captions shared, adapt local introductions and confirm hosting before announcing.
Reading & writingVerb drillC1
Condense French source sentences: keep the maximum and the exception
Shorten French lending rules while retaining who can borrow, how many items, the excluded category and the deadline. Includes five controlled rewriting drills.
Grammar & usagePractical guideC1
Formal French connectors: choose the job, then the register
Compare partant, nonobstant, au regard de and il ressort que in a short report. Check their structures, then choose a clear version for an email.
Culture & registerCommon mistakesC1
Une apologie is not an apology: praise, defence and excuses
Distinguish apologie from an apology in French criticism and public statements. Read the author’s stance, repair translations and answer six context questions.
Reading & writingReal documentC1
A critic's French superlative: who defines the comparison set?
Read French critical superlatives with their stated comparison sets, preserving a period, genre or selection rather than extending a verdict to all art.
Reading & writingGraded storyC1
C1 French reading: three accounts of the same workplace incident
Read three C1 French accounts of a meeting incident, with eight glosses and translation. Compare selective detail, responsibility and direct contradictions.
Reading & writingCheat sheetC1
French causal claims: après, pourrait expliquer or a entraîné?
Choose French causal wording that fits your evidence. Compare chronology, a possible explanation and a causal claim, then revise a short argument.
Reading & writingArticleC1
Why academic French uses nous for a single writer
The nous de modestie: why one author writes nous avons montré in French theses and articles, and how agreement works (nous sommes convaincu). With examples to revise.
Grammar & usageReadingC1
Quoi qu’il en soit: “in any case” in a French discussion
Read three messages about an uncertain deadline. See how quoi qu’il en soit returns to the next action, then test meaning, spelling and verb forms.
Pronunciation & listeningQuizC1
French homograph quiz: ils couvent au couvent and other context clues
Use grammatical context in ten French homograph questions to choose the meaning and pronunciation of couvent, fils, est, plus and as.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceC1
C1 French writing: explain the stages of a repair appointment
Write a proposal for a reuse centre: separate the first examination, a possible repair offer and visitor consent. Practise precise process language.
Grammar & usageVerb drillC1
À peine… que: practise “had barely… when” with inversion
Build French statements with à peine… que, place the subject after the auxiliary and practise a short sequence of near-immediate events.
Reading & writingPractical guideC1
Build a French synthesis plan: admission, opening hours and information
Plan a French synthesis from three shared-garden notes. Sort admission rules, irregular hours and proposed changes into two themes, then check source coverage.
Reading & writingCommon mistakesC1
Objective French summaries: four ways personal commentary slips in
Spot added approval, stronger reporting verbs and lost source judgements. Repair four French summary mistakes using a committee’s request for more time.
DELF, DALF & examsReal documentC1
A survey and an editorial disagree: can their numbers share a sentence?
Read a French survey and editorial with different populations and dates, then combine their claims without averaging incompatible percentages.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetC1
French parallel change: plus…plus, à mesure que and d’autant plus
Choose the right French pattern for paired degrees, gradual change, a reinforcing reason or contrast. Includes a reference sheet and four editing questions.
Reading & writingArticleC1
French source attribution: keep each claim with its speaker
Repair a French paragraph where source ownership drifts. Track a technical assessment, a residents’ request and an unconfirmed date through a worked revision.
Grammar & usageReadingC1
Il ressort de… que: read the evidence, write the conclusion
Read three French scheduling messages and draw a precise conclusion with il ressort de… que. Practise source phrases, en and the singular impersonal verb.
Culture & registerQuizC1
À rebours de: against a trend or literally backwards?
Read à rebours de in eight French contexts contrasting a trend, expectation or interpretation, alongside literal backwards movement.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceC1
A French essay introduction without a dictionary definition
Write a C1 French essay whose opening frames a concrete tension and defines access through use, with a complete library-hours model.
DELF, DALF & examsVerb drillC1
C1 French reformulation drill: matching language-exchange partners
Turn actions into noun phrases and complete a French recommendation about language exchanges, shared availability and a session format to agree together.
Reading & writingPractical guideC1
Revise a French source synthesis: check meaning before style
Revise a French synthesis using three short source texts, a flawed draft and a complete revision. Check conditions, attribution and conclusions with a quiz.
Everyday FrenchCommon mistakesC1
J’émets une réserve: express a concern and record it in French
Use réserve, consigner and lever une réserve accurately in French meetings. Practise a qualified view and choose a faithful wording for the minutes.
Reading & writingCheat sheetC1
Announcing a French dialectical plan without premièrement
Use six French patterns to announce a genuine dialectical argument, aligning the plan with the question instead of listing generic sections.
