133 pages
French at C1
Everything written for C1 learners (nuance and style), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Reading & writingReadingC1
C1 French short story: a farewell speech with a hidden reproach
Read a C1 French farewell scene with eight glosses and translation. Separate literal praise, implied criticism and uncertain motives using precise textual evidence.
Everyday FrenchCheat sheetC1
Partial agreement in French: separate the feature, price and deadline
Unpack a proposal into separate decisions, question linked costs and give a precise recap. A C1 negotiation cheat sheet with a meeting scene and quiz.
Verbs & tensesArticleC1
Et lui de rire: how the French narrative infinitive tells an event
Read et lui de rire as a narrative event. Identify its actor, compare de + infinitive complements and requests, then check four short examples.
Verbs & tensesReadingC1
Eût fait and fût parti: read the pluperfect subjunctive
Read a short literary scene with eût terminé and fussent partis. Compare modern paraphrases, passive forms and the accent in eut versus eût.
Verbs & tensesCheat sheetC1
Passé antérieur: recognise eut fini and fut parti
Recognise the passé antérieur with a five-rule sheet, full auxiliary forms and five questions on literary sequence, agreement and accents.
Reading & writingArticleC1
Integrate a quotation in French: introduce, quote and explain
Build a French paragraph around a short quotation. Compare a full quote, an integrated fragment and a paraphrase, then practise attribution and commentary.
Reading & writingReadingC1
Where to break a French paragraph: length, pace and emphasis
Read a French proposal with three deliberate paragraph breaks. See how a developed point, a short pivot and a new focus change the reader’s pace.
Reading & writingCheat sheetC1
Qualify a claim in French: five precise ways to set its limits
Use French phrases for group, time, condition, attribution and inference. Study a small trial report, then choose wording that keeps each claim accurate.
Grammar & usageArticleC1
What does parce que explain? Check the scope of a French reason
Separate an event’s cause, evidence for a belief and a reason for speaking. Compare French rewrites and test which claim each reason explains.
Everyday FrenchReadingC1
A French meeting recap: keep conditions and decisions clear
Read a meeting exchange and a French recap, then update one condition. Practise keeping approval, responsibility and the next action clear in a summary.
Reading & writingCheat sheetC1
French synthesis comparison matrix: proposal, request or silence?
Build a French source matrix with precise entries for proposals, requests and missing information. Use a museum dossier to turn one row into a synthesis sentence.
Grammar & usageArticleC1
Il s’ensuit que: “it follows that” in French
Link a premise to a conclusion with il s’ensuit que, then compare il ne s’ensuit pas que. Worked schedules and four questions keep the inference precise.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingC1
C1 French reading: who holds the allotment key?
Read three French notes about a locked tool store and an unlocated rake. Compare access, return records and a role still waiting to be filled.
Reading & writingCheat sheetC1
French punctuation in long sentences: semicolons, colons and asides
See how French punctuation organises dense prose: parallel claims, explanations and parenthetical clauses. Restore a paragraph’s boundaries.
Grammar & usageArticleC1
Ne…point in French: read the negative and hear the tone
Compare ne…point with everyday ne…pas, locate point in simple and compound tenses, and distinguish the negative word from the noun.
Grammar & usageReadingC1
Toujours est-il que: the fact remains that
Read a committee update and follow toujours est-il que back to the point that matters. Includes glosses, translation and four reading questions.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetC1
Aussi convient-il: a cheat sheet for formal “therefore”
Read and write formal consequential aussi with inversion: convient-il, devons-nous and a-t-elle. Compare the everyday meaning “also” and test four choices.
Reading & writingArticleC1
French nominal sentences in literature: reading prose without a finite verb
Understand French noun-led fragments in literary prose. Reconstruct viewpoint, time and implied links, then compare a full-sentence rewrite and practise.
Grammar & usageReadingC1
À la lumière de: read a decision revised after new information
Read a short French planning note, see how à la lumière de introduces new information, and practise de, du and des with this formal phrase.
Everyday FrenchCheat sheetC1
Who can approve this? French phrases for decision authority
Separate support, a recommendation and final approval in a French meeting. A C1 phrase sheet with a short exchange and a quiz on who can do what.
Reading & writingArticleC1
Metonymy or synecdoche in French: identify the relationship
Distinguish French metonymy from synecdoche through association and part–whole links. Interpret examples, compare literal readings and justify your answers.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetC1
Ainsi procède-t-elle: a cheat sheet for French statement inversion
Read ainsi as “in this way” or “thus”, recognise three inversion patterns and identify the subject in sentences such as ainsi nous aide-t-elle.
Reading & writingArticleC1
Analysis or evaluation? Two jobs in French argument writing
Compare French analysis and evaluation using one short argument. Identify the reasoning, choose a criterion and practise writing a precise critical response.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetC1
French statement inversion: peut-être, sans doute, ainsi and aussi
Proofread formal French statements without turning them into questions: check meaning, finite verbs, subject pronouns, hyphens and negation.
Grammar & usageArticleC1
Dans la mesure où: “insofar as”, a condition or a reason?
Read dans la mesure où through three short contexts: limited support, conditional agreement and an established reason. Compare paraphrases and test your reading.
