DialogueA2
French vet dialogue: booking a visit for an unwell pet
Phone a French vet: describe your pet's symptoms, give its age and weight, and book an appointment. A complete dialogue with practice mode and the key vocabulary.
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Everyday French
Phrasebooks and dialogues for shops, stations, doctors and homes.
PhrasebookA2
French phrases for booking a taxi with a child seat
Book a taxi in French for a family: number of passengers, luggage, a child seat or booster, pick-up time and price. Real phrases with a practice filter.
Text conversationA2
Texting a French landlord about a broken boiler
A phone-style text conversation with a landlord: report the problem, give details and agree a time for the plumber. Choose the right reply at each step.
Gap-fillB1
Change plans because of the weather in French: a gap-fill exchange
Swap a walk for a museum visit in French. Practise proposals and future plans while keeping the meeting time and changing the meeting place.
Verb drillA1
French opening hours exercise: say when a shop opens and closes
Turn French timetables into sentences: la boulangerie ouvre à 7h et ferme à 13h, fermé le lundi, ouvert du mardi au samedi. Typed answers with checking.
Practical guideB1
Compare two travel routes in French: times, transfers and price
Compare a direct train with a coach-and-bus route in French. Read the options, ask about the missing connection and explain your choice.
ReadingA2
Read a French shop offer: price, extras and availability
Read two short French shop offers, check unit and pack prices, compare a lamp with its separate bulb and ask about an item that must be ordered.
ArticleC1
Professional commitments in French: scope, deadlines and dependencies
Distinguish a firm commitment, a conditional deadline and an estimate in French. Compare precise meeting replies and practise preserving their scope.
Picture sceneA1
Find an item in a French shop: departments, floors and landmarks
Explore a French shop and ask where to find notebooks. Learn department and floor phrases, follow the assistant’s directions and check the destination.
Vocabulary listB1
Your medicine list in French: current use, past use and names
Explain which medicines you take now, which you no longer take and which name needs checking. B1 vocabulary with picture cards and a short consultation.
Word scaleB1
How busy are you? French from tranquille to débordé
Je me tourne les pouces, c'est tranquille, j'ai du boulot, je suis débordé·e, j'ai la tête sous l'eau: rate your workload in French.
TimelineA1
Making crêpes step by step: put the recipe in order
A crêpe recipe as a timeline: from mixing the flour and eggs to flipping the first crêpe. Read the steps, then shuffle them and rebuild the recipe.
ClockA1
Read the clock in French: et quart, et demie, moins le quart
Eight clock faces to read in French. Practise il est trois heures et quart, et demie, moins le quart and moins dix, the way people actually say the time.
Exam practiceB1
Feeling unwell: write a short work message in French
Write a French message explaining today’s absence, handing over an urgent task and leaving tomorrow open. Includes a writing space, model and checklist.
Common mistakesA2
Borrow a tool in French: emprunter, prêter and bringing it back
Ask a neighbour to lend you a tool in French. Compare emprunter and prêter, name four tools, agree a return time and check a change to the arrangement.
Sentence builderA2
Build polite French requests with the conditional
Pourriez-vous m'aider ? Je voudrais un renseignement. Tap the tiles to build polite requests with pourriez, voudrais, auriez and aimerais.
Matching gameA2
At the French pharmacy: match the symptom to the remedy
J'ai mal à la gorge → des pastilles; je tousse → un sirop; j'ai le nez bouché → un spray nasal. Match ten symptoms to over-the-counter remedies.
Sorting gameA2
Which bin? Sort household waste the French way
Yellow bin, glass bank or household waste? Sort fifteen everyday items the way French recycling works, and learn the words on French bins and labels.
DialogueA2
Buy a train ticket in French: a ticket-office dialogue
Practise buying a return train ticket in French. Ask about departure, arrival and changes, then confirm both journeys in a complete ticket-office dialogue.
PhrasebookB1
Ask a neighbour to turn the music down in French
Use calm French phrases to describe music you can hear, ask for lower volume and respond to a neighbour. Includes practical replies and picture cards.
Text conversationA2
Asking a classmate for the notes, in French
You missed the Tuesday lecture. Message a French classmate you barely know: ask for the notes, offer something back and thank them properly.
Cheat sheetA1
French phone numbers: how to read the digits in pairs
French phone numbers are read in pairs: 06 12 45 78 90 is zéro six, douze, quarante-cinq, soixante-dix-huit, quatre-vingt-dix. A one-page reference with practice.
Real documentB1
Read a French electricity bill: abonnement, kWh and échéance
A French facture d'électricité: meter readings, consumption in kWh, the fixed subscription, taxes and the payment date. Check that the numbers add up.
QuizB1
French support instructions: check the button, then the next step
Eight questions on French support instructions: preview a form, report a missing date and check the next action. Learn the phrases before the quiz.
Gap-fillB1
French group plans: express a preference and find a compromise
Fill the gaps in a French group chat about a walk or an exhibition. Compare preferences, check a time limit and confirm a plan that works for everyone.
Verb drillA2
Running late for an appointment in French: a call and sentence drill
Practise a French call about arriving late, then complete eight useful phrases. Give the booked time, estimate your arrival and ask reception what to do.
Practical guideB1
French service messages: received, pending or confirmed?
Read French status messages by matching each noun to its action. Compare received requests, pending changes and confirmed appointments, then test yourself.
ReadingB1
Confirm plans in French after the group chat changes
Read a French group chat that changes a walk to a museum visit. Find the final meeting time and place, then check a short confirmation.
ArticleB1
Please reply by email: make the request in French
Ask a service for an email reply, give a short reason and confirm which details they will send. Includes a model message and a contact-channel quiz.
Picture sceneA2
At the library in French: join, borrow and return a book
Explore a French library, ask how to join and borrow a novel, and check the return date. Eight picture labels and a short reception exchange.
Vocabulary listA2
French supermarket vocabulary: aisles, packaging and quantities
Find the right supermarket aisle and ask for a packet, tin or kilo in French. Learn 24 useful terms with shopping examples and a short quiz.
Word scaleA2
How hungry are you? From un petit creux to je meurs de faim
A French hunger scale, from j'ai un petit creux to j'ai une faim de loup and je meurs de faim, plus the same idea for thirst and tiredness.
TimelineB1
Applying for a French residence permit: the steps in order
Visa, OFII validation, online application, documents, appointment, récépissé, card: the steps of a French titre de séjour application, with the key admin vocabulary.
