159 pages
Pronunciation & listening
French sounds, liaison and rhythm, and how to hear them.
Verb drillA1
French é pronunciation: café, été and a steady /e/
Learn the French é sound in café, été, clé and vélo. Read four picture words, then restore the accents in an eight-answer sentence drill.
PhrasebookA2
How to pronounce huit: eight, eight books and eight o’clock
Practise huit /ɥit/, huit livres /ɥi livʁ/ and huit heures /ɥit œʁ/ in short exchanges. See when final t stays, drops or names a number.
DialogueB1
French interview practice: follow the question and the reply
Follow a French interview about changing careers. Match reasons, dates and examples, and spot when the guest corrects the interviewer’s assumption.
Common mistakesB1
Un enfant adorable: where French liaison stops
Compare un enfant adorable with petit enfant. Find the singular-noun boundary, avoid an extra t, and keep consonants already pronounced in livre or table.
ArticleA1
French ch and j: feel the difference in chou and joue
Compare chou/joue, cage/cache and bouche/bouge. See how /ʃ/ and /ʒ/ differ, practise with picture words, then check three contrasts.
Cheat sheetA1
French nasal vowels: a first map with pain, pan and pont
Meet the nasal vowels in pain, pan and pont, see their common spellings and practise with picture cards. Includes the fourth sound some speakers use in un.
QuizC1
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.
Practical guideA2
Use slower French audio: catch one detail, then return to normal speed
Use a short café exchange to plan a focused replay. Check an exception, a corrected number and your return to the recording’s original speed.
Verb drillA2
Spoken French without ne: understand it, then restore it
Turn je viens pas and j’ai rien compris into careful written French. Eight sentence transformations, a conversation and a short meaning check.
PhrasebookA2
How to pronounce cinq: five, five o’clock and five minutes
Use cinq in appointments, quantities and number labels. Compare its final /k/ before a vowel and the two pronunciations heard in cinq minutes.
DialogueB1
Euh, ben and bah: follow a French conversation
Read euh, ben and bah in a conversation about a language workshop. Hide your replies, practise the exchange and check what each marker does.
Common mistakesA2
French et vs est: never add a linking t after et
Keep et alors and Léa et Alice free of a linking t. Compare est ouvert, read a short meeting scene and check both pronunciation and spelling.
ArticleA2
French ui and oui: the difference between lui and Louis
Compare lui /lɥi/ with Louis /lwi/, follow the tongue and lip cues, and use a short family exchange to keep the two rounded glides distinct.
Cheat sheetA2
French spelling to sound: a practical prediction sheet
Read French letter groups, recognise silent verb endings and check whole words. A six-rule sheet with examples, pictures and a short quiz.
QuizB1
French -tion pronunciation: nation, question and portions
Try eight questions on French -tion: /sjɔ̃/ in nation, /tjɔ̃/ in question, and the different pronunciations of portions as a noun and a verb.
Practical guideA2
French rounded vowels: practise u, ou and eu in small sets
Compare /y/, /u/, /ø/ and /œ/ with a mouth-position table, short sentences, picture prompts and a focused partner-feedback routine.
Verb drillB1
French contrastive focus: correct who, what or when
Say the same French message with a different correction: Nora, the books or tomorrow. Compare short exchanges, then complete six focused replies.
PhrasebookB1
Shadow short French phrases: a café and daily-routine phrasebook
Choose a short French line, follow a spoken model and practise one feature at a time. Includes café phrases, routine phrases and a recording checklist.
DialogueB1
Why French speakers repeat words: follow a conversation
Read and practise a French conversation with repeated words. See how repetition checks a time, strengthens a description, restarts a request and confirms a correction.
ArticleB1
French vowel sequences: why Noël has two syllables and pied has one
Count spoken syllables in Noël, Noé, pied, piano and radio. Compare separate vowels with /j/, /w/ and /ɥ/, then check six common word shapes.
Cheat sheetB1
Follow a French explanation: reason, result or example?
A French listening cheat sheet for parce que, donc, puis and par exemple. Separate reasons, results, sequence and limited examples with a four-question check.
QuizA2
French final t quiz: chat, sept, petite and petit enfant
Eight questions on French final t: silent words, pronounced endings, feminine forms and liaison. Compare chat, sept, petit enfant and et ensuite.
Practical guideB1
An unknown French word? Follow the clues and ask one clear question
Work through a Montréal conversation, use grammar and context to follow an unknown word, then choose the clarification that gets you the detail you need.
Verb drillB1
Casual French reductions: restore the full form in 8 short drills
Recognise t’as, t’es and negatives with no ne, then restore their full written forms. Eight drills help you keep the meaning and choose the register.
PhrasebookB1
French in a noisy room: ask for the detail you missed
Use French phrases to handle noise, a cut-out phone call or an unclear number. Practise asking for one detail, confirming it and checking the reply.
DialogueB1
French sentence focus: make the corrected detail clear
Practise correcting who, when and what happened in a French dialogue. Compare short replies, full restatements and clear focus constructions.
ArticleA2
French k and g sounds: practise cou and goût
Compare cou /ku/ and goût /gu/, learn where the tongue goes, and recognise c, qu, g and gu with picture cards, spelling examples and a short quiz.
Cheat sheetA2
French dix pronunciation: when to say /dis/, /di/ and /diz/
Say dix in quantities, times and number labels: compare dix minutes, dix heures and le numéro dix, then check the pattern in a short quiz.
QuizA2
How to pronounce six in French: /sis/, /si/ and /siz/
Choose the sound of six in eight short questions. Compare counting, six cups, six euros, six o’clock and a number used as a label.
Practical guideA2
French r practice: a short session with useful feedback
Build a comfortable French r session from port, porte and train, then ask a partner precise questions about the words and phrase rhythm.
Verb drillA1
Nous avons, ils arrivent: practise French pronoun–verb liaison
Build eight subject–verb phrases with nous, vous, ils and elles. Locate the linking z, compare il aime with ils aiment, then check the boundary.
PhrasebookB1
Bon, alors, au fait: changing direction in a French conversation
Practise bon to move to a decision, alors to return to an arrangement and au fait to bring in another question. Compare them with en fait.
DialogueA2
French question intonation with où, quand and pourquoi: a café dialogue
Practise asking where, when and why in a café plan. Compare fronted questions, final question words and requests to repeat a detail.
ArticleB1
A French syllable seems to vanish: what to check
Compare petite, je sais pas and vous avez to separate a reduced vowel, an omitted word and a linked boundary. Try four short diagnosis questions.
Cheat sheetA1
Les amis, un ami, deux amis: French liaison before a noun
Connect les amis with /z/ and un ami with /n/. Use a compact rule sheet, picture phrases and four questions, including les hommes and les haricots.
QuizB2
French irony quiz: what does the context tell you?
Eight French irony questions with workplace scenes. Compare sincere praise, criticism and ambiguous remarks, then check the clues in each answer.
