Vocabulary listA1
French musical instruments: 20 names with pictures and playing examples
Recognise 20 instruments in French, learn their articles and use jouer du, de la and de l’ with examples, picture cards and four questions.
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Words & expressions
Find the word you actually mean, from everyday nouns to near-synonyms and idioms.
Picture sceneA2
Ombre or obscurité? Explore shade, shadows and darkness
Explore a sunlit garden to practise à l’ombre, une ombre and dans l’obscurité. Learn the difference through a scene, examples and three questions.
ArticleB1
Précis or détaillé: a precise answer can be short
Compare précis and détaillé through a meeting time, two reports and adjective agreements. Practise choosing the quality each French sentence describes.
PhrasebookB1
Gêné or embarrassé: what to say when things feel awkward
Practise gêné and embarrassé when asking a favour or answering a difficult question. Compare ça me gêne, embarrassant and avoir honte.
Gap-fillB1
Briller or éclairer? A French gap-fill story about light
Choose briller or éclairer in an eight-gap terrace story. Compare shining, reflected light and lighting a place, with present-tense forms and a translation.
DialogueA2
Rester or laisser: stay here, leave your bag here
Practise rester and laisser in a flat-viewing dialogue. Compare a person staying, an object left behind and laisser followed by an infinitive.
Verb drillA2
Vérifier or corriger? Practise checking and correcting in French
Choose vérifier or corriger and complete present-tense sentences. Compare checking a detail, fixing an error and a teacher marking exercises.
QuizB2
French autrement quiz: differently, otherwise or much more?
Read ten contexts with autrement: distinguish a different method, an alternative consequence, an emphatic comparison and autrement dit.
ReadingA2
Collègue, camarade or voisin? Meet the people in Lucie’s day
Read a short French text about a colleague, a classmate and a neighbour. Compare gender forms and check who Lucie knows from each setting.
Practical guideA2
French lesson instructions: mot, phrase, titre, sujet and sens
Learn the French words used in lesson instructions. A worked glossary and short reading task show titre, sujet, mot, phrase and sens in context.
Matching gameB1
French verbs and their nouns: match partir to le départ
Partir → le départ, choisir → le choix, réussir → la réussite. Match twelve verbs to their nouns and learn the endings that help you build vocabulary fast.
Sorting gameB1
Faire, prendre or passer? Sort French verb collocations
Faire une pause, prendre une décision, passer un examen: sort sixteen everyday collocations by their verb, where English would say make, take or have.
Word scaleA2
How hot or cold? French temperature words from glacial to caniculaire
From glacial and il gèle to doux, chaud, étouffant and caniculaire: a French temperature scale for weather small talk, with the verbs you need.
Odd one outA1
Odd one out: French time and calendar words
Lundi, mardi, mercredi… mars? Spot the intruder among days, months, seasons and time words, including the tricky annuel / annuaire pair.
Graded storyB2
Arrêter une décision: when French arrêter means decide, not stop
Read a B2 French office story where arrêter means settle or stop. Follow the objects calendrier, décision and travail, with glosses and questions.
Myth or factA2
Myth or fact: false friends that trick English speakers
Does librairie mean library? Is actuellement 'actually'? Judge eight French words that look like English, and learn which ones you can trust.
Vocabulary listA2
French home-security vocabulary: locks, keys and entry devices
Name twelve visible home-security objects in French, from a door cylinder to an entry badge, with picture cards and feature-matching questions.
Picture sceneA2
Route, chemin, rue: explore a French town and find the way
Explore a town street, a forest path and a road out of town. Learn route, chemin and rue with eight illustrated spots, directions and four questions.
ArticleA2
Gagner or économiser: earning money and saving it
Separate money you earn from money you save, then practise gagner du temps. Compare income, spending less and putting money aside with clear examples.
Common mistakesB1
Compréhensif is not comprehensive: which French adjective to use?
Choose compréhensif for an understanding person, complet or exhaustif for coverage, and compréhensible for clear explanations. Practise repairs.
FlashcardsA2
French fishing equipment vocabulary: tackle in picture cards
Learn twenty fishing objects and four useful extras in 24 French flashcards. Match rods, reels, hooks, floats and tackle-shop requests to clear pictures.
Cheat sheetA2
Lien, page or site web: the French words for sharing a webpage
Ask for the exact webpage in French. A compact guide to lien, site web, page d’accueil and adresse web, with useful verb patterns and three questions.
PhrasebookA2
Recevoir or accueillir: phrases for messages and guests
Receive an invitation, have friends over and welcome them at the door. Practise recevoir and accueillir with French phrases, pictures and a quick check.
Gap-fillB1
Partager, diviser, répartir: plan a shared lunch in French
Share lunch, divide a total and allocate tasks with partager, diviser and répartir. Study the patterns, then complete a French planning scene.
DialogueB1
Affirmer or confirmer? A French conversation about checking a booking
Practise a French booking conversation: someone asserts that a room is free, then the organiser confirms the date, time and attendance.
Verb drillB1
Inclure or intégrer: include a detail, join a team
Compare inclure and intégrer in training, documents and teams. Study the present forms, then practise the endings and the different sentence patterns.
QuizB1
French translation practice: choose the word that keeps the meaning
Translate eight short messages into French. Check hope, expectation, learning, teaching and reporting, with explanations for every answer.
ReadingB1
Fait or opinion? Read a French meeting report
Read a short French report and two reactions. Separate checkable details, judgements and a prediction, then choose faithful summaries in a B1 quiz.
Practical guideA2
How to read a French dictionary entry: labels, meanings and patterns
Read n.m., n.f. and verb labels, find a word’s headword and choose a meaning from context. Practise with porter, clothing nouns and short entry clues.
Matching gameA2
French DIY tools: match the tool to the job
Un marteau pour planter un clou, un tournevis pour serrer une vis, une perceuse pour faire un trou: match twelve DIY tools to their jobs in French.
Sorting gameA1
Il fait, il y a or il pleut? Sort French weather expressions
Il fait beau, il y a du vent, il neige: French weather uses three patterns. Sort sixteen weather phrases into faire, il y a and weather verbs.
Word scaleB1
How loud? French from chuchoter to hurler
Murmurer, chuchoter, parler, élever la voix, crier, hurler: climb six French verbs for speaking volume and learn when to use each.
Odd one outA2
Odd one out: French word families
Fleur, fleuriste, fleurir… fleuve? Three words share a root and one is a lookalike. Find the impostor in eight French word families.
