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Words & expressions
Find the word you actually mean, from everyday nouns to near-synonyms and idioms.
Graded storyB1
Describe a character’s feelings in French: three short scenes
Read three French scenes and choose between ravie, inquiète, déçue and soulagée. Practise agreement and explain a reaction with a detail from the text.
Vocabulary listB1
Tissu or étoffe: French fabric words for choosing cloth
Compare tissu and étoffe, learn fabric and texture phrases, and recognise the paper-tissue trap. Pictures, a fabric-shop scene and four questions.
Picture sceneA1
French flower-shop vocabulary: explore the florist’s display
Learn twelve French words for flowers, plants, containers and florist’s tools, then find what a customer requests in a small flower shop.
ArticleA2
Femme or épouse: woman and wife in French
Compare une femme, ma femme and mon épouse through introductions, a short scene and a quiz. Learn why épouse takes mon and what sa femme tells you.
Common mistakesB1
Une affaire is not always an affair: business, bargains and things
Une affaire means a deal, a bargain, a case or a business; an affair (romantic) is une liaison. Learn the meanings of affaire and affaires with examples.
FlashcardsA1
French fruit vocabulary: 20 picture cards for the greengrocer
Learn twenty French fruit names with their articles from picture cards, then buy them by the kilo, by the piece or by the punnet.
Cheat sheetB1
French approximate numbers: une dizaine, une vingtaine and une centaine
Use une dizaine, une vingtaine and une centaine with de, compare estimates with exact totals and practise six short transformations plus a three-question quiz.
PhrasebookA2
Argent, monnaie, espèces: what to say when you pay
Ask for change, pay in cash and talk about money in French. Practise argent, monnaie and espèces with picture cards and short shop conversations.
Gap-fillB1
Nourriture, aliments, alimentation: a French food gap-fill
Talk about food in general, individual foods and everyday eating habits. Learn the nouns with six pictures and an eight-gap picnic story.
DialogueA2
Borrowing something in French: prêter, emprunter and rendre
Ask to borrow a dictionary, agree when to return it and give it back. Practise both sides of the exchange in a French dialogue with picture cards.
Verb drillA1
French numbers 0–69: write the number you need
Practise French numbers from zero to sixty-nine in real situations: prices, door numbers, ages and scores. Type each number in words and check your spelling.
QuizB2
French large-number quiz: million, milliard and English billion
Translate and compare ten large quantities in French and English, including decimal commas, millions, milliards and the English billion.
ReadingB1
Pollution or nuisance? Read a French neighbourhood report
Read a short B1 neighbourhood report about air pollution and noise disturbance. Explore the vocabulary, follow the speakers and answer four questions.
Practical guideB1
Does that French word rule fit? Test it with a full sentence
Test French word-choice rules with expliquer, préciser, sujet and thème. Compare natural examples, spot overstrict claims and try a short quiz.
Matching gameA2
Musical instruments in French: match instrument and musician
Le piano → le pianiste, la guitare → le guitariste, le violon → le violoniste: match twelve instruments to their players and learn jouer du / de la.
Sorting gameA1
Which shop? Sort your shopping list by French commerce
Boulangerie, boucherie, fromagerie or pharmacie? Sort sixteen items into the right French shop, then learn the shop and shopkeeper names together.
Word scaleB1
How hard is it raining? French from bruine to déluge
Il bruine, il pleuvine, il pleut, il pleut à verse, il tombe des cordes, c'est le déluge: seven French ways to describe rain, light to torrential.
Odd one outA1
Odd one out: French food words
Pomme, poire, pêche… poireau? Find the food that doesn't fit each group: fruit, cheese, fish, cutlery, cooking methods and the courses of a meal.
Vocabulary listA1
French lighting vocabulary: lamps, bulbs and shades
Twelve lighting words in French with pictures: l'ampoule, l'abat-jour, le lampadaire, l'applique, l'interrupteur, la guirlande. Change a bulb and talk about light.
Picture sceneA2
Quartier or banlieue? Explore a city and its neighbourhoods
Explore a French town scene to distinguish quartier and banlieue. Learn dans le quartier and en banlieue, then answer four questions about location.
ArticleA2
Petit or court? Small objects, short sleeves and height
Choose petit for size or stature and court for length or duration. Compare bags, sleeves and cables through pictures, a shop scene and four questions.
Common mistakesA2
Dur or difficile? Four traps when translating “hard” into French
Compare hard bread, difficult instructions, a tough day and working hard. Practise dur, dure, durs and dures, with pictures and four quiz questions.
FlashcardsA1
French body parts: 24 flashcards with avoir mal à examples
Learn 24 French body parts with articles and example sentences, then practise au, à la, à l’ and aux to explain where it hurts.
Cheat sheetA2
French word families: verbs, nouns and people on one sheet
Connect travailler with le travail, choisir with le choix and apprendre with l’apprentissage. Compare each word’s grammar and choose the right form.
PhrasebookB1
Effort or peine: French phrases for trying, struggling and caring
Say you are making an effort, finding something difficult or feeling sad. Practise faire un effort, avoir de la peine à and ça vaut la peine in short exchanges.
Gap-fillB1
Poser or déposer? A French gap-fill about everyday errands
Put down your glasses, drop off a parcel and submit a form. Practise poser and déposer in a short present-tense story with eight gaps and pictures.
DialogueA2
Visiter or rendre visite? Plan a flat viewing and a visit to a friend
Practise a French dialogue about viewing a flat and visiting a friend. Learn visiter un appartement, rendre visite à, lui and leur with clear examples.
Verb drillB1
Fort or puissant: practise strong, loud and powerful in French
Practise fort, forte, fortes and puissant with sound, skill and power examples. A short transformation drill shows when fort changes and when it stays fixed.
QuizA2
Gaspiller or consommer: eight questions on use and waste
Practise the difference between consuming resources and wasting them. Eight French questions use food, water, paper and electricity in concrete situations.
ReadingB1
Souvenir or mémoire? A French reading about a box of keepsakes
Read about a postcard, a ticket and childhood memories. Learn un souvenir, la mémoire and un mémoire, with picture cards and comprehension questions.
Practical guideA2
Build a French word map: describe one room in six links
Build a useful French vocabulary map from a bedroom scene: nouns with articles, location links, actions and a question, with a checklist and quiz.
Matching gameA1
French adjective opposites: match the pairs
Grand / petit, chaud / froid, facile / difficile: match twelve pairs of French adjective opposites, then use them with the right agreement.
Sorting gameA1
How do you feel? Sort French feelings into good, bad and neutral
Content, triste, stressé, calme, fâché, fier, ennuyé: sort sixteen French feeling words, then use them with je suis, je me sens and j'ai.
Word scaleA1
How much do you like it? French from je déteste to j'adore
A visual scale of French likes and dislikes, from je déteste to j'adore, with the in-between phrases French speakers actually use. Then place your own tastes.
Vocabulary listA2
French plumbing vocabulary: 12 pipes, taps and fittings in pictures
Name twelve visible plumbing parts in French, from a tap and trap to an elbow and washer. Compare their shapes, then match descriptions to picture cards.
Picture sceneA2
Monter or grimper? Explore a French hillside village
Go up stairs, climb a tree and carry a suitcase upstairs. Explore eight places and objects, then test monter, grimper and the past tense.
