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Words & expressions
Find the word you actually mean, from everyday nouns to near-synonyms and idioms.
FlashcardsB1
French media jobs: 20 flashcards with the tasks people do
Learn journaliste, rédactrice, éditeur and other media roles through their tasks. Twenty flashcards, a publishing comparison and newsroom picture cards.
Cheat sheetA2
Sombre or foncé? Dark rooms, dark clothes and colour agreement
Use sombre for a dim room and foncé for a dark shade. Compare colour and light, learn bleu foncé agreement and test four practical examples.
PhrasebookA2
Entrée, plat, dessert: read the menu and order your courses
Read French course names, choose a two-course menu and order with useful phrases. Includes six food picture cards and a short menu quiz.
Gap-fillA2
Describe a sound in French: loudness, pitch and rhythm
Separate fort from aigu and grave, describe short or repeated sounds, and complete a French sound diary with pictured sources and six vocabulary gaps.
DialogueA2
Changer or échanger: exchange a jumper in French
Practise a shop dialogue about exchanging a jumper, then compare changing your mind, swapping seats and exchanging ideas. Pictures and three questions included.
Verb drillA2
Remplir and vider: fill, empty and practise the French forms
Fill a jug, empty a bag and fill in a form. Study the present-tense patterns for remplir and vider, then complete ten short drill sentences.
Vocabulary listA2
Sol or terre: picture vocabulary for floors, soil, land and Earth
Name the floor under your feet, soil in a pot and Earth as a planet. Explore sol and terre through pictures, phrase groups and a short quiz.
Picture sceneA2
Boîte or bocal? Explore a kitchen shelf in French
Find boxes, tins and jars on a kitchen shelf. Learn boîte, bocal and bocaux, describe materials and contents, then check four useful patterns.
ArticleB1
Écran or moniteur: how to name a screen in French
Name a phone screen, a second monitor and a projection screen in French. Compare écran and moniteur with picture cards, a help-desk scene and a quiz.
Common mistakesA2
Envier or avoir envie de? Envy and wanting in French
Avoir envie de means to want or feel like; envier means to envy. Compare the two with examples, typical English-speaker mistakes and a short check.
FlashcardsA1
French art materials vocabulary: drawing and painting supplies in pictures
Name 20 core art supplies in French, from pencils to watercolours, with picture cards, a 24-card deck and short studio requests to answer.
Cheat sheetB1
Historical dates in French: centuries, decades and avant notre ère
Read and write French centuries, decades and historical eras, check century boundaries, and convert dated museum notes into clear time expressions.
PhrasebookA2
Penser or réfléchir? French phrases for thoughts and decisions
Give an opinion, ask for time to think and remind someone to do something. Practise penser and réfléchir with short French exchanges and clear patterns.
Gap-fillA2
Casser or tomber en panne: a French gap-fill about a difficult morning
A cup breaks, a lift stops and a car breaks down. Complete eight gaps to practise casser, cassé and en panne, with pictures, a reference table and translation.
DialogueA2
Donner or offrir? Give a gift and offer a drink in French
Follow a birthday conversation to practise donner and offrir. Compare giving information, choosing a present and offering a drink, with picture cards.
Verb drillA2
Nettoyer, laver, rincer: cleaning verbs with a French drill
Clean a table, wash a shirt and rinse a cup. Learn the three verbs with picture cards, spelling patterns and twelve short present-tense gaps.
Vocabulary listA2
French screws and fasteners vocabulary: 12 small hardware items
Tell a screw from a bolt, a washer from a nut and a hook from an eye screw in French. Learn twelve fixings with picture cards and shop questions.
Picture sceneA1
French laundry-room vocabulary: explore a self-service launderette
Learn ten French words for launderette machines, controls and laundry objects, then locate the payment, washing, drying and folding stages.
ArticleB1
Développer or agrandir? Ideas, skills and physical size
Develop an idea, build skills or enlarge a photo: compare développer and agrandir with a workshop scene, picture cards and four precise questions.
Common mistakesB2
Concurrence, compétition or concours? Translate competition in French
Choose concurrence for market rivalry, compétition for a sporting event and concours for a judged or selective contest. Practise the patterns.
FlashcardsA1
French weather vocabulary: 30 flashcards with examples
Learn 30 French weather words and expressions in three flashcard groups. Practise il fait, il y a, il pleut and the words for sun, wind and snow.
Cheat sheetA2
French feminine job titles: common forms and spelling changes
Une infirmière, une directrice, une boulangère, une autrice, une médecin: a one-page guide to feminine job titles in French and how their endings change.
PhrasebookB1
Sentir, ressentir or se sentir: smell something, feel something, feel tired
Use sentir for smells and perception, ressentir with a feeling or sensation, and se sentir with an adjective. Practise three short exchanges.
Gap-fillB1
Apercevoir or remarquer? A French station story with eight gaps
Catch sight of a traveller, notice a detail and realise a mistake. Compare apercevoir, remarquer and s’apercevoir, then complete a B1 story with eight gaps.
DialogueA2
Horaire or emploi du temps: arrange a meeting in French
Read a French dialogue about changing work hours and finding a free slot. Compare horaires with emploi du temps, use a timetable and check the details.
Verb drillA1
Apprendre or étudier: learn the meaning, practise the forms
Use étudier for studying a subject and apprendre for learning a skill or teaching someone. Practise both present tenses and the key à constructions.
Vocabulary listA2
Réutilisable or jetable: French words for everyday objects
Learn reusable and disposable in French with six picture cards. Compare réutilisable, réutilisé, jetable and jeté, then check adjective agreement.
Picture sceneA2
Pays or paysage? Describe a country and the view
Explore a valley in French and separate un pays from un paysage. Practise landscape words, country and countryside phrases, and the two plural forms.
ArticleA2
Cheveux or poils? French hair words, with pictures
Learn cheveux for head hair and poils for body or animal hair, with picture cards, a portrait scene and questions on singulars and agreement.
Common mistakesB1
Éventuel, possible and éventuellement: keep the meaning of “perhaps”
Éventuel and possible both leave an option open. Compare their sentence patterns, avoid the eventually false friend and check five job-planning examples.
FlashcardsA2
French baking equipment vocabulary: tins, moulds and pastry tools
Learn 24 specialist baking objects in French with articles, recipe examples and picture cards, then choose the tool for each short baking step.
Cheat sheetB1
Sens or signification? A French meaning cheat sheet
Ask what a word means, distinguish literal and figurative senses, and use sens for direction, perception and common sense. Includes four questions.
PhrasebookA2
Disponible or libre? Phrases for appointments, seats and stock
Ask when someone is available, whether a seat is free and whether an item is in stock. Practise disponible, libre and gratuit in short exchanges.
Gap-fillB1
Comprendre or se rendre compte: an eight-gap French story
Practise understanding and realising in a short gap-fill story. Check comprendre, se rendre compte de/que and the unchanged past participle rendu.
DialogueA2
Mot or parole? Practise words, speaking turns and promises
Join a French conversation about a song. Practise asking about a word, taking the floor, understanding paroles and giving your word.
Vocabulary listA1
French pasta and grains vocabulary: pantry staples in pictures
Twenty dry staples in French with pictures: les pâtes, le riz, la semoule, les lentilles, la farine and more. Make a shopping list and cook with them.
