Culture & registerTimelineB1
Victor Hugo: a life in nine dates
Poet, novelist, politician, exile: Victor Hugo's life from Besançon to the Panthéon, with Notre-Dame de Paris and Les Misérables along the way.
31 pages
Timelines
Lives, histories and routines in dates, with a put-it-in-order game.
All page types 29
Learn and look up
Practise
Play with words
Read real French
DELF, DALF & examsTimelineC1
A French refutation with a real concession: rebuild the four moves
Culture & registerTimelineA2
A French Christmas: from the Advent calendar to the galette des rois
Reading & writingTimelineB2
A French debate position: original claim, concession and revised proposal
Reading & writingTimelineB2
A French research summary: data collected, report issued, policy proposed
Order French research events and distinguish collection dates from publication dates. Practise a summary that keeps older measurements in view.
Everyday FrenchTimelineA1
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.
Everyday FrenchTimelineB1
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.
Culture & registerTimelineB1
Coco Chanel: a life in eight dates
From an orphanage in Corrèze to the rue Cambon: follow Gabrielle Chanel's life in eight dates, in simple French, then put them back in order.
Reading & writingTimelineA2
A Paris baker's day: put the hours in order
From 2 am to 8 pm in a Paris bakery: a timeline of a baker's day in simple French. Read it, then shuffle the moments and rebuild the day.
Everyday FrenchTimelineB1
Moving house in France: the steps from notice to keys
Give notice, book the état des lieux, change your address, transfer contracts: the French moving process as a timeline with the vocabulary for each step.
Culture & registerTimelineB1
Joan of Arc: her story in eight dates
From Domrémy to Orléans, Reims and Rouen: the short life of Jeanne d'Arc during the Hundred Years' War, told as a French timeline.
Reading & writingTimelineB1
Marie Curie: a life in Paris in nine dates
From Warsaw to the Sorbonne, two Nobel Prizes and the Panthéon: Marie Curie's life as a French timeline, with the passé simple and passé composé side by side.
Everyday FrenchTimelineA2
A day in the life of a French baker
Up at 3 am, the first baguettes at 7, a nap after lunch: follow a French boulanger's day hour by hour, then put it back in order.
Culture & registerTimelineB1
From the franc to the euro: a French money timeline
The franc from 1360 to 2002, the 'new franc' of 1960 and the switch to the euro: a short history of French money and the words people still use.
Reading & writingTimelineB2
A French price comparison: base year, index update and current estimate
Order a French price index’s base year, initial release, revised observation and current estimate. Preserve each figure’s status in a short summary.
Culture & registerTimelineB1
The French Revolution in ten dates (1789–1799)
From the États généraux to the storming of the Bastille, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the Republic and Napoleon's coup: the Revolution as a French timeline.
Reading & writingTimelineB2
A French migration narrative: visits, moves and return visits
Follow a French life timeline that distinguishes temporary visits, a move and later return visits without assuming that a return means resettlement.
Culture & registerTimelineA2
The French school year: from la rentrée to the grandes vacances
La rentrée in September, the Toussaint break, Christmas, winter and spring holidays, then the long summer: the French school calendar as a timeline.
Reading & writingTimelineB2
A French permission dispute: agreement before recording before publication
Order a French permission dispute from agreement through recording to publication, then compare the later use with the original limits.
Culture & registerTimelineA2
The Channel Tunnel: from Napoleon's era to Eurostar
A tunnel under the sea was first proposed in 1802. Follow the Channel Tunnel's story in eight dates, from early plans to the 1994 opening and Eurostar.
Reading & writingTimelineB2
A French project handover: approval before transfer before closure
Reconstruct a French project handover from dated notes, separating planned approval from confirmed approval before transfer and closure.
Culture & registerTimelineB1
The birth of cinema: from the Lumière brothers to the Nouvelle Vague
The first film screening in Paris in 1895, Méliès' trip to the Moon, the Cannes festival and the French New Wave: French cinema history as a timeline.
Reading & writingTimelineB2
A French climate plan: announced deadline, revised deadline, achieved result
Reconstruct a French climate plan’s original deadline, revised deadline and achieved result from dated excerpts. Practise a summary that preserves delay.
Culture & registerTimelineA2
A French dinner party: from apéro to digestif
The order of a French dinner at friends' home: apéritif, starter, main, cheese, dessert, coffee and digestif, with what to say and do at each stage.
Reading & writingTimelineB2
A French draft's revisions: correction before approval before final copy
Order French draft revisions, approval and a later substantive edit. Identify which version was approved from the supplied record rather than file date alone.
Culture & registerTimelineA2
The Paris métro, from 1900 to today
From line 1 opening for the 1900 World's Fair to automatic trains and the Grand Paris Express: the history of the Paris métro as a French timeline.
Reading & writingTimelineB2
A French study's life: hypothesis, protocol, data and revised conclusion
Order a French study’s hypothesis, registered protocol, data collection and revised interpretation. Distinguish advance prediction from after-result explanation.
Culture & registerTimelineB1
A short history of the French language, from 842 to today
From the Strasbourg Oaths in 842 to the 1539 ordinance, the Académie française and today's feminised job titles: a timeline of how French became French.
Reading & writingTimelineA1
A French morning with one bathroom for three people
Follow a French bathroom rota for three housemates. Read four timed steps, match first, next and finally, and find when the room becomes free.
Culture & registerTimelineB1
The Tour de France: a history in eight moments
From the first race in 1903 to the yellow jersey, the polka dots and the Champs-Élysées finish: the Tour de France as a timeline with cycling vocabulary.
Culture & registerTimelineA2
The story of the Eiffel Tower in eight dates
From a controversial project for the 1889 World's Fair to France's most visited monument: the Eiffel Tower's history as a simple French timeline.
