
Master the B1 vocabulary through six thematic units, with varied exercises, dictations, and comprehension tasks, plus grammar lessons and printable pdfs for travel-focused practice.
Introduce travel vocabulary for preparation, transportation, accommodation, activities, and types of travel and travelers. Master past tenses: pluperfect, past perfect, and imperfect; review past participle agreement and prepositions of place.
Vocabulaire B1 du lexique du voyage
Master travel vocabulary and the masculine-feminine forms used for types of travelers. Describe journeys with terms like adventurer, explorer, vacationer, globe trotter, ascent, journey, expedition, and itinerary.
Explore essential travel vocabulary for preparing a trip, including packing luggage, buying a plane ticket with a last-minute discount, and planning an itinerary with maps and a tourist guide.
This exercise revisits travel-related vocabulary to practice sentences about destinations, packing luggage, planning routes, and organizing trips with helpful context and visuals.
Explore transport vocabulary in French, including plane terminology, luggage check-in, airport procedures, and travel modes such as train, bus, car, hitchhiking, and cruises.
Practice travel and transport vocabulary with plane scenarios, from non-smoking and fasten-seat-belts messages to stopovers, direct flights, wedding trips, cruises, arrival boards, luggage online, and first class professional travel.
Participate in a recap exercise that reviews travel vocabulary from the course, including boarding messages, tickets, discounts, stopovers, itineraries, preparations, and journeys like hitchhiking and lake crossings.
Master the plus-que-parfait by using imparfait of avoir or être with a past participle, noting agreement and pronunciation through travel-related actions earlier.
Practice the pluperfect conjugation with travel examples, using avoir and être as auxiliaries. Learn to distinguish actions before a past moment, as in had checked in and had gone.
Conjugate two French irregular verbs in the present tense: parcourir and prévoir, with their past participles parcouru and prévu, meaning to go through or browse and to plan or forecast.
Learn essential accommodation vocabulary in French, including hotel reservations, room types (single, double, view), meals (breakfast included, full/half pension), and lodging options (youth hostel, Airbnb, camping).
Learn essential French accommodation vocabulary, including hotel, house, and apartment terms and booking phrases, while exploring room types, view, breakfast inclusion, and camping essentials like tent and sleeping bag.
Explore vocabulary for travel experiences, from dream vacations and unforgettable holidays to disastrous trips, with examples of passer used with avoir and notes on discovering new cultures and hospitable people.
Practice travel vocabulary across holidays, hotels, meals, and destinations, using avoir with the direct object complement, a room with a view, breakfast included, and phrases like to fall sick.
Dictation exercises help you improve orthography and memorize vocabulary by writing and repeating sentences, including travel-related lines about airports, bookings, camping, and hitchhiking.
Master the French place prepositions: use à for cities, au for masculine countries, en for feminine countries or continents, aux for plurals, and dans for cardinal points, with practice examples.
Master the location prepositions in French: à for cities and island names without articles, au for masculine places and cities, en for feminine places and continents, aux for plurals.
Learn to use visit, discover, and go to discuss destinations in French, from countries and regions to departments, states, cities, and overseas territories, and name monuments with adjectives.
Master French landscape vocabulary, including lake, falls, cascades, cave, canyon, cliff, hill, valley, plain, forest, and jungle, with examples like Niagara Falls in Canada and Grand Canyon.
Explore travel activities vocabulary, from extreme sports like bungee jumping and paragliding to hiking, mountain biking, and excursions, with aquatic and nautical terms such as diving.
Practice French vocabulary for holiday activities, including extreme sports, parachute jumps, paragliding, zip lines, hot-air balloon rides, diving in coral reefs, and safari in the savanna.
Discover practical tips for language learning, such as memorizing difficult words by repeating them seven or eight times. Record your pronunciation on your phone and reread aloud to reinforce memory.
Master the past participle agreement in French compound tenses, including passé composé. Discover when to use avoir or être and how COD before the verb triggers feminine or plural endings.
Practice French past participle agreement with a preceding direct object, exploring masculine, feminine, and plural endings and pronunciation through travel-related sentences.
Focus on pronouncing feminine past participles ending in t or s, noting the consonant before the feminine e, with examples like fait, dite, mise, and apprise.
Explore the present-tense conjugation of second-group verbs, like gravir to climb with effort and diverti to have fun, with past participle gravi and examples of climbing actions.
Practice session tests pronunciation of unit vocabulary with liaison rules, no pauses between words, and tricky sounds like g-r, nasal ɛ̃ in jungle, and silent t in new horizons.
Practice French dictation phrases that reinforce past participle agreement and direct object placement, using proper nouns and place-name examples from Italy, Guadeloupe, Ireland, Mexico, and beyond.
Explore how France is divided into regions and departments, then discover major cities like Paris, Marseille, Lyon, and Nice, along with museums and historical monuments.
Practice French B1 oral comprehension through an audio listening exercise with questions, corrections, and a downloadable document containing the transcription and vocabulary.
Develop oral comprehension through an exercise that reads questions and corrects true/false statements about David's weekend in Rome, luggage over limit, hotel stay, and how he got his papers back.
PIÈCES JOINTES :
Document 1 : Texte de compréhension écrite 2 + questions
Document 2 : Réponses
Explore the environment lexicon in unit 2 of the French course, covering causes and consequences, passive voice, verbs like to produce and to destroy, and the subjunctive.
Explore vocabulary for the causes of environmental problems, including toxic gas emissions, deforestation, pollution, black tides, and overfishing, with repetition exercises to memorize the terms.
Examine how global warming, ozone depletion, glacier melting, and the rise of ocean levels cause drought, desertification, and biodiversity loss, leading to resource exhaustion. Practice this vocabulary through sentence completion.
Master vocabulary for natural disasters tied to climate change, including hurricane, typhoon, cyclone, tornado, tsunami, flood, earthquake, seism, volcanic eruption, landslide, fire, and avalanche, with pronunciation notes and practice sentences.
Master seven verbs of consequence for expressing environmental outcomes: provoke, cause, create, generate, occasion, lead, and produce, with nuances on intentionality and negative results.
Practice constructing French sentences with the verbs of consequence, starting from the cause, then the verb, then the consequence, using present and past tense with examples like pollution and floods.
Acquire French vocabulary on ecological issues, focusing on environment, ecosystem, biodiversity, ice habitats, and waste, while understanding how consumption and waste threaten polar bears and Arctic ice.
Review environment vocabulary through a completion exercise, reinforcing terms like ice melt, polar bear habitat, extinction, greenhouse gases, climate disruption, fossil resources depletion, oil spill, radioactive waste, and ozone hole.
Apply verb conjugation rules for common French verbs: produce, build, destroy, translate, drive, deduce, reduce, and harm, focusing on present tense forms, past participles, and pronunciation of final sounds.
Explore ecological solutions to protect the environment using alternative, green, and renewable energies such as solar energy, wind energy, hydraulic energy, and fossil fuels, with sustainable development.
Practice French dictation with sentences about the environment, emissions, greenhouse gases, renewable energies, and biodiversity.
Preserve the environment by protecting species and adopting eco-responsible behavior; learn vocabulary for protected, threatened, and endangered species, electric and hybrid cars, biofuel, reusable bags, organic products, and carbon footprint.
Learn to form the passive in French by using être and the past participle, starting with the direct object and marking the agent with par.
Master the passive form through two exercises: transform active sentences to passive. Create passive sentences in present and past tenses with examples like the village was destroyed by the earthquake.
Master feminine past participles in the passive with être, learn agreement rules and pronunciation when the subject is feminine or when s or t precedes e.
Master French grammar by memorizing sequences like 'je ne me suis pas' for past perfect negatives with pronominal verbs, then practice by repeating and recording to listen on your phone.
Discover eco-friendly daily actions, from sorting and recycling waste and recovering rainwater to unplugging and repairing appliances, closing taps, biking, taking showers, eating less meat, and making compost.
Learn to express need to act in French using adjectives like urgent, essential, crucial, and imperative. Use phrases it's time to and it is necessary to with infinitives and negation.
Learn to name common recyclable materials such as aluminum, wood, rubber, cardboard, cork, metal, paper, plastic, textile, and glass. Practice using in and made of to specify an object's material.
Explore vocabulary for the environment and reused objects by examining everyday items transformed for reuse, from old jeans to plastic bottles, tires, and more at the recycling center.
Master the French gerund: en plus a form ending in ant expresses manner with a single subject, as in by limiting consumption and by stopping waste.
practice environment vocabulary with ten completion sentences on sustainable development, eco-responsible habits, renewable energy, carbon footprint, waste sorting, water conservation, and reducing plastic waste.
Explore expressing urgency in French with the subjunctive, using it is urgent that followed by a subject and a verb, and learn regular endings.
Practice expressing urgency in French using the subjunctive through exercises. Transform sentences with different subjects to express essential actions like reducing meat consumption, stopping waste, producing renewable energy, and recycling.
Guide pronunciation of unit vocabulary by showing how to pronounce words, manage nasal sounds and silent letters, and use contractions with de, with examples like tsunami and earthquake.
Practice dictation phrases in French to reinforce eco-responsibly vocabulary on reducing carbon footprint, protecting the planet, recycling, and creating sustainable products from recycled materials.
Lead two oral comprehension exercises: read questions, listen, and correct answers; identify endangered animals shocking protagonists; show in schools; recycle jeans for bags and coffee capsules.
Practice oral comprehension with a second exercise: listen, answer questions, and check corrections about a south of France town event, its consequences, and firefighters' actions; 2019 forest fire is noted.
Continue to unit 3 to learn press and media vocabulary, nominalization and noun gender, and conjugation of verbs like put, admit, emit, and transmit for unconfirmed information.
Explore the different types of press, from daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers to magazines and reviews, and distinguish the paper press from digital formats.
Explore journalistic genres such as column, report, review, dispatch, editorial, interview, portrait, press review, and open forum, and learn how they inform, analyze, and comment on public interest.
Master the French press vocabulary by identifying journalistic genres in an exercise. Learn terms like editorial, daily newspapers, dispatches, local press, weekly column, and digital media.
Learn how nominalization turns verbs and adjectives into nouns using common suffixes like tion, ction, and sion. Explore examples such as association, apparition, production, translation, and connection, with pronunciation notes.
Master television vocabulary in French, from the small screen to the big screen, channels, public and private networks, retransmit and broadcast, JT news, zapper, and remote control.
Explore radio vocabulary, including station, emit, and broadcasting on short, medium, or long waves; identify radio listeners, presenters, debates, news, and news flashes.
Explore the conjugation of mettre and verbs that follow the same model in the present tense, with past participles like mis, allowed, promised, committed, transmitted, retransmitted, and emitted.
Explore how French nominalization turns verbs into masculine nouns using -ément and -age, with examples like change, warming, refund, accommodation, subscription, and upheaval.
Learn essential vocabulary for the written press, including reader, subscription, to subscribe, to release, appear, front page, sections, classifieds ads, publish, publication, printing, and circulation.
Practice dictation phrases on the press and media, including subscriptions, tabloid revelations, presidential elections, daily press reviews, radio debates, a balcony collapse, and a match interruption.
Use classical music to boost vocabulary memorization by stimulating brain activity through melodies and harmonies, while keeping the sound soft and instrumental or using relaxing noises like flowing water.
Master essential crime vocabulary from news items, including theft, thief, burglar, burglary, attacker, suspect, investigation, to search, to interrogate, and arrest, and practice active and passive sentences with this terminology.
Explore French crime vocabulary from faits divers, including homicide, murder, assassination, trial, witnesses, evidence, and sentence. Practice through a sentence-completion exercise to reinforce incarceration and handcuffs.
Learn how the present conditional expresses unconfirmed information in French, using future stems and AIS to AIENT endings, with notes on irregular verbs like être, avoir, faire, and media usage.
Master forming unconfirmed information in French by transforming statements with would constructions and negation forms, including ne before the verb and plus after.
Explore obligatory liaisons in French pronunciation across nominal and verbal groups. Learn rules for s, x, z, d, t, n, p, r, occasionally g in adjectives, prepositions, adverbs, fixed expressions.
Explore unconfirmed information in French by forming the past conditional as a compound tense using the present conditional auxiliary plus the past participle, with examples.
Practice forming sentences with unconfirmed information, using conditional forms like would have and is said to have, with examples such as a landslide would have destroyed part of the village.
Transform passive sentences into unconfirmed information using the conditional, covering present and past forms, with examples like would be planned and would have been allegedly committed.
Explore transforming sentences into the present or past passive voice to express unconfirmed information, including negative forms, in French at the B1 level.
Explore essential news vocabulary, from live versus delayed broadcasts to headlines, scoops, and catchy titles, while identifying fake news and reliable sources.
Master French vocabulary for organized crime, including bandits, mafias, wanted notices, custody, loot, escape, and fugitives. Learn terms like at large and accomplices to discuss criminals and police actions.
Learn to transform sentences in the passive into unconfirmed information by changing the auxiliary être to the conditional, with present and past examples.
Practice dictation from the second part of unit 3, featuring crime-news sentences and rereading drills with police, arrests, convictions, and verification of a journalist's source.
Discover the most beautiful villages of France, from Riquewihr’s cobbled streets and vineyards to Gordes’ stone houses, with historic ramparts and renowned wines like Riesling and Gewürztraminer.
Improve oral comprehension through audio-based practice with true/false and 'we don’t know' options, including Alexandra’s disappearance, the metro murderer trial, a bus accident, and weekend weather in France.
PIÈCES JOINTES :
Document 1 : Texte de compréhension écrite 1 + questions
Document 2 : Correction
Develop oral comprehension skills through a guided true/false exercise on radio vs TV, journalism topics, and sources such as press reviews, newspapers, and news channels.
Learn vocabulary for social networks, the internet, and computers, study opinion verbs in affirmative and negative forms, the subjunctive, irregular conjugations, impersonal expressions, express a wish, and speech articulators.
Develop essential vocabulary for social networks, including account, profile, wall, status, content, avatar, pseudonym, contacts, news feed, and comments; practice forming and using these terms in unit 4.
Learn the vocabulary of social networks, including username, password, account settings, channels, subscribers, influencers, posts, memes, and notifications.
Explore eight French opinion verbs and their nuances, with affirmative versus negative use, including croire, penser, trouver, considérer, juger, estimer, admettre, and être sûr que.
Explore opinion verbs like think, believe, find, and consider in the negative with the subjunctive. Contrast with affirmative indicative and learn admit patterns and irregular conjugations of be and have.
Learn to conjugate irregular verbs in the subjunctive, focusing on faire and pouvoir, with je, tu, il, nous, vous, ils forms and urgency-focused social-network examples.
Practice French vocabulary for social networks by completing sentences about Facebook, YouTube, passwords, account settings, and influencers, using terms like login, status, subscribers, news feed, content, and notifications.
Learn verbs used on social networks, including create, download, publish, put online, and share, with notes on -ger conjugation and pronunciation.
Learn essential French social media vocabulary, including suivre (to follow), tag or mention, laisser un commentaire, consulter, ajouter, and être en ligne, with examples of subscriptions and posts.
Learn how French borrows terms from social networks and anglicisms such as buzz, viral, chat, follower, like, post, tweet, hashtag, playlist, podcast, and troll.
Learn impersonal expressions in French using it is plus an adjective or an infinitive, and with that plus a subjunctive, as in it is important to sort waste.
Master the subjunctive conjugation of irregular verbs, focusing on to go and to know, with pronunciation and liaison tips and practical examples.
Explore impersonal expressions and the subjunctive with il est followed by an adjective and que. Practice irregular subjunctive verbs—be, have, do, can, go, know—and reinforce pronunciation and usage.
Practice a dictation exercise reinforcing social media guidelines, including securing usernames, not tagging friends, using notifications, following creators, avoiding violent content, and external links restrictions.
Watch at least one French film per week with French subtitles to learn words and expressions; use a notebook to record ten new expressions, then reread and imagine sentences.
Explore optional liaisons, signaling a more formal register, including liaison between a plural noun and its adjective, with a plural noun and a prepositional group, and in various verb groups.
Learn essential French internet vocabulary, including when to use le or la for the web and la toile, internet user, navigate, browser, window, tab, home page, search bar, streaming.
Master essential online shopping vocabulary in French, from online store and basket to payment method, delivery, parcel, and shipping costs, with practice exercises to reinforce memory.
Master essential vocabulary for online scams, including scam, scammer, hacker, phishing, spam, and identity theft, with guidance on protecting personal data online.
Explore expressing a wish with the French subjunctive, using que plus a subject and verb in the subjunctive, with present conditional and infinitive forms and varied examples.
Show how to express wishes in French with the subjunctive, using avoir envie, it would be nice, I would love, and my dream would be.
Master the present-tense conjugation of three irregular French verbs—peindre, éteindre, plaindre—built on the same pattern, with gn spelling, phonetic shifts, and examples with nous, vous, and ils.
Explore essential computer vocabulary in French, covering devices like laptop, tablet, keyboard, mouse and touchpad, plus storage, printing, scanning, audio gear, and internet connections.
Learn essential French computer vocabulary through actions like clicking, copying and pasting, saving, printing, scanning, typing, installing or uninstalling software, connecting to the internet, and taking screenshots.
Review essential online safety and vocabulary for internet users, browsers, e-commerce, and digital tasks, copy, cut, paste, and reporting identity theft with examples of delivery, payments, and shipping costs.
Explore essential French discourse markers that organize spoken and written text, such as first of all, secondly, moreover, on the one hand and however, to structure arguments clearly.
Master unit 4 vocabulary pronunciation in French, including pseudonym with pss at the start, nasal sounds in paint and speaker, and de contractions in password, shipping fees, and payment method.
Practice dictation of everyday sentences, from using a pen and notebook to discuss online shopping, secure payment, home delivery, identity theft, and internet connectivity, building B1 level French skills.
Practice oral comprehension by answering questions after listening; identify the printer problem, the January 16 update, and that uninstalling unused software and rebooting after a power outage resolve it.
Practice oral comprehension by listening to an audio about online scams, identify fake influencer, fake online store, and fake social media scams, answer questions, and review corrections with transcription.
Explore related vocabulary themes: studies, training, and professional life, while mastering dont and ce plus relative pronoun, past conditional, and conjugations for hold and receive in school curriculum in France.
Explore the French education system from nursery to university, covering nursery stages 3–6, primary 6–11, secondary 11–15, and high school tracks including brevet and le bac.
Explain the French higher education path from bac to diplomas, covering short and long studies, IUT, faculties, campus life, and degrees like BTS, DUT, master's degree, and doctorate.
Explore the main study sectors, from scientific fields like biology, chemistry, computing, mathematics, medicine, and physics to literature, languages, archaeology, geography, history, economics, law, architecture, and the arts.
Learn to use simple French relative pronouns to connect sentences and avoid repetition, reviewing qui for subjects, que for direct objects, où for place or time, and whose.
Master the relative pronoun dont with de in verbs like talk about and remember, and with nouns and adjectives such as to be content with or proud of.
Explore the dont relative pronoun in the second part, using it with nouns and adjectives—like the director of, the brother of, whose, happy with, satisfied with, and proud of.
Examine the conjugation of the polysemous French verb tenir and six expressions, including keep me posted, take into account, keep someone company, hold on, keep your word, and hold water.
Learn French vocabulary for studying and diplomas, including to study, to learn, to take a course, attend a school, and hold a degree. Discuss exams, passing, failing, and defending theses.
Review essential French vocabulary on schooling, university life, and academic disciplines through guided exercises and sentence completion, including bac, ru, bu, and sectors like literary and modern letters.
Practice dictation of sentences about education stages from nursery school to university and amphitheater lectures. Explore terms on master’s degrees, theses, juries, baccalaureate, accounting, finance, international business, and campus services.
Master French liaisons and when not to liaison, including after punctuation and after an aspirated h. Recognize exceptions with and, singular nouns, non-personal subjects, and before alphabet letters in expressions.
Explore the world of work, learn to seek and apply for jobs, and craft a CV and a cover letter for French job offers and positions in the job market.
Learn essential French vocabulary for looking for a job: recruit, hire, job interview, professional experience, and getting a job. Recognize terms for applying, attending interviews, layoffs, dismissal, and resigning.
Explore conjugation patterns of verbs based on 'to hold,' using tenir as the model, covering soutenir, appartenir, contenir, maintenir, and remember; learn meanings and practice pronunciation with liaison.
Explore how ce plus a relative pronoun forms elegant French phrases, using ce qui, ce que, and ce dont to express the thing that, which, or of which.
Explore labor conditions and employment contracts, including salary, remuneration, net versus gross pay, full-time and part-time schedules, and the French minimum wage (SMIC).
Explore the world of work and workplaces, from a company or factory to a shop floor and co-working space. Learn terms for work from home and work in the field.
Learn to conjugate the past conditional in French using the auxiliary avoir or être plus the past participle, and express unconfirmed past information through active voice with practical sentences.
Explore using the past conditional to form polite, formal requests in French, with 'I would have liked' and 'I would like' constructions for real-life situations.
Master the past conditional to express regret with should have, would have liked, would have done better to, would have been better off, negative forms and if I had known.
Learn to express reproach in the past conditional with devoir, pouvoir, and falloir, using examples like you should have studied more or you could have arrived earlier.
Master the conjugation of receive-type verbs with three bases in the present tense, including the cedilla pronunciation and the past participle 'received'.
Master the past perfect modal to express past hypotheses and consequences using if + past perfect, or inverted past conditional with the pluperfect.
Explore vocabulary for the world of work, including private and public sectors, employee, worker, CEO, executives, and terms for unemployment, paid leave, retirement, and freelancer.
Master work-related vocabulary for organizing and attending meetings, videoconferencing and remote meetings, collaborating on projects, and discussing exchange on a project, breaks, calls, tasks, and moonlighting.
Master unit vocabulary pronunciation, focusing on archaeology and psychology with initial sounds [k] and [ps], and phrases like job interview, dismissal, employment contract, phone call, and the contraction of de.
Master the b1 level by practicing dictation of sentences to improve writing and self-presentation for interviews, while developing skills to organize meetings, videoconferences, teamwork, and discuss remuneration.
Sharpen your oral comprehension with an interactive true/false exercise about Bastien, Sarah, and Max; listen to the audio, then review the transcription and vocabulary PDF for clarity.
Practice oral comprehension by answering questions about Claire's new job, how she found it, contract details, lunch break length, and Lucas's interest, with corrections and transcription attached.
Final unit covers cinema and music vocabulary, film genres and reviews, musical instruments, and emotions, while teaching indirect speech, double pronouns, concession, and the subjunctive with after plus past infinitive.
Explore cinema vocabulary for people, including actor, actress, star, vedette, and roles; meet the producer, director, screenwriter, movie buff, spectator, and audience.
Acquire essential cinema vocabulary in French, from le ciné and cinema hall to tickets, seats, showings, releases, trailers, and the original soundtrack.
Explore indirect speech in French with an introductory verb in the present tense, mastering tense concordances, and transforming affirmations, questions, and commands into reported speech.
Learn how indirect speech changes tenses when the introductory verb is in the past, mastering the concordance of present to imperfect, past to pluperfect, and future to conditional.
Learn cinema vocabulary and filming basics, from shooting and action cues to acting, hero and heroine, foreground and background, close-ups, lighting, sound, decor, costumes, and subtitles.
Explore how cinema conveys emotions through verbs and adjectives, and learn to describe films with terms like moving, captivating, and shocking.
Review cinema vocabulary by identifying actors, stars, genres, and film terms; practice moving, amusing, captivating, and shocking, and learn about trailer, original soundtrack, costumes, and props.
Master the conjugation of the French verb s'asseoir, including two present-tense forms and two infinitives, plus the past participle sit, with imperative and future or conditional patterns.
Master French double pronouns by applying four-position order for cod and coi: me, te, se, nous/vous; then le/la/les, then indirect pronouns, and finally en and y, with past participle agreement.
Master how en and y pronouns replace quantities and de or à constructions, including liaison after en, usage with de- or à- phrases, and practice double pronouns next.
Master double pronouns through exercises using a pronoun order table, answer with two pronouns, and apply en for quantities and place complements in sentences.
Explore film critique vocabulary in French, learning positive terms like grandiose, brilliant, moving, and must-see, and negative terms like disappointing, rubbish, or a dud, for confident cinema reviews.
practice a dictation of sentences drawn from film scenes, noting praise for acting, decor, lighting, and plot, and exercises on tickets, seats, trailers, and premiere reactions.
Explore essential music vocabulary and objects from cassette players to streaming platforms, including Walkman, turntables, vinyl records, cd players, hi-fi systems, mp3 players, headphones, and smart speakers.
Explore the vocabulary of music, including song, piece, rhythm, melody, and tune. Learn about chorus, verse, cover, version, clip, hit, voice, and album, with examples.
Explore the French grammar of concession, using however, yet, despite, and in spite of to express contradictory consequences, connect clauses, and form sentences with cause and result.
Master concession in French by using even if with the indicative, although with the subjunctive, and quand même to stress contrasts.
Explore subjunctive conjugation with three stems, illustrated by boire, prendre, recevoir, venir, and tenir, and learn how nous and vous keep a distinct stem.
Explore how music expresses emotions using phrases like to have tears in the eyes, goosebumps, chills, and to feel good. Learn how it makes you happy, sad, nostalgic, or energized.
Explore the vocabulary of a concert, including music lover, audience, crowd, performance, atmosphere, orchestra, conductor, baton, applause, and ovation.
Explore how to express temporal relationships in French using before and after with infinitives and past infinitives, including pronoun placement and past participle agreement.
Master French pronunciation rules in unit one by examining obligatory liaison, aspirated and silent h, bond cases, and CH pronunciation with examples like big screen, an orchestra, and applause.
Begin dictation by reading and repeating sentences with a pen, paper, or notebook to practice writing. Capture 90s hits and piano concert moments to improve listening and transcription.
Engage in oral comprehension practice with a dialogue about colleagues, a cinema loyalty card, and film choices, using true/false questions and audio correction.
Develop oral comprehension skills through a questions exercise about a concert, including the clarinet concerto, a deal to attend future concerts, and hard rock with metal-influenced music.
Congratulations on completing the course and reaching level B1; the journey covered grammar, idiomatic expressions, and culture, while you continue practicing with films, articles, radio or podcasts, and native speakers.
Ready to reach the intermediate level in French and communicate with greater fluency?
This course will help you progress to Level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, allowing you to express yourself more confidently and understand more complex conversations.
Designed for learners who have completed Level A2.3, this course helps you move beyond the basics and begin communicating more naturally in French.
Course Overview
In this intermediate French course, you will:
• expand your vocabulary for everyday and professional situations
• strengthen your understanding of intermediate grammar structures
• improve your listening and pronunciation skills
• learn to express opinions, experiences, and ideas more clearly
• gain confidence participating in longer conversations
By the end of the course, you will reach French Level B1, a key milestone that allows you to communicate more independently in French.
What You Will Learn in This Course
This course develops your French skills through a variety of practical activities, including:
• pronunciation practice
• guided repetition exercises
• translation activities
• listening comprehension
• reading exercises
• dictations to strengthen understanding
My teaching approach focuses on continuous practice and regular review, helping you retain what you learn and apply it naturally in conversation.
Native French Teacher
This course is taught by Benoit, a certified native French teacher with more than 15 years of experience teaching French as a foreign language.
You will learn:
• authentic pronunciation
• natural sentence structures
• useful expressions used in everyday French
The goal is to help you understand French as it is truly spoken.
Flexible Online Learning
This online French course is designed to fit easily into your schedule.
You can study:
• anytime
• from anywhere
• at your own pace
You can review the lessons as many times as you like and progress step by step toward a strong intermediate level.
Your Level at the End of the Course
By the end of this course, you will reach Level B1, which means you will be able to:
• understand the main points of clear conversations
• describe experiences and events in more detail
• explain your opinions and plans
• interact with native speakers with greater confidence
B1 is an important milestone that allows you to communicate more independently in French.
Who This Course Is For
This course is ideal for:
• students who have completed French Essentials – Level A2.3
• learners who already have a basic conversational level in French
• travelers who want to communicate more comfortably in French-speaking countries
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Part of a Complete French Learning Series
This course is part of the French Essentials learning path, designed to help you progress step by step.
Recommended progression:
• French Essentials – Level A1.1
• French Essentials – Level A1.2
• French Essentials – Level A1.3
• French Essentials – Level A2.1
• French Essentials – Level A2.2
• French Essentials – Level A2.3
• French Intermediate – Level B1 (this course)
Following the full series will help you build a strong foundation and reach the intermediate level in French.
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