Food and Drink

Service au restaurant

Enjoy a humorous animation about how big restaurants have too much service while practicing your French listening comprehension, including some slang.

  B2 - Upper-Intermediate French 

Expressions

Mettre sa langue dans sa poche

You don't have to say anything, but you should read this lesson on the French idiom mettre sa langue dans sa poche.

  informalities 

Quizzes and Tests

Present Tense Quiz – Mes gestes écologiques

Test yourself on French present tense conjugations with a fill-in-the-blanks kwiz:

   Mes gestes écologiques

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Expressions

Arriver Expressions

The French verb arriver, "to arrive," is found in many idiomatic expressions, including to get one's way, to be completely irrelevant, and to get into trouble. Learn these and dozens of other French expressions featuring arriver.

  informalities 

Grammar Lessons

Prepositions with Nouns

Generally speaking, articles are much more common in French than in English, but there are exceptions, such as when certain prepositions are followed by nouns.

  articles • B2 - Upper-Intermediate French • nouns • prepositions 

Expressions

Tirer une carotte

No tricks here, just a lesson on the French idiom tirer une carotte.

  informalities 

Quizzes and Tests

Adverbs of Time Quiz

Test yourself on French adverbs of time with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:

   Un (court) verre entre amies

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Duper – to deceive, trick

Simple and compound conjugations for the regular -er French verb duper.

  conjugation tables • formalities 

Listening Practice

First Names

Did you know that there are laws regulating acceptable French first names? Learn about them in this bilingual article.

  B1 - Intermediate French 

Mistakes and Difficulties

H

The letter H is always silent in French, yet there are two different types of H.

Current Events

Olympics

Dive into the Olympic Games with some essential French vocabulary related to the sports, the people, and all the pomp and circumstance that go into this international competition.

Current Events

Chassé-croisé des juillettistes et des aoûtiens

Quick, read this lesson on the French expression le chassé-croisé des juillettistes et des aoûtiens before you get stuck in a traffic jam.

  informalities 

Listening Practice

Au cirque – Dictée

Practice your French listening and writing skills with this A2-level dictée:

   Au cirque

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  A2 - Low-Intermediate French 

Fun with French

TV News, Documentaries, Game Shows

Watch French news, documentaries, and game shows on TV to work on your French listening comprehension while learning something new.

Expressions

Mon petit doigt m’a dit

A little birdie told me you should read this lesson on the French idiom mon petit doigt m'a dit.

  informalities