French B1: Intermediate
Opinion, work and travel
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- Cards
- 192
- Categories
- 8
- Price
- €1.49
- Language
- French
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What is in this deck
With this deck you learn French at level B1: 192 cards with full sentences, plus pronunciation, a note on the form and two words from the same context.
B1 is the level where you stop translating and start speaking. That does not call for harder words but for different ones: the kind you use to back up an opinion, tell a story, and wrap an objection politely.
Roughly 190 cards built on set phrases rather than single words: “je trouve que”, “ça vaut la peine”, “il paraît que”. Every note gives pronunciation, gender and government: which preposition follows the verb is the most common mistake at this level.
Eight topic areas from housing to the environment. And, where it matters, a word on register: when something sounds colloquial and when to leave it alone.
The categories decide what comes up: start with “Everyday life & home” alone and add the rest when you are ready.
You learn French. The cards, the categories and the usage notes are in English, so you never have to learn through a third language.
What you learn
- Around 190 expressions for opinion and narration
- Pronunciation, gender and government in each note
- Eight word fields from home to environment
- Set phrases instead of single words
- Register: when colloquial French fits
The categories
8 categories sort the 192 cards. You can filter by category and take on what is due right now.
- Everyday life & home
- Work & education
- Travel & transport
- Food & shopping
- Feelings & character
- Health & body
- Leisure & media
- Nature & environment
What you get
Here are three of the 192 cards you get when you buy the deck.
With foreign-language content the answers are read aloud as well, so you know how the words and sentences are pronounced.
Question
Next month we are going to move into a bigger flat.
Answer
Le mois prochain, nous allons déménager dans un appartement plus grand.
Note
[de.me.na.ʒe] · takes avoir · Word set: déménager (to move house), le déménagement (the move), emménager (to move in) · Pitfall: déménager = move out, emménager = move in
Question
It is necessary that you make a spare key before you leave.
Answer
Il faut que tu fasses un double des clés avant de partir.
Note
[fas] · present subjunctive of faire · Trigger: il faut que always takes the subjunctive · Word set: faire un double (to make a spare key), la clé (the key) · Pitfall: never the indicative after il faut que, so never il faut que tu fais
Question
She lives in an old building with six floors.
Answer
Elle habite dans un vieil immeuble de six étages.
Note
[i.mœbl] · m · Word set: l'immeuble (the apartment block), le bâtiment (the building), l'étage (the floor) · Pitfall: immeuble almost always means a multi-storey residential block
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How many cards are in French B1: Intermediate?
192 cards, sorted into 8 categories.
Do I need a connection to study?
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On iPhone and iPad from iOS 26, and on Apple Watch. One purchase covers the family through Family Sharing.
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