Learning path
Reading the real world
Read the passé simple, headline-style French and complex relatives, and read opinion columns critically.
4 lessons, about 38 minutes in all. Take them in order.
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- Mission: read a novel's first page 10 min
Recognising the passé simple, the tense of novels and history books. You will read it, not speak it.
- Mission: understand news headlines 9 min
Nominalisation, turning verbs into nouns. Read verbless headlines and use the same trick in formal writing.
- Mission: say exactly what you mean 10 min
Complex relatives, ce qui, ce que, ce dont, ce à quoi, preposition + lequel, and dont vs duquel. Say precisely what you want, need and care about.
- Mission: read an opinion column critically 9 min
Critical reading. Find the thesis, arguments and tone of a French opinion column, and separate fact from opinion.
Boss challenge
12 mixed questions from this district's lessons. Score 80% or more to clear it and open Exam level. No timer: take your time, and try as often as you like.