All the French B2 lessons on one page, chapter by chapter: each lesson explains the grammar and vocabulary in English, with examples in French. Back to the French B2 overview.
French B2 lessons by chapter
French B2 Lessons
Clear grammar and vocabulary lessons in English, every French example translated.
Building a convincing 250-word essay
A French argumentative essay (l'essai argumenté) defends one clear position in about 250 words. It has three moves: an introduction that states the issue and the…
Writing a firm and polite formal letter
A French formal letter (une lettre formelle) uses a fixed layout, vous from start to finish and polite formulas such as je vous serais reconnaissant de…
Combining several documents into one synthesis
To synthesize several documents in French, read each one for its key idea, compare them in a grid, group the shared ideas by theme, and rewrite…
Granting a point and still disagreeing
French concession links a granted fact to an unexpected result. Bien que and quoique take the subjunctive, même si takes the indicative, avoir beau takes an…
Turning verbs into nouns for news style
French nominalization replaces a verb with its noun, as in augmenter to l'augmentation. It makes a sentence shorter and more formal. Press headlines drop articles and…
Subjunctive after superlatives and in relative clauses
At B2 the French subjunctive appears after a superlative (le plus, le seul, le premier) when the speaker gives an opinion, in relative clauses about someone…
Reading tone, irony and hidden criticism
Register is the level of formality of a text: familier, courant or soutenu. At B2 you must also read between the lines. Irony says the opposite…
Winning the DELF B2 speaking exam
In the DELF B2 oral, you present a document, defend a point of view in a structured monologue, then answer the examiner's objections. Use a clear…
Understanding editorials and press bias
To read a French press article, identify its parts (titre, chapeau, légende), its type (report, éditorial or tribune) and its sources. Then detect bias in loaded…
Proposals, conditions and compromise in French
To negotiate in French, open with a soft proposal such as Je vous propose de… or Que diriez-vous de…, attach conditions with à condition que plus…
How power works in the French Republic
France is governed under the Fifth Republic: the President, elected for five years, names the Prime Minister, while Parliament votes laws in two chambers, the Assemblée…
Jobs, contracts, strikes and unemployment
In French, a CDI is an open-ended work contract and a CDD has a fixed end date. To explain economic news, use le chômage, le télétravail…
Debating bioethics and artificial intelligence in French
To express reservations in French at B2 level, combine a doubt or fear expression (je doute que, il est à craindre que) with the subjunctive, then…
Writing about urban planning and city living
To write about cities in French at B2 level, use precise connectors: grâce à, à cause de and en raison de for causes, si bien que…
Reading about heritage, museums and cultural policy
To read B2 texts about heritage and the arts, learn the key vocabulary (patrimoine, mécénat, subvention) and the relative pronouns that build long sentences: qui, que,…
French-speaking world: institutions and varieties
The Francophonie is both the community of French speakers and an international organization, the OIF, founded in 1970. French has a different status in each member…
Idioms, metaphors and proverbs in everyday French
French figurative language includes comparisons, metaphors, idioms and proverbs. Idioms such as avoir le cœur sur la main or poser un lapin are fixed phrases whose…
Describing graphs, trends and proportions aloud
To present data in French, name the trend with a verb or noun (augmenter, diminuer, une hausse), add the size with de (augmenter de 12 %)…
Summarizing a long text with precision
To summarize a text in French, keep only the author's main ideas, restate them in your own words in the present tense and third person, link…
Handling a tough job interview in French
In an advanced French job interview, present each strength with one concrete proof, tell difficult situations in four parts (context, problem, action, result), and negotiate pay…