📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 20 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 4 · L'épreuve écrite
Relire
Module 10 of the free French course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 20 of 30: . On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 20.
The words
French
English
Say it
relire
to read back over
ruh-LEER
la terminaison
the ending of a verb
lah tehr-mee-neh-ZOH(n)
l'accentmasculine — the article elides to l'
the accent mark
lahk-SAH(n)
à l'envers
backwards
ah lah(n)-VEHR
corriger
to correct
koh-ree-ZHAY
la faute récurrente
the recurring error
lah foht ray-kew-RAH(n)T
gagner des points
to gain marks
gah-nyay day PWA(n)
la relecture
the proofreading
lah ruh-lehk-TEWR
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La règle · The rule
Give yourself five minutes at the end and check four things only, in this order: verb endings, agreements, accents, and the words you know you always get wrong.
Et aussi · And also
Reading it backwards sentence by sentence stops your eye from smoothing over what you meant to write. It is the single cheapest way to gain marks in any language exam.
Attention · Watch out
Check four things only, in this order: verb endings, agreements, accents, your own recurring errors. Reading backwards, sentence by sentence, stops the eye smoothing over them.
finir — the table
je finis · tu finis · il/elle finit · nous finissons · vous finissez · ils/elles finissent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with relire.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out finir in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.