📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 22 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 5 · L'exposé
Illustrer
Module 10 of the free French course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 22 of 30: An argument without an example is an opinion. 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 22.
The words
French
English
Say it
prenons le cas de
let us take the case of
pruh-noh(n) luh KAH duh
je pense notamment à
I am thinking in particular of
zhuh pah(n)s noh-tah-mah(n) TAH
l'étudefeminine — the article elides to l'
the study
lay-TEWD
montrer
to show
moh(n)-TRAY
les jeunesplural
young people
lay ZHUHN
vérifiable
checkable
vay-ree-FYAHBL
concret
concrete
koh(n)-KREH
l'affirmationfeminine — the article elides to l'
the bare assertion
lah-feer-mah-SYOH(n)
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
An argument without an example is an opinion. Three openers do the work: par exemple, prenons le cas de, je pense notamment à.
Et aussi · And also
The example should be specific enough to be checkable. Les jeunes lisent moins is an assertion; une étude de 2023 montre que... is an argument, even if you only half-remember the study.
Attention · Watch out
par exemple, prenons le cas de, je pense notamment à: an example should be specific enough to check. Les jeunes lisent moins is an assertion, not an argument.
prendre — the table
je prends · tu prends · il/elle prend · nous prenons · vous prenez · ils/elles prennent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with prenons le cas de.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out prendre 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.