📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 29 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 6 · Le pont vers C1
Lire long
Module 10 of the free French course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 29 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 29.
The words
French
English
Say it
le texte long
the long text
luh tehkst LOH(n)
l'endurancefeminine — the article elides to l'
stamina
lah(n)-dew-RAH(n)S
parcourir
to skim
pahr-koo-REER
le premier paragraphe
the opening paragraph
luh pruh-myay pah-rah-GRAHF
le tournant
the turning point
luh toor-NAH(n)
mot à mot
word for word
moh tah MOH
l'articulationfeminine — the article elides to l'
the joint between ideas
lahr-tee-kew-lah-SYOH(n)
sélectif
selective
say-lehk-TEEF
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
C1 reading is not harder sentences so much as LONGER texts, and the skill is stamina plus selection. Read the first and last paragraph first; they usually carry the argument.
Et aussi · And also
Then skim for the connectors — cependant, en revanche, par conséquent — because they mark where the argument turns. A page of French read for its joints is worth three read word by word.
Attention · Watch out
Read the first and last paragraphs first, then skim for cependant, en revanche, par conséquent: they mark where the argument turns. Word-for-word reading is the slow way.
lire — the table
je lis · tu lis · il/elle lit · nous lisons · vous lisez · ils/elles lisent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with le texte long.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out lire 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.