📖LearnModule 13 · Lesson 26 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2, first halfUnit 6 · Lire la pensée des autres
Suivre une pensée
Module 13 of the free French course (CEFR C2, first half), lesson 26 of 30: An essay is one mind moving. 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 26.
The words
French
English
Say it
en réalité
in reality
ah(n) ray-ah-lee-TAY
suivre une pensée
to follow a line of thought
sweevr ewn pah(n)-SAY
le virage
the turn
luh vee-RAHZH
suivre
to follow
sweevr
changer de direction
to change direction
shah(n)-zhay duh dee-rehk-SYOH(n)
la liste d'opinions
the list of opinions
lah leest doh-pee-NYOH(n)
marquer au crayon
to mark in pencil
mahr-kay oh kreh-YOH(n)
attentif
attentive
ah-tah(n)-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
An essay is one mind moving, and following it means tracking the turns rather than the facts. Mark every or, every cependant, every en réalité — those are where the thought changes direction.
Et aussi · And also
A good test when you finish: can you say what the writer changed their mind about? If nothing turned, you have read a list of opinions, not an essai.
Attention · Watch out
Follow the turns, not the facts: mark every or, cependant and en réalité. If nothing turned, you have read a list of opinions, not an essai.
suivre — the table
je suis · tu suis · il/elle suit · nous suivons · vous suivez · ils/elles suivent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with en réalité.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out suivre 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.