📖LearnModule 14 · Lesson 29 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2, continuedUnit 6 · Écrire long
Réviser un texte long
Module 14 of the free French course (CEFR C2, continued), lesson 29 of 30: A long text needs three separate passes. 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
la passe
the pass (a round)
lah PAHS
mériter sa place
to earn its place
may-ree-tay sah PLAHS
la longueur des phrases
sentence length
lah loh(n)-guhr day FRAHZ
supprimer un paragraphe
to cut a paragraph
sew-pree-may uh(n) pah-rah-GRAHF
dans cet ordre
in that order
dah(n) seht ORDR
la perte de temps
the waste of time
lah pehrt duh TAH(n)
séparément
separately
say-pah-ray-MAH(n)
la révision
the revision
lah ray-vee-ZYOH(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
A long text needs three separate passes, and doing them at once is why revision usually fails. Pass one: structure — does each paragraph earn its place? Pass two: sentences — length, repetition, connectors. Pass three: accords and accents.
Et aussi · And also
Do them in that order. Correcting a participle in a paragraph you are about to delete is the commonest waste of time in any language.
Attention · Watch out
Three passes in ORDER: structure, then sentences, then agreement. Correcting a participle in a paragraph you are about to delete is the commonest waste of time. la passe (a round) is feminine; le pas is a step.
relever — the table
je relève · tu relèves · il/elle relève · nous relevons · vous relevez · ils/elles relèvent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with la passe.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out relever 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.