📖LearnModule 6 · Lesson 29 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, first halfUnit 6 · Your opinion, defended
Writing the letter that argues
Module 6 of the free French course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 29 of 30: The B1 writing task is an opinion with structure: pour commencer (to begin), de plus (moreover). On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 29.
The words
French
English
Say it
pour commencer
to begin with
poor koh-mah(n)-SAY
de plus
moreover
duh PLEWS
pour conclure
to conclude
poor koh(n)-KLEWR
je suis pour
I am for it
zhuh swee POOR
je suis contre
I am against it
zhuh swee KOH(n)TR
l'opinionfeminine — the article elides to l'
the opinion
loh-pee-NYOH(n)
la conclusion
the conclusion
lah koh(n)-klew-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
The B1 writing task is an opinion with structure: pour commencer (to begin), de plus (moreover), pour conclure (to conclude). State your side — je suis pour, je suis contre — then give two reasons and close.
Et aussi · And also
Sixty to eighty words was A2; B1 asks for real paragraphs. The frame carries you: opening line, two de plus reasons, one pour conclure sentence. Fill it first and count later.
Attention · Watch out
je suis pour and je suis contre stand alone in a formal frame. pour conclure opens the LAST paragraph, never the first.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 7 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with pour commencer.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 29 in Module 6 are the written half of this page.
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.