📖LearnModule 7 · Lesson 26 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, completedUnit 6 · Lire et écrire au niveau B1
Lire un article
Module 7 of the free French course (CEFR B1, completed), lesson 26 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 26.
The words
French
English
Say it
l'articlemasculine — the article elides to l'
the newspaper article
lahr-TEEKL
le titre
the headline
luh TEETR
le journaliste
the reporter
luh zhoor-nah-LEEST
d'après une étude
according to a study
dah-preh zewn ay-TEWD
le sujet principal
the main topic
luh sew-zheh pra(n)-see-PAHL
résumer
to summarize
ray-zew-MAY
le résumé
the summary
luh ray-zew-MAY
l'informationfeminine — the article elides to l'
the piece of information
la(n)-for-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
At B1 you are expected to read a short newspaper article and say what it is about — not every word of it. Three questions get you there: what happened, who is involved, and what does the writer think?
Et aussi · And also
Useful furniture: le titre (headline), le journaliste, selon (according to), d'après une étude (according to a study). If a sentence defeats you, skip it and keep the thread.
Attention · Watch out
selon and d'après both mean according to and take a noun straight after: selon lui, d'après une étude. Never selon de.
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 l'article.
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.