📖LearnModule 8 · Lesson 25 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, first halfUnit 5 · Les médias et la technologie
Les avantages et les inconvénients
Module 8 of the free French course (CEFR B2, first half), lesson 25 of 30: The for-and-against paragraph is the most examined shape at B2. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 25.
The words
French
English
Say it
l'avantagemasculine — the article elides to l'
the advantage
lah-vah(n)-TAHZH
l'inconvénientmasculine — the article elides to l'
the drawback
la(n)-koh(n)-vay-NYAH(n)
d'un côté
on one hand
duh(n) koh-TAY
de l'autre côté
on the other hand
duh loh-truh koh-TAY
l'atoutmasculine — the article elides to l'
the asset
lah-TOO
le risque
the risk
luh REESK
tout compte fait
on balance
too koh(n)t FEH
l'emporter
to win out
lah(n)-por-TAY
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 for-and-against paragraph is the most examined shape at B2, and French gives you a frame for it. D'un côté... de l'autre côté... — on one hand, on the other.
Et aussi · And also
Un avantage, un inconvénient (a drawback), un risque, un atout (an asset). Close with a position: tout compte fait, je pense que les avantages l'emportent — on balance, the advantages win out.
Attention · Watch out
l'emporter means to win out, and the l' is part of the phrase: les avantages l'emportent. tout compte fait is one fixed phrase: on balance.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with l'avantage.
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 25 in Module 8 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.