📖LearnModule 8 · Lesson 28 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, first halfUnit 6 · Argumenter par écrit
Le paragraphe argumenté
Module 8 of the free French course (CEFR B2, first half), lesson 28 of 30: One paragraph, four moves, in this order: the claim, the reason, the example, the qualification. 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 28.
The words
French
English
Say it
en effet
indeed
ah(n) nay-FEH
certes
admittedly
sehrt
l'argumentmasculine — the article elides to l'
the argument
lahr-gew-MAH(n)
l'exemplemasculine — the article elides to l'
the example
leg-ZAH(n)PL
limiter
to limit
lee-mee-TAY
la circulation
the traffic
lah seer-kew-lah-SYOH(n)
l'artisanmasculine — the article elides to l'
the tradesperson
lahr-tee-ZAH(n)
la thèse
the claim being argued
lah TEHZ
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
One paragraph, four moves, in this order: the claim, the reason, the example, the qualification. Il faudrait limiter la voiture en ville. En effet, la pollution y est plus forte. Par exemple, Paris a réduit la circulation depuis 2016. Certes, cela complique la vie des artisans.
Et aussi · And also
En effet introduces your reason and means indeed — not in fact in the English corrective sense. Certes concedes. Those two words alone lift a B1 paragraph to B2.
Attention · Watch out
en effet means indeed and introduces a reason; it is not the English corrective 'in fact'. certes concedes, and it needs a mais to follow it.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with en effet.
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 28 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.