📖LearnModule 9 · Lesson 29 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, completedUnit 6 · Les tâches B2
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Module 9 of the free French course (CEFR B2, completed), lesson 29 of 30: Both ends of an essay have a job. 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
nous verrons d'abord
we will first look at
noo veh-roh(n) dah-BOR
en définitive
ultimately
ah(n) day-fee-nee-TEEV
annoncer le plan
to announce the outline
ah-noh(n)-say luh PLAH(n)
le plan
the outline
luh PLAH(n)
élargir
to widen
ay-lahr-ZHEER
la perspective
the perspective
lah pehr-spehk-TEEV
le défaut
the flaw
luh day-FOH
soigné
carefully done
swah-NYAY
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
Both ends of an essay have a job. The introduction brings the subject up, narrows it to the question, and announces the plan: nous verrons d'abord..., puis...
Et aussi · And also
The conclusion answers, then opens one door outward: en définitive... and then a single forward-looking sentence. Never introduce a new argument there — that is the most common B2 essay fault there is.
Attention · Watch out
nous verrons d'abord announces the plan in the future tense; en définitive opens the conclusion. Never introduce a new argument in a conclusion.
savoir, futur simple — the table
je saurai · tu sauras · il/elle saura · nous saurons · vous saurez · ils/elles sauront
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with nous verrons d'abord.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out savoir, futur simple 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.