À la française – Mini Podcast Edition

Idiomatic Expression

Learn a hilarious French expression with the second installment of our new fun format to learn French expressions. For each new expression, you get its meaning, some useful in-context examples and… a fun mini podcast to fully learn it!

This week, enjoy learning that when pigs fly in English, in French hens get…teeth!

“quand les poules auront des dents”

À la française – French expressions : “Quand les poules auront des dents”

Bonne découverte !

French Building Blocks

French Future tense – B1 Level

Little Adèle has big plans for her future! See for yourself in the following dialogue, packed with verbs in Le Futur Simple:

“- Adèle, qu’est-ce que tu feras quand tu seras grande ?
– Quand je serai grande, j’habiterai dans un grand château.
– Est-ce que tu auras un mari et des enfants dans ce château ?
– Non, je partagerai mon palais avec ma meilleure amie, Lila la licorne ! Mais tu pourras venir nous voir.
– Merci, je viendrai avec plaisir !”

To learn more and/or refresh your memory on this topic, here’s a personalised Notebook, full of related Kwiziq lessons, to test yourself against!

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Let’s fill in some blanks!

Le Futur Simple – B1 Level

Discover what your future holds – while practising your future tense conjugations – with this prediction-filled fill-in-the-blank exercise:

Horoscope de l’année

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This week’s theme is Plans & Organisation.

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Aurélie Drouard

Head of French