Stage 5 · B1–B2
Informal register — practise in context
Informal register: progressive explanation, topic-specific examples, guided exercises and a corrected assessment.
1. Objective
By the end, you will manipulate forms related to “Informal register” without copying the model.
2. Discover
Look at the six examples for “Informal register — practise in context”. Before reading the rule, notice what changes and what stays stable.
3. Understand
Informal French is mainly used with people you know well, in speech and casual messages. Words may be shortened and ne is often dropped in negatives. Learn to recognise it without using it in a professional email.
Look at the word together with the words around it. The correct choice often depends on construction, register or collocation, not just translation.
4. Guided practice
5. Independent practice
6. Write / speak
Write three sentences from your own life using the target structure. Change the people, place or time rather than copying the models.
7. Check your learning
8. Remember
Informal French is mainly used with people you know well, in speech and casual messages.
9. Now I can…
- I can recognise “Informal register” in a new example.
- I can justify my choice and create an example.
