Level C1 : Advanced

The imperfect subjunctive: recognition

Form and use in literary and formal texts.

The pluperfect subjunctive

Use in hypotheses and regrets in formal style.

The passé simple: reading

Recognizing and understanding the passé simple in written texts.

Complex syntax

Embedded clauses, detached constructions, appositions.

Nuances of negation

Literary ne, ne...guère, ne...point, ne...nullement...

Advanced reported speech

Complex transformation with tense sequence and pronoun changes.

Verbal periphrases

être en train de, être sur le point de, venir de, finir par...

Text coherence and cohesion

Anaphora, cataphora, connectors, thematic progression.

Advanced argumentative connectors

d'autant plus que, quand bien même, à moins que, pourvu que...

Modality and nuances

Expressing doubt, possibility, necessity with precision.

Stylistic registers

Distinguishing and using literary, administrative, journalistic registers.

Phraseology and fixed expressions

Verbal phrases, idiomatic expressions, collocations.