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B1 Level B1 · TCF Canada Listening: A1 to C2

B1 · Conversations: intentions and simple opinions

Understand what a speaker wants (to suggest, refuse, complain, advise) and what they think.

14 min · 10 activities

In this lesson you will

  • Identify the intention behind a sentence
  • Understand a simple opinion and its reason
  • Follow a conversation between two people
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Lesson summary

The key points to remember, for revision.

  • 1Intention questions: proposer, refuser, conseiller, s’excuser, se plaindre, remercier.
  • 2Suggesting: Ça te dirait de…? Et si on…? Advising: À ta place, je…; Vous devriez…
  • 3Opinion + reason: parce que, car, comme. The question may target the reason.
  • 4“Mais” often introduces the speaker’s real point.

Key vocabulary

ça te dirait de…would you like to…
à ta placeif I were you
rembourserto refund
l’escale (f.)stopover
inadmissibleunacceptable