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Put your French grammar skills to the test with this crossword focused on complex sentences! At B1 level, you’ll explore subordinate clauses, conjunctions, and connectors that help you express cause, consequence, purpose, and opposition. Can you find all the key words that make French sentences richer and more sophisticated? Bonne chance!
Grid
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Clues
Across
- 1. Clause expressing a concession
- 5. Soon
- 7. To take
- 9. Clause expressing a condition
- 10. Placing clauses side by side
- 11. To be able
- 12. Often
- 13. Level of language formality
Down
- 2. Relation linking a clause to another
- 3. Linking clauses of equal rank
- 4. To call
- 6. Clause expressing time or cause
- 8. To be necessary
Answers
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Across
- 1. Clause expressing a concession → concessive
- 5. Soon → bientot
- 7. To take → prendre
- 9. Clause expressing a condition → conditionnelle
- 10. Placing clauses side by side → juxtaposition
- 11. To be able → pouvoir
- 12. Often → souvent
- 13. Level of language formality → registre
Down
- 2. Relation linking a clause to another → subordination
- 3. Linking clauses of equal rank → coordination
- 4. To call → appeler
- 6. Clause expressing time or cause → circonstance
- 8. To be necessary → falloir
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