Crossword puzzle : Emphatic structures in French

Put your French grammar knowledge to the test with this crossword focused on emphatic structures — from c’est… qui/que constructions to dislocated pronouns and reinforced negations. These advanced structures are essential for adding emphasis, contrast, and nuance to your French. Can you find all the answers and master the art of French emphasis at C1 level?

Horizontalement

1. 1. level or register of language
2. 2. stress placed on a syllable
3. 4. cleft sentence construction
4. 6. strengthening or reinforcing a phrase
5. 7. repetition for emphatic effect
6. 10. placing topic first for emphasis
7. 11. act of uttering a statement
8. 12. Often
9. 13. value or meaning of a form

Verticalement

1. 1. restating for clarity or emphasis
2. 3. Thirteen
3. 5. presentative construction like c est
4. 7. To break
5. 8. Soon
6. 9. stressed or tonic form