90-day plan and mock exams
At B2, the difference between a passing score and a high score is rarely raw knowledge: it is strategy. A serious candidate does not study at random for three months and then book the exam. Instead, they reverse-engineer the test, identify the weakest skill, and let regular mock exams (examens blancs) drive every decision. This lesson teaches you to build such a plan and to read your own results like an examiner would.
| un examen blanc | a mock exam |
| le rétroplanning | the reverse schedule / backward plan |
| une échéance | a deadline |
| la compétence la plus faible | the weakest skill |
| viser un objectif | to aim for a target |
| le score seuil | the threshold score |
| une lacune | a gap / weakness |
| consolider ses acquis | to consolidate what you have learned |
| une séance de révision | a study session |
| le suivi des progrès | progress tracking |
| à mi-parcours | halfway through |
| la dernière ligne droite | the home stretch |
| doser ses efforts | to pace one's effort |
| un blocage | a sticking point / mental block |
Associez chaque terme de planning à son sens.
Match each planning term to its meaning.
Vos notes : NCLC 8 en lecture, NCLC 7 en écoute, NCLC 7 à l'oral, NCLC 6 à l'écrit. Quel est votre niveau global ?
Your scores are NCLC 8 reading, NCLC 7 listening, NCLC 7 speaking, NCLC 6 writing. What is your overall level?
Complétez avec la bonne expression d'échéance.
Complete with the right deadline expression.
____ trois mois, je veux atteindre le NCLC 7 partout.
Planning naturally calls for the future tense and time markers. Use d'ici + duration for deadlines (d'ici trois mois, within three months), au bout de for elapsed time (au bout de six semaines, after six weeks), and dès que + future for conditions (dès que j'aurai atteint NCLC 7). For recurring habits, the present works best: chaque semaine, je passe un examen blanc. To express intention with nuance, prefer je compte or je prévois de over a flat je vais.
Complétez avec l'expression de temps écoulé.
Complete with the elapsed-time expression.
____ six semaines, mes résultats à l'écrit ont enfin progressé.
Écoutez et tapez ce que vous entendez.
Listen and type what you hear.
Quel rythme d'examens blancs convient le mieux à un plan de 90 jours ?
Which mock-exam rhythm best fits a 90-day plan?
For Canadian immigration, your score is your weakest of the four skills (listening, reading, speaking, writing). Reaching NCLC 7 in three skills but NCLC 6 in the fourth gives you an overall NCLC 6. The consequence is brutal but clarifying: there is no point polishing a skill already above target while a weaker one drags everything down. Your plan must therefore allocate the most time to your weakest skill, and your mock exams exist to tell you, week after week, which skill that is.
Remettez les mots dans l'ordre.
Put the words in order.
Traduisez en français (utilisez dès que + futur antérieur).
Translate into French (use dès que + future perfect).
As soon as I have taken the third mock exam, I will readjust my plan.
Pourquoi est-ce une erreur de continuer à travailler sa compétence la plus forte ?
Why is it a mistake to keep practising your strongest skill?
Traduisez en anglais.
Translate into English.
À mi-parcours, je fais le point et je dose mes efforts selon mes lacunes.
Complétez avec un verbe d'intention nuancé (pas « je vais »).
Complete with a nuanced verb of intention (not 'je vais').
Je ____ de passer un examen blanc complet chaque quinzaine.
0 of 11done. Finish the rest to complete (Try again, or Show answer if you’re stuck).