Language & Education
Topic specific French practice exercises
The French language isn't just about vocabulary and verb conjugations - there are regional variations, endless idiomatic expressions, and so much more to explore! Enhance your learning with these fascinating insights into French language and education.
- At the train station
Henri needs to buy some train tickets. - Back to School
Mathieu tells us about going back to school tomorrow. - Do you like the French language?
Noémie and Léo have opposite opinions on the French language! - Easter preparations
Today, Daniel and his pupils are getting ready for Easter. - Finals' routine
Marina has her exam morning routine sorted. - Hurray for money!
Lydia loves spending money! - In French class
Marc explains what his French lessons consist of. - In science class
Jérôme's favorite subject is science! - Moods and colours
Martin likes different colours depending on his mood. - My favourite French regions
Aurélie wrote this little poem about her favourite French regions. - My language routine
Lisa has a great routine to improve her English. - Night routine before a test
Antoine's night-before-a-test routine is all about reducing stress. - Postcard from France
Émilie sends a postcard from France to her friend Sarah. - The driving licence test
Véronique is taking her driving licence exam. - The morning of the first day back to school
Irène and her daughter Émilie are getting ready for Émilie's first day of school. - What are they wearing today?
Amélie describes the way her friends are dressed today. - What is Francophonie?
Damien explains what francophonie is. - A walk in the woods
Sabrina went for a long walk in the snowy woods. - A wrong number
Lucas called the wrong number! - At the dentist's
Liliane is at the dentist's for a toothache. - Celebrating Hanukkah
Rachelle celebrated the first day of Hanukkah with her son Sam. - Choosing your studies
Lisa and Marc discuss what they've chosen to study at uni. - Getting ready for the first day back to school
Flora got ready for her first day back to school. - Instructions for a test
Teacher Marc read out the instructions for today's French test. - My cousin and her accordion
Aurélie's cousin Lyse plays the accordion. - My first day at school
Lisa remembers her first day of school. - My goldfish
Émilie loves her goldfish Oscar ! - My name is Tintin!
Famous reporter Tintin introduces himself. - On Hallowe'en Night
On Hallowe'en night, monsters have fun! - Organising my desk
Julie got her desk ready to go back to school. - School bag nursery rhyme
Ever wondered what goes on in your school bag at night... Here's an original nursery rhyme by Aurélie. - School in France
Learn about the early stages of school in France. - Studying abroad
Daniela shares her experience studying abroad for a year. - Taking my driving licence [US: driver's license] exam
Manon is taking her driving test tomorrow. - The red carpet
Sabrina and her husband were very elegant on the red carpet. - The teacher's instructions
At the start of a French lesson, the teacher gives instructions to the students. - Two major French-speaking female authors
Eric and Fiona talk about French-speaking authors Myriam Warner-Vieyra and Maryse Condé. - What is International Women's Day?
Aurélie tells us what the International Women's Day is about. - Why study French?
Hugo gives us his reasons to pick up French again. - Working in francophonie
Lucie liked working to promote Francophone culture around the world. - Ma première rentrée des classes
Élodie remembers her first day of school in this A2 bilingual article. - "Pot Luck" [US: The Spanish Apartment]
Discover the plot of the French film "Pot Luck" [US: The Spanish Apartment]. - A delicious essay!
Isabelle has the perfect excuse for not handing her homework in... - A little visitor
A little hedgehog started visiting Inès and her family. - A poem for my mother
Here's a lovely poem by our own Aurélie to celebrate Mother's Day in flowers. - Buying your new school supplies
Alain and his daughter Mila are buying her school supplies for the new year. - Clovis, king of the Franks
Learn about the first king of the Franks. - FFL Tutor
Thérèse teaches French as a Foreign Language to immigrants. - Hello, the Fire Brigade?
Élodie is calling the Fire Brigade. - Holiday [US: vacation] abroad
Mélanie was happy to know some Italian on her holiday [US: vacation]! - I don't want to get sick!
Monica is annoyed: despite all her efforts, she gets sick every year! - If I could start over...
Anne wishes she could do things differently. - Learning to read in French
David talks about how he learned to read fluently in French. - My gap year
Gaspard has big plans for his gap year before university. - My post-university plans
Antony wants to move to Paris after his studies. - Reading assembly instructions
Fiona and Danielle are trying to build a new bookshelf but there's a problem with the instructions. - Ready for school?
Lisa and Jonathan discuss their kids' state of mind before going back to school. - Spring allergies
Blandine is not looking forward to her spring allergies... - Studying abroad
Louis decided to go study abroad next year. - Studying for an exam
Julie, Matthieu and Laurent discuss their revision strategies. - Studying programme
Jérôme and Thomas have a plan to study for their end-of-semester exams. - The year of the Baccalauréat
Laurent is planning the year ahead to prepare his end-of-high school exams. - Useful studying
Aïssa thanks her private tutor Catherine for her help with her studies. - Washing machine problems
Louise's washing machine is broken! What can she do? - Why learn a foreign language?
There are many benefits to learning a foreign language. - Comment est née la langue française ?
Where did the French language come from? Get the short answer in this cute animated video for children. - Encore plus de faits intéressants sur le français
By popular demand, more interesting facts about French, while practising your French reading and listening skills. - L'enseignement en ligne : Témoignage de Céline
Learn about some of the pros and cons of online teaching in this interview with Céline. - L'oral de français en Première
At the end of "Première," the penultimate year of French high school, French students have to take a literary oral exam. Many of the tips offered in this video can be applied to other oral exams. - La Francophonie dans le monde
Learn some interesting facts about the Francophonie in this infographic, while practising your French B1 listening and reading skills. - La rentrée des classes de Mathilde
Discover Mathilde's well-organised plan for the first day back-to-school, , while practising your French B1 reading and listening comprehension. - Le FIFF (Festival International du Film Francophone)
Learn about this great French-language film festival from Namur, Belgium, while practising your B1 French reading and listening comprehension. - Le français moderne
Learn about Modern French in this 5-part series of bilingual articles about the development of French over the centuries. - Le TCF sur ordinateur
Learn how to take the official French test known as TCF (Test de Connaissance du Français), while practising your listening and reading comprehension. - Les cours d'anglais - Gad Elmaleh
Enjoy Gad Elmaleh's stand-up comedy about learning English in this video. - Mon français est fantastique avec Kwiziq !
Discover Rebecca's love for her new language learning tool Kwiziq, while practising your B1 reading and listening comprehension. - Monsieur Grognon
Put your French negation skills to work with this bilingual article - click any phrase to see the English translation as well as links to related French grammar lessons. - Parle-t-on français ailleurs dans le monde ?
Is French spoken anywhere outside of France? Find out in this cute animated video for children. - Partir étudier à l'étranger - les qualités à avoir
Listen to these French students talking about their experience of studying abroad, while practising your French reading and listening comprehension. - Prénoms français
French parents are not completely free to choose their child's first name - learn about some surprising restrictions in this bilingual audio article. - Présentation de l'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
Learn about the organisation behind the International Day of Francophonie in this inspiring video. - Quelques faits intéressants sur le français
Take a break from learning French to learn some interesting facts about the French language, while practising your French reading and listening skills. - A new passport
Grégory needs to renew his passport to go on holiday [US: vacation]. - A teacher's back to school
Teacher Alicia tells us how she prepares for going back to school. - At the university library
Viviane is visiting the university library for the first time and she needs some help. - Calling a private tutor
Joséphine is calling her private tutor to resume their English lessons. - Car problems
David had a horrible time with his car yesterday! - Choosing a different bank
More "responsible" banking options for a different future. - Congratulations on your degree!
Thomas's aunt and uncle send him an email to congratulate him on getting his Master degree. - Disappointing Sales
Justine was very disappointed by this year's winter sale. - Emergency consultation
François is calling his doctor's practice for an emergency consultation. - Etymology of the French word "canicule"
Learn about the surprising etymology of the French word "canicule" (heatwave). - For or against zoos: an opinion
Juliette gives us her balanced opinion on zoos. - France's geography
Learn about France's geographical diversity. - Francophonie's celebrations
Louise presents her city's programme of celebrations for Francophonie's 50th anniversary in 2020. - How long have you been speaking French?
Angélique asks Anna how long she's been speaking French. - Inclusive writing
What do we call "inclusive writing", and how to use it? - It's never too late...
Betty's life-long French dream is finally about to come true. - Learning styles
Learn about the different learning styles. - Leave a voice mail!
Listen to Anne-Sophie and Guy Degrenne's voice mail. - Luxembourg's languages
Learn about the three main languages spoken in Luxembourg. - My dream kitchen
Laura tells us about her great new custom kitchen. - My kids' back-to-school day
Claire is getting ready for the kids' first day back to school. - My plan for the day of my exam
Viviane has perfectly planned for her exam day. - Playground games
Léo and Chloé are playing marbles in the school playground. - Starting secondary school
Christine's grandson is starting secondary school, and there's a lot to think about. - The Baccalaureate Exam
Aurélie tells us what this French exam is about. - The Conservatoire de Paris
Learn about this famous music institution in the French capital. - The Paul Bocuse Institute in Lyon
Marie's son dreams of studying at this world-renowned French cooking school. - The sales
Juliette shopped the sales with her friends. - 20 Mars : Journée de la Francophonie
Celebrate Francophonie by learning about a few less known French-speaking countries, while practising your reading and listening comprehension in French. - Alpine French School
Learn about the Alpine French School where you can ski and learn French at the same time, while practising your listening and reading comprehension. - Bretagne news - sketch by Les Inconnus
Get an (exaggerated) idea about French as it's spoken in Bretagne in this humorous sketch by Les Inconnus (a famous French trio of humorists from the 90's). - Demande d'emploi
This audio article about a job letter was specially written to help you prepare for the listening and reading portions of the AP French exam. - Dialectes et langues régionales
Learn about France's regional dialects in this 5-part series of bilingual articles about the development of French over the centuries. - Histoire d'animaux
Learn or practise some French expressions with animals in this cute bilingual story. - Histoires d'argent
A bilingual text about different relationships to money, rich in French idioms. - La main dans le sac
Learn or practise some idiomatic French expressions in this bilingual caper. - Le DELF-DALF en témoignages
The DELF and DALF are official French proficiency tests. In this video, French teachers in various countries talk about what DELF and DALF mean to them. - Le français classique
Learn about Classical French in this 5-part series of bilingual articles about the development of French over the centuries. - Le moyen français
Learn about Middle French in this 5-part series of bilingual articles about the development of French over the centuries. - Les Français vus par les étrangers
Listen to some opinions about the French by people all over the world while working on your French listening comprehension. - Les stéréotypes sur les Français : mythe ou réalité ?
Have fun debunking (or not!) some clichés about French people, while practising your B2 French reading and listening comprehension. - Mon année à l'étranger
Quelle chance ! Spend a year in France with this audio article and bilingual reader. - Mon répondeur
Listen to a French answering machine and its messages to practise your listening and reading comprehension. - Rentrée de professeur
Get ready for the start of a new school year, while practising your B2 French listening and reading comprehension. - Romance au marché
Enjoy this cute story about love at first sight, packed with delicious French idioms, while practising your B2 French reading and listening comprehension. - A very specific routine
Julie has a very precise daily routine...to the minute ! - A... compromised harmony!
Practise some musical expressions in French with Hélène remembering a jarring member of her old choir. - An Easter catastrophe!
Despite her best efforts to make Easter perfect, Madeleine ended up with egg on her face! - Back to School shopping
Viviane and Christian try and get everything on their children's school supply list. - Conversation at the market
Practise lots of fun French expressions with this lively conversation! - Cultural Refugee Festival
Anne-Claire explains the benefits of their cultural refugee festival. - Discovering Entraygues-sur-Truyère
Gisèle introduces her beloved Aveyron village and its many charms. - Fighting hypocondria
Nathalie talks about her struggle with hypochondria. - First day of school in France
Newcomer Adam and his family experience the French "rentrée des classes" for the first time. - Heating
Amélie asks Marc to help her with the heating system. - I have no money left!
Mathieu tells his friend why he's broke this month. - I need help, Doctor!
Yann tells his doctor about his painful back problems. - Inclusive Winter Traditions
Alice and Marc are talking about ideas to make winter holidays more inclusive of other people's cultures and beliefs. - Information about organ donation in France
Here's some information about organ donation in France. - Interview to be an au pair
Jane applies to be an au pair in France. - It's tough to cram!
Géraldine is struggling to stay focused on revisions in sunny June. - Letters from another time...
Lydia made a romantic discovery in her grandparents' attic... - Love: a complex topic
Julien is interviewing the philosopher Jacqueline Durand to understand the different types of love. - Mister Spendthrift
Geoffrey can't seem to control his spending! - Multilingualism in Alsace
Find out which languages are spoken in Alsace. - Not so easy to order in French!
Colette recalls the first time she ordered food in a French restaurant. - Online teaching
Catherine talks about her experience having to suddenly teach online. - Reading books in a foreign language
Killian and Rose, who are not native French speakers, are chatting about reading books in French. - Rimbaud's poem "Voyelles"
Learn about one of Rimbaud's most famous poems. - Shades of fear
Practise many colourful ways to express fear in French. - Sorbonne University
Learn about the most famous French university. - Sorry teacher
Nina writes a letter of apology after disrespecting her teacher. - Talking about fake news in French
A French-language commission came up with a translation for the ubiquitous expression "fake news". - Thanking the medical staff
Amélie wanted to thank the hospital staff who took care of her father. - The French language in the world
Find out about the impact of French in the world. - The science of language
Linguistics as a science made a giant leap thanks to one great discovery. - 3 Légendes de Bretagne
Discover 3 magical legends from the French region of Brittany, while practising your C1 French reading and listening comprehension. - Alsatian accent
Get an (exaggerated) idea about French as it's spoken in Alsace in this humorous sketch by Les Inconnus (a famous French trio of humorists from the 90's). - Avoir et Être - Yves Duteil
Enjoy Yves Duteil's musical tale about verbs "Avoir et Être", while practising your C1 French listening and reading comprehension. - Ces fautes qui deviennent des règles - La Chronique Langue de Laélia Veron
Learn about the fascinating evolution of the French language, when today's mistakes become tomorrow's rules. - Histoire et origine du français canadien
The French spoken in Québec is different than what you might be used to - but why? Check out this animated video for an explanation of the Québécois accent ... - Savoyard accent
Get an (exaggerated) idea about French as it's spoken in Savoie in this humorous sketch by Les Inconnus (a famous French trio of humorists from the 90s). - Ma semaine dans les Alpes françaises (Mix A2 Level)
Practise your A2 Level French with this Fill-in-the-Blanks kwiz exercise
- Une directrice sévère (Demonstrative Pronouns)
Practise French demonstrative pronouns (celui, celle, ceux, celles) with this Fill-in-the-Blank kwiz exercise
- Mes cours de français (How to express "for")
Practise how to express "for" in French (depuis/pendant/car/pour) with this Fill-in-the-Blanks kwiz exercise
- Mon prof préféré (L'Imparfait)
Practise your French conjugations in L'Imparfait (Indicatif) with this Fill-in-the-Blanks kwiz exercise
- Apprendre en ligne (Le Passé Composé vs L'Imparfait)
Practise when to use Le Passé Composé (Indicatif) vs L'Imparfait (Indicatif) with this Fill-in-the-Blanks exercise
- Pourquoi apprendre une langue étrangère ? (Le Présent)
Practise your French conjugations in Le Présent with this Fill-in-the-Blanks exercise
- Préparer la rentrée scolaire (Le Futur Simple)
Practise your French conjugations in Le Futur Simple (Indicatif) with this Fill-in-the-Blanks kwiz exercise
- En attendant Aline (Le Futur Antérieur)
Practise your French conjugations in Le Futur Antérieur (Indicatif) with this Fill-in-the-blanks exercise
- Agence de ménage à domicile (Le Présent)
Practise your French conjugations in Le Présent (Indicatif) with this Fill-in-the-blanks exercise
- Développer la Francophonie (Plural of Adjectives)
Practise the plural forms of adjectives in French with this Fill-in-the-Blanks kwiz exercise
- La surprise de Madame Charon (Three types of "you")
Practise the three types of "you" in French with this Fill-in-the-blanks exercise
- Permis de conduire raté ! (Le Passé Composé)
Practise your French conjugations in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif) with this Fill-in-the-blanks exercise
- Préparer sa première rentrée (Le Passé Composé)
Practise your French conjugations in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif) with this Fill-in-the-blanks exercise
- Rentrée à l'université (Agreement of Adjectives)
Practise the agreement of French adjectives with this Fill-in-the-Blanks kwiz exercise
- Le français au Vietnam (Mixed Conjugations A1 to B1)
Practise your French Conjugation Tenses (Tense+Mood+Aspect) (Levels A1 to B1) with this Fill-in-the-Blanks kwiz!
- Vive la rentrée ! (Vocabulaire)
Practise your French School vocabulary in French vocabulary with this Fill-in-the-Blank kwiz exercise !
- Réunion de classe de Terminale (Verbs followed by à or de)
Practise a selection of List of verbs followed by the preposition de and an indirect object in French - 1 and List of verbs followed by the preposition à and an indirect object in French - 1 with this Fill-in-the-Blanks kwiz exercise
- Mes matières préférées (Vocabulaire)
Practise your School subjects vocabulary in French vocabulary with this Fill-in-the-Blank kwiz exercise !
- Comment réussir un bon gigot (Vocabulaire)
Practise your French Cooking verbs in French vocabulary with this Fill-in-the-Blanks kwiz!
- Conseils et astuces en cuisine (Vocabulaire)
Practise your French Cooking verbs in French vocabulary with this Fill-in-the-Blanks kwiz!
- L'arrière-saison (Vocabulaire)
Practise your French Fall/autumn vocabulary in French vocabulary with this Fill-in-the-Blanks kwiz!
- Vive les soldes d'hiver ! (Vocabulaire)
Practise your French Winter clothes vocabulary in French vocabulary with this Fill-in-the-Blanks kwiz!
- L'université, c'est génial ! (Vocabulaire)
Practise your French University Vocabulary in French vocabulary with this Fill-in-the-Blanks kwiz!
- Les pays francophones d'Afrique (Vocabulaire)
Practise your Countries of Francophonie in French with this Fill-in-the-Blanks kwiz!
