Visite de la Seine

"Tour on the Seine"
French C1 dictation exercise

Discover Paris from the Seine river with this audioguide description.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "pittoresque", "un bateau-mouche", "faire la renommée de", "un garde-corps (pont)", "sculpté", "orné de", "un réverbère", "un cinéaste", "une esplanade", "aspirer à", "un tombeau", "une coupole".

I'll play you French speech in sections for you to transcribe

  • Start by listening to the whole piece then hit start
  • Play each section and write down what you hear
  • I'll show you correct answers after each for you to mark yourself
Start the exercise
How the test works
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