Viennoiseries françaises

"French pastries"
French C1 dictation exercise

Mélanie talks about her guilty pleasure: French "viennoiserie" pastries.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "haut/e comme trois pommes", "un péché mignon", "une viennoiserie", "une devanture", "regorger de", "s'en lécher les babines", "alléchant/e", "faire de l'œil à", "un choix cornélien", "un chouchou", "le pavé suisse", "une pâte briochée", "fourrer", "la crème patissière", "faire tourner la tête", "s'en remettre au hasard".

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
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