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Un coup de fil de la maison

"A call from home"
French C1 dictation exercise

Student Benoît's mother calls him to catch up.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "arriver à [faire]", "que prévu", "un texto", "se faire un sang d'encre", "enfin bref", "aux alentours de", "ramener", "le linge sale", "la laverie automatique", "jusqu'à nouvel ordre", "refaire un stock de [quelque chose] pour [quelqu'un]", "digne.s de ce nom".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-11-23

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
You’ll practise: Pronom d'objet direct, Pronom d'objet indirect, Le Présent (Indicatif)
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