Ma grand-mère, une pâtissière exceptionnelle
French dictation exercise

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard , HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE

Mélanie remembers the summer afternoons she spent watching her grandmother baking delicious treats.


Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise:
"un mas", "lumineux", "autodidacte", "pétrir", "saupoudrer de", "une passoire", "rincer", "un puits", "étaler", "gorgé de soleil", "une mosaïque".

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: L'Imparfait, Pronom d'objet direct, Adverbe
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