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DELF, DALF & exams
Practice tasks, model answers and preparation advice for French exams.
QuizA1
DELF A1 reading practice: which room advert fits?
Read two short French room adverts and answer nine questions about furniture, location, rent and availability. Match every detail to Nora’s needs.
Verb drillB1
French grammar feedback: practise the pattern behind the correction
Turn three kinds of grammar feedback into fresh French sentences: hypothetical si clauses, adjective agreement and participles with a preceding object.
DialogueA1
A1 French partner role-play: book an exhibition visit
Practise an A1 French exhibition booking with a partner. Ask about times, check the end time and change your reply when one visit is full.
Practical guideA2
Review an A2 French past account: plan, change and reaction
Review a short French account with a changed plan. Compare a draft and revision, check passé composé and imparfait, and rehearse a follow-up answer.
Gap-fillC1
C1 French cloze: from scanned archive to searchable collection
Complete an archive progress note with eight linking expressions. Read the source notes first, then distinguish scanning, description and checked dates.
Cheat sheetB1
French reading evidence notes: keep the fact and its limit together
Build compact B1 reading notes from an email-only registration notice. Keep the source, number, time and uncertainty attached to each claim.
PhrasebookA1
DELF A1 speaking: ask for a room number again
Practise French clarification phrases for a room number: request repetition, check the last digit and confirm room 214 on the first floor.
ArticleB2
French range and accuracy: improve the sentence, keep the meaning
Compare contrast, condition and concession in French. Learn what range and accuracy feedback asks you to change, then repair six short sentences.
Real documentC1
A survey and an editorial disagree: can their numbers share a sentence?
Read a French survey and editorial with different populations and dates, then combine their claims without averaging incompatible percentages.
Exam practiceB2
B2 French letter: arrange a museum group visit
Write to a museum for twelve French learners: request a written route, ask for a space to read instructions, and find out how to book.
ReadingB2
B2 French inference: match each claim to the museum notice
Read a museum booking notice and test five claims. Distinguish a supported inference, a contradicted closure claim and details the notice leaves open.
QuizB2
French inference quiz: what does the passage actually support?
Eight B2 reading questions on implied conclusions, missing causes and the purpose of examples. Each answer shows the link from French evidence to conclusion.
Verb drillC1
C1 French reformulation drill: matching language-exchange partners
Turn actions into noun phrases and complete a French recommendation about language exchanges, shared availability and a session format to agree together.
DialogueB2
French counterarguments: answer the concern and improve the proposal
Rehearse a French discussion about evening workshops, acknowledge an access concern and revise the proposal with a relevant response.
Practical guideB1
French self-assessment: what can you check in one practice answer?
Review a short French reply using evidence, a checklist and a fresh attempt. Separate task coverage, language control and the help you used.
Gap-fillB1
DELF B1 gap-fill: propose funding for a repair workshop
Complete a French proposal for a repair-workshop trial. Practise connectors and agreements, distinguish a free room from the full budget and answer a repair guarantee objection.
Cheat sheetB1
DELF B1 speaking sheet: should the library open later?
Build a French opinion on a one-month library evening trial. Use five speaking moves, answer a staff-rota objection and explore the library vocabulary.
PhrasebookA2
Exchange clothes in French when the new size arrives too late
Ask for a different jacket size in French, explain why Monday is too late and try another colour. Phrases, picture vocabulary and three practice questions.
ArticleB2
French writing coherence: fix the link before adding connectors
Compare two French recommendations, repair an unclear reference and choose connectors that express a real cause, contrast or consequence.
Exam practiceC1
A French appeal to emotion that still gives the audience a reason
Write a C1 French open letter using one concrete case, an explicit criterion and a limited emotional appeal. Keep the reason visible beneath the pathos.
ReadingC2
C2 French reading: books in storage and the value of browsing
Follow books from open shelves to library storage. Read three French voices on access, catalogue records and discovery, with a library scene and questions.
QuizA1
DELF A1 speaking question cards: turn a topic into a question
Turn ville, travail and loisirs into French questions. Try eight choices on topic cards, question words and follow-ups that fit your partner’s reply.
Verb drillA2
DELF A2 speaking: explain how your learning habits changed
Practise a before-and-now account in French: describe an old habit, a new routine and a result, with ten gaps and follow-up speaking prompts.
DialogueA2
Change an appointment in French: compare two new times
Practise a French appointment call with hidden speaking lines. Reject an unsuitable time, accept Friday morning and confirm which booking it replaces.
Practical guideB1
B1 French opinion review: make your claim fit your example
Review a proposal for a neighbourhood lending library. Replace an overclaim, keep a practical difficulty and rehearse a reply to an objection.
Gap-fillA2
A2 French gap-fill: pause a newsletter for June
Complete a French newsletter request and reply. Practise the pause period, the July restart and the difference between keeping registration and receiving emails.
Cheat sheetB1
French exam revision: choose the next thing to practise
Choose a French revision priority from real feedback: repair meaning, check recurrence and pick a focused next task. Includes a decision sheet and quiz.
PhrasebookB2
French register feedback: make the same request for two readers
Change a friendly French request into a courteous email. Practise greetings, tu and vous, deadlines and closings while keeping the request intact.
ArticleB1
How to compare your French response with a model answer
Compare two French replies against the same brief. Check task coverage, facts, register and grammar, then practise choosing a useful correction.
Exam practiceA1
DELF A1 writing practice: tell a visitor where to go on arrival
Write a French arrival note for Adam: Tuesday at ten, reception first, Nora in room B and a place to wait. Includes a model, scene and checklist.
ReadingC2
C2 French reading: how a translation jury explains its choice
Compare a jury’s criterion, a translator’s reservation and a critic’s response. Practise reading qualified judgements and the difference between form and function.
QuizB1
French names and numbers quiz: who did what, and how many?
Read an organiser’s French update, then answer eight questions on names, group totals, ticket prices, duration and corrected quantities. B1 practice with pictures.
Verb drillB2
B2 French formal requests: turn assumed approval into a question
Repair an equipment-loan letter that confirms too much. Compare requests and commitments, then practise six precise French request forms.
DialogueA2
A2 French counteroffers: respond when the plan changes
Practise a photography-workshop dialogue: keep a €15 budget and a home-before-one limit while the partner offers different times and prices.
Practical guideB1
Retry a French reading task: postponed, moved or cancelled?
Work through a postponement, then retry with new wording. Compare reporté, déplacé and annulé in four short notices with questions and a checklist.
Gap-fillA2
DELF A2 speaking: recount a change of plan with a gap-fill story
Complete Adam’s French account of a missed exhibition and an afternoon drawing in a garden, then answer follow-up questions about the outing.
