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Gap-fill exercises

Short texts with gaps to fill, checked as you go.

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Grammar & usageGap-fillA1

French A1 gap-fill: a family video call across three homes

Fill possessive adjectives and subject pronouns in a short story about a family video call: mon, ma, mes, son, sa, ses, notre, leur. Check and read the translation.

Reading & writingGap-fillC1
End a French synthesis with agreement, a condition and a limit
Everyday FrenchGap-fillB1
Change plans because of the weather in French: a gap-fill exchange
DELF, DALF & examsGap-fillB1
DELF B1 gap-fill: give your view on a hybrid class

Words & expressionsGap-fillB1

Briller or éclairer? A French gap-fill story about light

Choose briller or éclairer in an eight-gap terrace story. Compare shining, reflected light and lighting a place, with present-tense forms and a translation.

Verbs & tensesGap-fillA2

Passé composé gap-fill story: Un dimanche au marché (A2)

Fill ten gaps in a short French story with the passé composé, including être verbs and irregular participles, with an English translation.

Culture & registerGap-fillA2
Bouquin or livre: a book recommendation with French gaps to fill
Learn the familiar word bouquin beside neutral livre, explore four kinds of book in pictures, then complete a short story about sharing a good read.
Pronunciation & listeningGap-fillA1
French in, ain and ein: practise the nasal vowel in a lunch story
Meet /ɛ̃/ in vin, pain and plein, compare fin with fine, then complete a French lunch story with eight gaps and picture clues.
Grammar & usageGap-fillA2
Ne…plus: a gap-fill story about habits that have changed
Complete a short French text about changing digital and shopping habits. Practise no longer, no more left, plus de and object-pronoun order.
Words & expressionsGap-fillB1
Partager, diviser, répartir: plan a shared lunch in French
Share lunch, divide a total and allocate tasks with partager, diviser and répartir. Study the patterns, then complete a French planning scene.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: a lift that stops between floors
Two colleagues get stuck in a lift. Fill passé composé verbs (with avoir and être) and time markers in this short French story, then check.
Reading & writingGap-fillA1
A1 French gap-fill: a museum trip with one changed meeting point
Complete ten gaps in a French museum-outing plan. Track the changed meeting point, keep the museum as the destination and use the simple near future.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillB1
French group plans: express a preference and find a compromise
Fill the gaps in a French group chat about a walk or an exhibition. Compare preferences, check a time limit and confirm a plan that works for everyone.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-fillA1
Describe your weekend in French: usual habits and next Sunday’s plan
Complete Nora’s weekend account, from Saturday work to next Sunday’s family visit. Practise le samedi, souvent and dimanche prochain.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
Build French idiom cloze cards: practise the whole phrase
Build better French idiom cards with clear cues, whole-phrase gaps and checked pronouns. Try six gaps with donner un coup de main and tenir au courant.
Pronunciation & listeningGap-fillB1
French podcast practice: follow the signposts back to the topic
Complete a French podcast extract about commuting. Practise d’abord, ensuite, à propos and revenons, and keep an example separate from the conclusion.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB1
French B1 relative pronouns gap-fill: a volunteer fixes the timetable
Choose qui, que, où and dont in twelve gaps about a volunteer solving a room-booking clash. Follow the timetable changes with a complete translation.
Words & expressionsGap-fillB1
Nourriture, aliments, alimentation: a French food gap-fill
Talk about food in general, individual foods and everyday eating habits. Learn the nouns with six pictures and an eight-gap picnic story.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillA2
Doing it now or just finished? A French hotel-message cloze
Complete a French arrival message with venir de, être en train de and a planned next step. Compare ongoing and completed actions, with travel picture cards.
Reading & writingGap-fillB2
Make cela and cette mesure clear in a French paragraph
Replace vague references with precise French noun phrases. Study two clear rewrites, then complete a five-gap paragraph using a focused word bank.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillB1
A French flatshare note: routines, swaps and pending requests
Read a French flatshare agreement, separate the usual rota from a temporary swap, then complete a message with six gaps and check the guest request.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-fillB2
B2 French gap-fill: follow an exhibition recording proposal
Read a French exhibition proposal, then complete its summary. Track voluntary recording, approval of each excerpt and the decision still to come.
Culture & registerGap-fillB2
French B2 gap-fill: clarify an ambiguous interview answer
Complete 12 stance and reformulation markers in a French interview, then distinguish support, reservation and a concrete commitment.
Pronunciation & listeningGap-fillB1
La mie or l’amie? Find French word boundaries in context
Complete a short French scene with la mie, l’amie, la pelle and l’appel. Use the sentence to choose between phrases that share a pronunciation.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB1
Certains… d’autres: complete a French meeting report
Practise certains, certaines and d’autres in a short French report. Check plural agreement and see how les autres picks out the remaining members.
Words & expressionsGap-fillB1
Poser or déposer? A French gap-fill about everyday errands
Put down your glasses, drop off a parcel and submit a form. Practise poser and déposer in a short present-tense story with eight gaps and pictures.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillA2
Venir de + infinitive: a French recent-past gap-fill
Use je viens de finir and nous venons d’arriver in a station reunion story. Practise venir forms, elision and the past viewpoint je venais de.
Reading & writingGap-fillA2
Write French from meaning notes: an invitation gap-fill
Turn brief notes into a French invitation and a reply. Practise the person, purpose, place, day and time, then check that a suggestion stays a suggestion.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillA2
Collecting the keys in French: agree the time, place and person
Arrange a key handover in French, distinguish a free property from a booked appointment, then complete a confirmation message with six gaps.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-fillA1
DELF A1 speaking: describe a visit plan and something you’d like to do
Talk about a two-day visit to Lyon, your train journey and a museum wish. Complete Nora’s account, then practise three short follow-up answers.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
Laisser tomber: practise “drop it” in a French gap-fill story
Drop a plan, set a detail aside or let a notebook fall. Learn the meanings of laisser tomber, then complete six gaps in a story about three friends.
Pronunciation & listeningGap-fillA2
De, du or des? Follow the small words in a French café order
Compare the vowels in de, du and des, then fill eight gaps in a café scene. Use quantity, negation and liaison clues to follow connected speech.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB2
Quitte à: “even if it means…” in French
Use quitte à with an infinitive to accept a possible cost. Follow an editing decision through eight gaps and compare a trade-off with a condition.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Ajouter or compléter? Fill the gaps in a French message exchange
Add a detail or fill a gap? Follow a French workshop registration, practise ajoute and complète, and see why extra information can leave an answer incomplete.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: plus-que-parfait at a ten-year reunion
Fill twelve gaps in a reunion story. Use the plus-que-parfait for earlier events, the imparfait for background and the passé composé for the meeting.
Reading & writingGap-fillA2
French garden rota: read the changes and fill the gaps
Read a community garden rota and three volunteer messages in French. Complete eight gaps about who opens the gate, changed tasks and shared equipment.