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Gap-fill exercises

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

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Everyday FrenchGap-fillA2
Accept shopping help but decline a visit in French: gap-fill messages
Complete French messages that accept an errand, decline a visit and arrange a doorstep drop-off. Includes a word bank, pictures and English translations.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-fillC2
C2 French gap-fill: evidence and proposals in a lighting consultation
Read three French consultation statements, then complete a summary with precise connectors and verb forms. Explore the venue and separate findings from proposals.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
Pas la peine: “no need” in French, with a gap-fill conversation
Learn pas la peine de, distinguish it from en valoir la peine, then complete a short conversation about preparing a presentation with six guided gaps.
Pronunciation & listeningGap-fillA2
French -er, -é and -ez: choose the spelling in a gap-fill
Parler, parlé and parlez share /e/. Use the sentence to choose infinitives, past participles and vous forms in an eight-gap French story.
Grammar & usageGap-fillA2
Du, de la or de l’' Complete a French breakfast
Choose French partitive articles in a breakfast gap-fill, with food picture cards and clear contrasts for quantities, negatives and one serving.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Attendre or espérer? A gap-fill story about waiting and hoping
Wait for a bus, hope for a seat and expect a delay. Fill eight gaps in a French journey using attendre, espérer and s’attendre à, with a translation.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillA2
French imparfait gap-fill: a childhood memory with 12 answers
Complete a childhood memory with 12 imparfait forms, including avais, était, commençaient and mangions. Translation and quiz included.
Reading & writingGap-fillB2
French B2 gap-fill: connectors in a workplace proposal
Fill 12 cohesive and evaluative expressions as an apprentice proposes a workshop change. Follow an objection, a trial and a measured conclusion, with translation.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillB1
Explain a health timeline in French: since, then and no longer
Practise a French symptom timeline with eight gaps. Say when a symptom began, what changed and what is still happening, with a translation.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-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.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: change a formal email into a friendly message
Complete 12 greetings, requests and sign-offs as an email changes recipient. Compare a professional request with a message to a friend, with translation.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB2
À mesure que: follow gradual change in a French gap-fill
Complete a short text about revising a translation, practise indicative forms after à mesure que and compare gradual change with dès que.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Forêt or bois: a walk in the woods and a wooden bench
Practise forêt, bois and en bois in a short gap-fill story. Picture cards and examples separate a forest, a small wood and wood as a material.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
Long actions in French: passé composé or imparfait?
A ten-year job can use the passé composé. Compare whole periods with background situations, then complete a short account of a summer job.
Reading & writingGap-fillB2
A problem-and-solution paragraph in French: guided gap-fill
Build a French paragraph from a concrete problem to a useful solution. Complete eight gaps, track the cause and effect, and check the condition for success.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillA1
French A1 gap-fill: choosing a meal on a small budget
Emma has 15 euros for lunch. Fill in prices and numbers in this short French story: menu prices, totals and change. With instant checking and a translation.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-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.
Culture & registerGap-fillB2
S’avérer or se révéler: practise how something turns out
Compare s’avérer utile, se révéler difficile and révéler une erreur. Complete a short report with eight gaps and check accents and past agreement.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB2
French B2 gap-fill: concession and contingency during a heatwave
Complete 12 concession and contingency links as a theatre changes its programme. Follow backup plans and ticket-holder options, with pictures and translation.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Travail or emploi? Fill the gaps in a French job search
Practise travail, emploi, travaux and mode d’emploi in a short job-search story. Compare work to do, a job position and instructions for use.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
Check a French past-tense paragraph: revise, then fill the gaps
Work through a French past-tense revision, then complete a new paragraph with imparfait, passé composé and plus-que-parfait forms.
Reading & writingGap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: time expressions in a sailing instructor’s day
Complete 12 chronology and duration expressions in a sailing instructor’s profile. Contrast depuis, pendant and en, with sailing pictures and translation.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillA1
French A1 gap-fill: lunch at twelve or half past?
Two colleagues try to find a lunch time that works. Fill in midi, et demie, moins le quart and other time expressions in this short French story.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-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.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
Désormais or dorénavant: practise “from now on” in French
Follow a team’s new routine with désormais and dorénavant. Compare a changed situation with future habits, then complete six gaps with feedback.
Grammar & usageGap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: questions and times in a dinner invitation
Arrange dinner on one of two evenings in this French A2 gap-fill. Twelve cues practise question words, dates, clock times and time expressions.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Rencontrer or retrouver: a meeting and a lost notebook
Complete a short French story about a chance encounter, an arranged meeting and a lost notebook. Compare rencontrer, retrouver and se retrouver.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
J’aurais dû: practise “should have” in a French regret story
Choose j’aurais dû, j’aurais pu or j’aurais aimé, then complete a short account of a missed meeting. Includes negative regrets and a translation.
Reading & writingGap-fillA2
A2 French gap-fill story: football after the rain
Complete ten passé composé gaps in Sara’s rainy-day football story. Practise être, avoir and agreement, with sports pictures and an English translation.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillB1
Give a French work progress update: finished, underway, still to do
Build a precise French status update, then complete eight gaps on finished work, work in progress and the next expected review version.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-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.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
Aussitôt or immédiatement: a French timing cloze
Follow a last-minute change of plan and practise aussitôt, immédiatement and aussi tôt. A short reference table comes before the six-gap story.
Grammar & usageGap-fillA2
Quelqu’un or quelque chose? A French moving-day gap-fill
Choose someone or something in a moving-day story. Practise singular verbs, qui and que, then check what you understood with three questions.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA1
French A1 gap-fill: packing for a swimming lesson
A short French story with gaps about packing a swimming bag: le maillot, la serviette, le bonnet, les lunettes. Pick the right word from the word bank.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillA2
French past-tense diary: complete a day at the market
Fill nine gaps in an A2 diary entry, separating the scene from completed events. Includes picture prompts, an English translation and a writing checklist.
Reading & writingGap-fillA1
Use a French writing model, then make the message your own
Practise an A1 introduction from a model: identify each sentence’s job, adapt the details and rebuild a new message with eight guided gaps.