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Gap-fill exercises

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

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Everyday FrenchGap-fillA2
When is the washing machine free? French laundry gap-fill
Arrange a shared washing-machine slot, ask before moving clothes and confirm a start time. Complete a short French flatshare story with nine gaps.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-fillB1
French task facts: keep the date, role and booking status straight
Complete a French booking email using a fixed fact sheet. Keep Saturday, the club member’s role and the pending room request accurate.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
Tant pis or tant mieux: fill the gaps in a change of plans
Practise tant pis and tant mieux in a short French exchange about changing plans, with six gaps, translations and a check on tant pis pour toi.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB2
Faute de: explain what was missing, then complete the report
Faute de means for lack of. Compare noun and infinitive patterns, distinguish a past cause from a future deadline, and complete a six-gap project report.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: fabric, colours and curtain measurements
Choose fabric, colour and measurement words in a French curtain-shopping story. Twelve A2 gaps, picture cards and a full English translation.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB2
French B2 gap-fill: reporting a promotion rumour and a decision
Complete 12 reporting and tense gaps as a promotion rumour becomes a confirmed decision. Distinguish conditional reports from facts, with translation.
Reading & writingGap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: follow a parcel from shop to customer
Complete twelve gaps with sequence markers and clear noun references. Follow a parcel through a shopkeeper, a courier and a customer, with translation.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillB2
Set a French meeting topic aside: practise the return
Fill eight gaps in a French meeting exchange to defer a budget question, return to it and arrange a separate discussion with clear next steps.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-fillA1
DELF A1 weather practice: a rainy afternoon and a new plan
Read a short French forecast and a change of plan, then complete six gaps about the day, weather, museum visit and postponed walk.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: politely refuse an extra volunteer shift
Complete 12 tactful refusal expressions when an extra shift clashes with an existing commitment. Give a firm answer and a specific alternative, with translation.
Grammar & usageGap-fillA1
French A1 gap-fill: a desk beside the window
Practise French place prepositions in a short story about setting up a desk: à côté de, devant, sous, sur, entre, en face de. Fill the gaps and check.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA1
French A1 gap-fill: a suitcase for warm and cold days
Nina packs for a sunny trip, then the forecast changes. Fill in clothes and accessory words in this short French story, with a translation.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillA1
French A1 gap-fill: the last customer at the bakery
Fill present-tense -er and common verbs in a short story at closing time: fermer, arriver, demander, rester, prendre. Instant checking and a translation.
Reading & writingGap-fillA2
A2 French gap-fill story: the green chair comes home
Complete a French story about a grandmother’s repaired chair. Practise repair verbs, past participles and object vocabulary with picture cards.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillB1
A shared bill in French: total, your share and the transfer
Fill the gaps in a French flatshare exchange about an internet bill. Check the two-month total, the equal split and a transfer planned for tomorrow.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-fillB2
B2 French writing: describe attendance figures accurately
Turn 22 and 30 recorded entries into a precise French column. Complete nine gaps, distinguish a rise from its cause, then check three claims.
Culture & registerGap-fillB1
Maintenant, désormais, bientôt: French time words in a cloze story
Place French time words around a reference point. Complete an event-planning story, then distinguish a current state, a new rule and a later event.
Grammar & usageGap-fillA2
French A2 object-pronoun gap-fill: borrowing a neighbour’s ladder
Fill twelve object-pronoun gaps as a ladder goes from Karim to his neighbour and back. Includes picture vocabulary, a full translation and three questions.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA1
Se lever or se réveiller? Practise a French morning routine
Wake up, stay in bed, then get up: compare se réveiller and se lever, check their present forms and complete a short morning story.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillB1
French B1 conditional gap-fill: a trainee asks for a second chance
Complete twelve conditional forms in a workplace conversation. A trainee owns a scheduling mistake, explains a repair and asks for another chance.
Reading & writingGap-fillA1
A1 French gap-fill: a rainy day becomes a drawing afternoon
Fill ten verb gaps in a rainy-day change of plan. Practise present preferences and aller plus infinitive as friends move from an outdoor outing to drawing.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillC1
Reopen a decision in French: a C1 meeting gap-fill
Complete a French meeting exchange about new information. Practise recalling an earlier decision, explaining the change and limiting what needs review.
Grammar & usageGap-fillA2
French determiners in a paragraph: which flat, which objects?
Follow un, le, ce and chaque through a flat viewing, then complete a linked paragraph. Includes a room scene and questions on reference and group size.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Jour or journée: practise “every day” and “all day”
Choose jour or journée in a short French gap-fill story. Compare calendar days, time spent, tous les jours, toute la journée and Bonne journée.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillA2
What was happening? French imparfait and en train de
Complete a French scene with actions already in progress. Compare je travaillais and j’étais en train de travailler, then check the background–event contrast.
Reading & writingGap-fillB2
French paragraph flow: repair the links, then fill the gaps
Repair a French paragraph about rehearsal hours. Trace pronouns, organise the ideas and choose connectors that match the reasoning, then try a short gap-fill.
Grammar & usageGap-fillA2
Nulle part in French: nowhere, anywhere and nowhere else
Use ne…nulle part to say nowhere. Follow a search for a missing key, compare rien and nulle part, then complete a short French story.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Cru, cuit, cuire or cuisiner? A French food gap-fill
Describe raw and cooked ingredients, compare cuire and cuisiner, then fill eight gaps in a dinner scene. Includes food picture cards and adjective agreement.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: a first night shift
Choose passé composé or imparfait in a short story about a nurse's first night shift. Background or event? Fill the gaps and check your choices.
Reading & writingGap-fillB2
French paragraph flow: link known and new information
Follow a French paragraph from a proposal to its practical conditions. Fill eight gaps, trace the reference chain and compare two natural sentence openings.
Grammar & usageGap-fillB1
Depuis que: a French gap-fill about a new routine
Use depuis que to say what has changed since an event. Complete a short workplace story and compare a routine continuing now with a past viewpoint.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Habitude or routine: complete a French morning story
Learn une habitude, d’habitude and avoir l’habitude de, then complete a morning cloze that contrasts one repeated action with a whole routine.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillA1
French A1 gap-fill: Sunday at the animal shelter
A short French story about volunteering at an animal shelter. Fill present-tense verbs: nourrir, nettoyer, promener, jouer, adopter. Check and read the translation.
Grammar & usageGap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: the flat with the blue shutters
Camille must choose between two flats. Fill comparatives (plus… que, moins… que, aussi… que, meilleur, mieux) and adjective forms in this short French story.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Voyage, trajet or séjour? Complete a weekend travel story
Separate a whole trip, travel between places and time at a destination. Complete a French weekend story with voyage, trajet and séjour, with translation.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillA2
French A2 past-tense gap-fill: a cooking lesson ends early
Complete twelve passé composé forms as a cooking student makes a mistake and starts again. Practise reflexive verbs, auxiliaries and agreement.