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Gap-fill exercises

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

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French B1 gap-fill: whose meal is in the shared freezer?
Fill 12 ownership gaps as flatmates identify unlabelled meals. Practise le mien, la tienne, les nôtres and à qui with picture cards and a translation.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Tâche, projet or tache? Plan a French podcast and fill the gaps
Separate a project from its tasks, spot the accent in tâche and tache, and complete a short French story about preparing a student podcast.
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Aujourd’hui, demain, ici: a reported-speech gap-fill
Follow a Monday conversation in Lyon into a Wednesday report in Paris. Fill the time and place expressions while keeping the original dates clear.
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Une fois que: once one step is complete
Follow a French baking plan with une fois que. Compare present, past and future stages, then fill eight gaps in a short text with tense hints.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Encore, toujours and déjà: a day with eight gaps
Practise still, again, always and already in a French workday. Compare pas encore, toujours pas and pas toujours, then complete eight gaps.
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Jusqu’à ce que: practise “until” with a French cloze
Use jusqu’à ce que + subjunctive for an event that ends an action. Study the forms, complete a rehearsal scene and compare until with a fixed time.
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Réutiliser or recycler: complete a French workshop story
Follow a community workshop and fill eight gaps with reuse and recycling vocabulary. Compare the same object used again with material made into something new.
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Parce que, en effet or donc? Follow the reason and the result
Complete a French committee update with reason and result links. Compare a claim followed by support with a circumstance followed by a consequence.
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French A2 gap-fill: indirect object pronouns in a group message
Fill twelve French indirect-object pronoun gaps after a message reaches the wrong group. Track each sender and recipient, with an English translation.
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Celui, celle, ceux, celles: choose the one you mean
Replace a repeated noun with celui, celle, ceux or celles. Read a book-club gap-fill and practise identifying the one you mean.
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Un, une, des: describe a new flat in French
Introduce furniture with un, une and des in a moving-in story. Practise noun gender, plural articles and de after an ordinary negative.
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French A2 cause and contrast gap-fill: the picnic moved indoors
Complete twelve gaps with cause, result and contrast links as rain moves a picnic indoors. Includes picturecards, an English translation and a short quiz.
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En résumé or en conclusion? Practise closing a French paragraph
Distinguish a short summary from a final judgement. Read paired endings, then fill six connector gaps in short French paragraphs with English support.
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French A1 gap-fill: breakfast for two different tastes
A short French story with gaps: Paul and Mia want very different breakfasts. Fill in du, de la, des, le, la and simple adjectives, then check.
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French B1 gap-fill: reported questions and route instructions
Complete 12 reported questions and commands as a guide compares two walking routes. Practise si, ce que and de plus an infinitive, with a translation.