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Reading practice

Reading practice for learners of French, from A1 to C2.

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Everyday FrenchReadingC1
Accord de principe: read a conditional agreement in French
Read a French agreement in principle and two follow-up emails. Track room confirmation, budget approval and the condition for sending invitations.
Verbs & tensesReadingB2
Reading French literary verbs: recognise vint, prit and eut fini
Read a short scene, recover six literary verb forms and compare eut with eût. Glosses, a form table and four questions keep meaning in view.
Culture & registerReadingB2
Préconiser or recommander: read a proposal without changing its meaning
Read a short French editorial note using préconiser and recommander. Compare their patterns and distinguish a suggested change from an adopted decision.
Reading & writingReadingA2
French vocabulary in context: let the actions reveal the meaning
Read a short art-studio scene and use actions to interpret toile, dossier and pièce. Picture cards and four questions help you test each meaning in context.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB2
B2 French reading: who holds each view in a garden debate?
Read a French garden debate and separate a volunteer’s quotation from the writer’s response. Practise attribution, concession and a pending proposal.
Grammar & usageReadingB2
Follow French pronouns through a paragraph: who does what?
Read a short French handover, trace la, lui, celui and cela, then untangle an ambiguous elle. Includes a reference map and five reading questions.
Words & expressionsReadingB1
Article or reportage? Read a reporter’s morning at a workshop
A short French reading shows how an article can also be a reportage. Explore media vocabulary, glossed phrases and four comprehension questions.
Everyday FrenchReadingC1
A French meeting recap: keep conditions and decisions clear
Read a meeting exchange and a French recap, then update one condition. Practise keeping approval, responsibility and the next action clear in a summary.
Reading & writingReadingA2
A2 French reading: which pottery class suits Lina?
Compare two French pottery classes with Lina’s availability. Read the timetable change, learn pictured workshop words and choose the right follow-up question.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB2
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.
Grammar & usageReadingB1
C’est-à-dire: read a French programme and its clarifications
Read a short French course announcement with c’est-à-dire, c’est-à-dire que and c’est-à-dire qu’. Glosses, translations and questions distinguish meaning from examples.
Words & expressionsReadingB1
Preuve or indice? Follow the clues in a missing-bag story
Read a short B1 French story about a missing bag. Distinguish a clue from proof, learn evidence phrases and answer four reading questions.
Everyday FrenchReadingA2
What does a French breakfast set include? Read the menu and ask
Read a French breakfast offer, then follow a customer checking the drink choices and an extra croissant. Includes glosses, food pictures and questions.
Reading & writingReadingB2
B2 French short story: a promotion with an unexpected condition
Read a B2 French workplace story about a promotion and an unspoken cost, with eight glosses, full translation and questions that distinguish evidence from inference.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingC2
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.
Grammar & usageReadingC2
Partant in French: therefore, starting from or willing?
Read partant as a formal therefore, then distinguish partant de cette idée and être partant. A short reading, three-way comparison and four questions.
Words & expressionsReadingA2
Nouvelle or actualité? Read personal news, local news and a story
Read three short French texts to distinguish des nouvelles, l’actualité and une nouvelle. Includes vocabulary notes, pictures and four questions.
Everyday FrenchReadingA2
A drink or dinner? Clarify a French invitation
Read three French messages to clarify an invitation: drinks or dinner, whether a friend is invited and what to bring. Includes glosses and questions.
Reading & writingReadingA2
French reading at A2: a story about a missed train
Read a short story, follow its meaning, and notice how French separates a background from an event.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingC2
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.
Grammar & usageReadingC1
Plus long que je ne pensais: read ne in a French comparison
Read a short report with plus and moins comparisons. Learn why ne can be non-negative, keep the comparison direction clear and check your reading.
Words & expressionsReadingB1
French news vocabulary in context: source, rumour and denial
Read a short local report and learn source, rumeur, démenti and reporting phrases. Practise keeping the speaker and uncertainty in your vocabulary notes.
Reading & writingReadingB1
B1 French reading: a clay vase waiting for the kiln
Read a pottery-studio scene in French. Explore the room, learn argile and cuisson, and distinguish a finished shape from the next stage of the work.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingC1
C1 French reading: make a newspaper correction visible
Follow a student newspaper’s Friday-to-Saturday correction, compare two editorial proposals and choose a precise public note supported by the exchange.
Grammar & usageReadingC1
Quoi qu’il en soit: “in any case” in a French discussion
Read three messages about an uncertain deadline. See how quoi qu’il en soit returns to the next action, then test meaning, spelling and verb forms.
Words & expressionsReadingB1
Salaire or revenu: read a French monthly income note
Read a short French text about salary and extra income. Compare salaire, revenu, brut, net, mensuel and annuel, then answer four reading questions.
Reading & writingReadingA2
A2 French reading: can you come to the book swap?
Read a French book-swap notice with translation and glosses. Check accepted books, free entry and the separate booking for an author reading.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingC2
C2 French reading: who says what on a museum label?
Read a donor’s letter, a museum label and a visitor’s comment. Track two transfers of a metal cup and practise attribution with selon and the conditional.
Grammar & usageReadingB2
Ce dont, ce sur quoi, certaines: follow unnamed French references
Read a team update and recover what ce dont, ce sur quoi and certaines refer to. Five questions test explicit information, open details and group size.
Words & expressionsReadingB1
Preuve, indice, fait: read French evidence words in context
Read a short French report and distinguish a clue, proof, a statement and a denial. Keep selon and semble in your summary, then check your reading.
Reading & writingReadingC2
Hyperbole in French: read the emphasis, check the evidence
Read a French complaint and a measured response. Separate une éternité from the stated dates, analyse the effect and test what the evidence supports.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingC1
C1 French reading: compare a cooperative delivery proposal
Read three French contributions about a cooperative delivery, compare shared aims and unresolved collection arrangements, then test your interpretation.
Grammar & usageReadingC1
Il ressort de… que: read the evidence, write the conclusion
Read three French scheduling messages and draw a precise conclusion with il ressort de… que. Practise source phrases, en and the singular impersonal verb.
Words & expressionsReadingB1
Expérience or expérimentation: three meanings in one French reading
Read about a gardening internship to distinguish acquired experience, a personal experience and an experiment, then compare expérience and expérimentation.
Reading & writingReadingC2
Explain a specialist process in French: from procedure to public guide
Compare a compact French procedure with a clear public explanation. Follow receipt, checking and decision through two versions, with glosses and questions.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingA2
A2 French reading: a new job, a new routine
Follow Adam from restaurant evenings to a bookshop job, then read about his training plans. A short French profile with notes, pictures and four questions.