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Reading practice

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

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Grammar & usageReadingB2
French exception clauses: what changes after à moins que?
Read a short planning note with à moins que and sans que. Separate the default, exception and pending checks, then test your reading in four questions.
Reading & writingReadingA2
A2 French reading: a first trip on a sleeper train
Clara takes the night train from Paris to Nice for the first time: booking a couchette, packing, sleeping (or not) and waking up by the sea. A2 French with glosses and questions.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB2
B2 French reading: spot irony in a street-concert commentary
Read a French concert commentary and explain its irony. Find the fact that overturns the opening praise and identify exactly what the writer criticises.
Grammar & usageReadingC1
Force est de constater que: read a firm conclusion in French
Read a short project assessment with force est de constater que. See its fixed structure, indicative verbs and stronger tone, then check what it concludes.
Reading & writingReadingB1
B1 French reading: turning down a film’s soundtrack
Compare two versions of a short film soundtrack in French. Follow the editor’s change, the viewer’s response and the next job, then practise sound vocabulary.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB1
French reading practice: what do le, elle and cette décision refer to?
Read a French workshop notice and trace le, elle, les, y and cette décision. Use a reference table and five questions to check who does what.
Grammar & usageReadingC2
Nonobstant in French: read it as despite or notwithstanding
Read a formal committee note with nonobstant, identify the obstacle and the decision, then compare malgré and ce nonobstant with reading questions.
Reading & writingReadingB1
B1 French reading: choosing a new title for a short film
Read a French discussion about a film title. Separate a viewer’s expectation, a suggested title and the final choice, then answer four questions.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingA2
A2 French reading updates: what changed, what stayed?
Read two messages about a poster workshop. Track the new room, keep the meeting time and separate a request for tape from a confirmed supply.
Grammar & usageReadingB2
Who did what? Read agency in a French report
Read a short French handover report and separate the person acting, the person arranging and the person affected, with a role map and four questions.
Reading & writingReadingB2
B2 French short story: the translator’s name is missing
Read a B2 French story about a missing translation credit, with eight glosses, an English translation and questions on responsibility and recognition.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB1
B1 French reading: an announcement and its update
Read two French drawing-workshop notices, track the changed room and materials, then choose the right message for a friend. B1 practice with glosses.
Grammar & usageReadingC1
Toujours est-il que: the fact remains that
Read a committee update and follow toujours est-il que back to the point that matters. Includes glosses, translation and four reading questions.
Reading & writingReadingA2
A2 French reading: follow a shift swap across two weeks
Read a two-week French rota and an accepted shift swap. Compare the schedules, follow future forms and check who works at reception.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingC1
C1 French reading: making cancelled laundry slots visible
Read a French laundry-room exchange and trace three steps: observed non-use, a cancellation proposal and how neighbours would hear about a free slot.
Grammar & usageReadingC1
À la lumière de: read a decision revised after new information
Read a short French planning note, see how à la lumière de introduces new information, and practise de, du and des with this formal phrase.
Reading & writingReadingA2
A2 French reading: how a food truck gets ready for lunch
Behind the scenes of a French food truck: shopping at dawn, prep, the noon rush and closing. An A2 text with glosses, roles and a timeline question.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingC2
C2 French reading: what a digital museum replica lets you see
Read a museum project, a conservator’s objection and a teacher’s account. Distinguish visual access, material experience and promotional wording.
Reading & writingReadingA2
A2 French reading: a weekend without a mobile phone
A personal account of 48 hours without a phone: what the writer feared and what really happened. A2 French with glosses, a translation and comparison questions.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingA2
DELF A2 reading practice: understand a mixed book review
Read Nora’s review of Le Banc bleu, then answer five questions about praise, a slow beginning and who might enjoy the book. Glosses and translation included.
Reading & writingReadingB1
B1 French reading: building a cardboard bridge
Read a classroom bridge-building story in French, learn maquette and appui, and follow a repair with picture cards, glosses and four questions.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB1
B1 French reading: what can you consult, photograph or copy?
Read a neighbourhood archive notice in French. Check appointments, photography rules and copy requests with glossed vocabulary and five reading questions.
Reading & writingReadingA1
A1 French short story: dinner for one becomes dinner for three
An easy French reading in the present tense: Inès plans a quiet dinner, then two friends ring the bell. Glossed words, translation and questions.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB1
French reading timeline: what happened before, after and only in the plan
Follow Nora’s request, confirmation and rescheduled meeting. A B1 French reading with a worked timeline, time expressions and five comprehension questions.
Reading & writingReadingA2
A2 French reading: the wrong city under a family photo
Read Dalia’s family-album story in French. Use the second photograph to correct a caption, with vocabulary notes, picture cards and questions.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingA2
A2 French reading: who returns the borrowed drill?
Read three French messages about a borrowed drill. Track the borrower, a changed handover time and the battery and charger, then answer five questions.
Reading & writingReadingA2
A2 French reading: learning to ride a bike as an adult
A personal account in the passé composé and imparfait: Fatou learns to ride a bike at 35. Follow her progress with glosses, a translation and questions.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB1
B1 French reading: what does a neighbourhood survey tell us?
Read a French questionnaire report about repair workshops and board games. Track 80 subscribers, 32 replies and a proposed trial through five questions.
Reading & writingReadingC2
A French economic bilan depends on what it counts
Read a French economic report that changes its accounting boundary, separating aggregate gain, unequal distribution and omitted external costs.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB1
B1 French reading: an editorial on short article summaries
Read a French editorial about article summaries. Identify the benefit, the criticism and the planned change, with six glosses and five explained questions.
Reading & writingReadingA1
A1 French short story: the office fridge on Friday
Who left the yoghurt, the cheese and the cake in the office fridge? An easy French story about colleagues sharing food, with glosses and matching questions.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingB1
B1 French reading: a newspaper correction (rectificatif)
Read a local paper’s announcement and its correction, then sort what changed, what stayed the same and what is still unknown. B1, with notes.
Reading & writingReadingB1
B1 French reading: back to university after twenty years
A 45-year-old nurse goes back to university to study psychology. A B1 profile with glosses: her past motivations, today's difficulties and her hopes.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingC2
C2 French literary revision: what a recovered page changes
Read a manuscript fragment and its continuation, then revise a critical response. Distinguish an archival gap, an open door and a suspended return.
Reading & writingReadingB1
B1 French reading: who wrote the note in the margin?
A pencilled suspicion sits beside a printed promise. Read a B1 French text and distinguish the author’s words from a previous reader’s note, with glosses and questions.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingA1
DELF A1 reading: which lost bag matches the notice?
Match a blue bag with a red pocket to a French found-object notice. Read three descriptions and check the collection place, contact and closing time.