Reading & writingGraded storyA2
A2 French story: looking after the neighbour’s cat
Follow Lucie through a weekend of cat-sitting. Read a glossed French story, learn four pictured words and check who gets the key back.
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Graded stories
Short stories written for your level, with notes in the margin.
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Practise
Play with words
Read real French
Verbs & tensesGraded storyC1
Track time in a French literary passage: events, background and flashback
Pronunciation & listeningGraded storyB1
Follow a French anecdote: the day I left my bag on the train
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
B1 French short story: a shopkeeper’s first holiday in years
DELF, DALF & examsGraded storyB1
B1 French reading: a place in a shared art studio
Follow Nora from a studio application to a confirmed June time slot. Read the notice and her emails, then check deadlines, supplies and the possible extension.
Words & expressionsGraded storyB2
Arrêter une décision: when French arrêter means decide, not stop
Read a B2 French office story where arrêter means settle or stop. Follow the objects calendrier, décision and travail, with glosses and questions.
DELF, DALF & examsGraded storyC2
C2 French story: the pause an interview editor cut
Follow an editor, a witness’s transcript and a critical reader. Read a French story with glosses, then test how a missing pause changes the rhythm.
Words & expressionsGraded storyB1
Describe a character’s feelings in French: three short scenes
Read three French scenes and choose between ravie, inquiète, déçue and soulagée. Practise agreement and explain a reaction with a detail from the text.
Reading & writingGraded storyA1
A1 French story: the guide takes off the red hat
Read an A1 identification story with eight glosses. A guide removes her red hat, so use the remaining glasses, scarf and name badge to recognise her.
Reading & writingGraded storyA2
A2 French story: the same coat returns to the second-hand clothing fair
Read an A2 French story set at a second-hand clothing fair and track one blue coat through three neighbours and its return to the same event a year later.
Reading & writingGraded storyA2
A2 French short story: the shop that closes for a family meal
Every day at noon, Monsieur Ricci closes his hardware shop for a two-hour family lunch. An A2 story about French lunch habits, with glosses and questions.
Reading & writingGraded storyA2
A2 French story: a power cut interrupts the neighbourhood dinner
Read an A2 French dinner anecdote with a power cut, battery lamps and a practical solution. Follow the setting, interruption and sequence of neighbours’ actions.
Reading & writingGraded storyB2
B2 French reading: a neighbourhood responds to summer heat
Read a B2 French neighbourhood report with eight glosses, translation and picture cards, then separate summer heat measures already in place from future proposals.
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
B1 French short story: an apprentice's first solo repair
Mehdi, a plumbing apprentice, is sent alone to fix a leak for the first time. A B1 story with glosses, translation and questions that ask you to infer.
Reading & writingGraded storyB2
B2 French reading: an island debates year-round tourism
Compare jobs, housing and environmental concerns in a B2 French island feature, with eight glosses, translation, an illustrated scene brief and three questions.
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
B1 French short story: the meal no guest could agree on
Read a French dinner story with eight glosses, translation and three questions. See how a host turns conflicting preferences into a shared meal.
Reading & writingGraded storyA2
A2 French story: the missing attachment arrives in a second email
Read an A2 French story where a form and certificate arrive in separate emails. Track the filenames, the shared reference and the final completeness message.
Reading & writingGraded storyA1
A1 French reading: a Saturday at the flower farm
Easy French about volunteers at a flower farm: who cuts, who waters, who makes the bouquets. Glossed text, translation and a people-and-tools matching question.
Reading & writingGraded storyA1
A1 French story: a seaside walk when the tide is out
Read an A1 French seaside story about a familiar view at low tide. Learn six glossed words and follow the meeting point above the beach.
Reading & writingGraded storyA1
A1 French reading: two adults learn to swim
An easy French text about two adults at their first swimming lesson. Glossed words, a translation and questions on who does what and how they feel.
Reading & writingGraded storyA1
A1 French story: the choir practises in the wrong room
Read a present-tense French choir story with eight glosses. Follow the rehearsal time, distinguish an old poster from the current programme and find the right room.
Reading & writingGraded storyA1
A1 French reading: a dog learns a new walking route
Follow Anna and her dog Filou on a new walk through town: the bridge, the park, the bakery. Easy French with glosses, a translation and a route question.
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
Un entretien inattendu: a B1 French story with translation
Read a B1 French story about a nervous candidate whose interview takes a helpful turn, with eight glosses, an English translation and three questions.
Reading & writingGraded storyA2
A2 French short story: a restaurant's first evening
A past-tense French story about a new restaurant's opening night: a broken oven, a missing waiter and a happy ending. Glosses, translation and questions.
Reading & writingGraded storyA1
A1 French story: a friend brings soup and the wrong book
Read an A1 supportive-visit story with eight glosses. Track the soup and two books, then identify the corrected request by colour and content.
Reading & writingGraded storyA1
A1 French story: three cups and four guests
Read an A1 hosting story with eight glosses. Count four tea-drinking guests, find the missing cup and distinguish borrowing from owning.
Reading & writingGraded storyA2
A2 French story: a shared watering rota saves a community garden
Read an A2 French community-garden story about a missed watering turn. Identify the rejected purchase and the rota change that solves the coordination problem.
Reading & writingGraded storyA2
A2 French story: a work placement changes a study plan
Read an A2 French story about a completed placement that changes a student’s interests, with seven glosses and questions on past, present and future.
Reading & writingGraded storyA2
A2 French story: the door at the back of the studio
Léon finds his sister’s art studio empty. Read an A2 French story with glosses, translation and questions, then discover what is behind the second door.
Reading & writingGraded storyA1
A1 French story: the suitcase is ready but the cat is inside
Read a playful A1 French departure story with glosses and translation. Find the cat, understand the delay and follow the traveller’s next action.
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
B1 French short story: a family habit meets a new partner
Read a French family story with eight glosses and translation. Infer what each person values when a new partner joins a long Sunday lunch.
Reading & writingGraded storyA1
A1 French reading: two friends exchange their appointment cards
Read a present-tense A1 card mix-up with seven glosses. Use each friend’s name and birth month to identify the appointment reminder and follow its return.
Reading & writingGraded storyA2
A2 French story: the old cinema becomes a library
Read an A2 French story about an old neighbourhood cinema that is now a library. Track remembered habits, unchanged features and a new family routine.
Reading & writingGraded storyB1
B1 French short story: a supermarket queue becomes a conversation
Follow two strangers in a supermarket queue. Read eight glosses and a full translation, then test how their assumptions change in three questions.
Reading & writingGraded storyA1
A1 French story: the book goes to the wrong letterbox
Read an A1 delivery story with eight glosses. Use house numbers, next-door and opposite relations to find the right letterbox for a returned book.
Reading & writingGraded storyA1
A1 French story: the sofa will not fit through the door
Read a short A1 French moving-day story about a sofa and two doors. Follow grand, étroit, large, devant and derrière to discover the route inside.
