Comprehension

FLE exercises

Bonjour de France offers various news documents (authentic and didactic) in written and recorded formats, a number of exercises to help improve your understanding of French, and tools for self-assessment. Feel free to test your knowledge!

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Comprehension exercises

Discovering JMG Le Clézio, an author of long voyages and poetry
C1

Discovering JMG Le Clézio, an author of long voyages and poetry

Do you like travelling, distant cultures, switching scenes and the beautiful literature? Go with JMG Le Clézio's literature!! You'll not be disappoint...

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Spring thaw, reading comprehension
A2

Spring thaw, reading comprehension

Discover an other cultural reality of Québec while enlarging your vocabulary!

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Gastronomy and FLE (French as a Foreign Language). An easy recipe to prepare: pilaf rice
A2

Gastronomy and FLE (French as a Foreign Language). An easy recipe to prepare: pilaf rice

"Gastronomy is the art of using nourishment to create joy". Come learn the secrets of this discipline with us!!!

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Sorosoro, Languages of the World: inventory before disappearance
B2

Sorosoro, Languages of the World: inventory before disappearance

Would you like to know how do experts do to backup endangered languages? Your turn to play! Discover the tasks of Sorosoro!

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Understanding 'Mon rêve familier' (My familial dream) by Paul Verlaine
B2

Understanding 'Mon rêve familier' (My familial dream) by Paul Verlaine

Do you love the verlainian poetry? Do you enjoy the "Poèmes saturniens" (Saturnian poems)? If your are in doubt, discover them thanks to this activity...

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Understanding a poem
A2

Understanding a poem

Share a very curious breakfast with Jacques Prévert, author of this poem full with emotions and images.

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Understanding a french movie trailer
B1

Understanding a french movie trailer

Do you love cinema? Discover an author: Boris Vian... a movie: "L'écume des jours" (literally: The Foam of Days, a.k.a. "Froth on the Daydream")... a...

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Sugar shack and maple syrup in Quebec announce the arrival of spring!
B1

Sugar shack and maple syrup in Quebec announce the arrival of spring!

Discover a cultural reality of Québec and widen your vocabulary at the same time!

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Reading comprehension: The cold weather, taste it!
B1

Reading comprehension: The cold weather, taste it!

Reading comprehension exercise: The cold weather, taste it! Using the following text, discover a cultural reality of Québec and enlarge your vocabular...

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St. Barbara's wheat
B1

St. Barbara's wheat

Come discover a typically provençal Christmas tradition.

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The present indicatif and the goat tartlets
A2

The present indicatif and the goat tartlets

Want to learn french while cooking? Are you studying the french cuisine? Are you a foodie? Do you like the french culture?

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Identify a definition and an explanation in a text
B1

Identify a definition and an explanation in a text

Do you want to know how to identify a definition or an explanation in a text? Read the text and answear the questions.

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