A closed bakery, a lucky neighbour and one guilty pleasure… it could only be the Café French ☕️ Test. 🥐🐶🍎
Instructions: Choose the best answer for each question, then check the answer key and the scoring guide at the bottom. Everything here comes from your 7 Café French ☕️ lessons — nothing new, no tricks.
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👂🏻 Compréhension orale
Écoutez l'extrait suivant et répondez aux questions qui suivent.
Question 1: Why did she go away?
a) She had time off work.
b) She was visiting her mother.
c) She lost her job.
d) She moved house.
Question 2: « Un trou perdu » is…
a) a neighbourhood in Paris
b) a big hotel by the sea
c) a tiny place in the middle of nowhere
d) a famous beach
Question 3: What is her « péché mignon » (guilty pleasure)?
a) Croissants
b) Coffee
c) Holidays
d) Apple tart
Question 4: What was her « coup de chance » (stroke of luck)?
a) She found phone signal.
b) She won a trip.
c) A neighbour invited her for breakfast.
d) The bakery reopened.
Question 5: How does the story end?
a) She went home early.
b) She bought a house.
c) She stayed three more days.
d) She moved to another village.
📋 Grammaire et vocabulaire
Question 6 : What does it mean? « À quoi bon ? »
a) What's the point?
b) See you soon!
c) What time is it?
d) How much is it?
Question 7 : What does it mean? « C'est dingue ! »
a) That's mine!
b) That's boring!
c) That's expensive!
d) That's crazy!
Question 8 : Complétez : « Zoé adore les pâtisseries, les macarons, les tartes… C'est une vraie ___ ! »
a) sportive
b) fatiguée
c) timide
d) gourmande
Question 9 : What does it mean? « Tu en as de la chance ! »
a) What a shame!
b) Be careful!
c) Lucky you!
d) Hurry up!
Question 10 : What does it mean? « être au chômage »
a) to work nights
b) to be out of work
c) to be on holiday
d) to change office
Question 11 : Complétez : « J'ai enfin compris, ___ ! Merci ! »
a) bonne nuit
b) s'il te plaît
c) à bientôt
d) grâce à toi
Question 12 : What does it describe? « Métro, boulot, dodo »
a) a French dessert
b) a children's game
c) the daily routine: commute, work, sleep
d) a line of the Paris métro
Question 13 : In real spoken French, « chui » is short for…
a) J'ai
b) Je sais
c) Je vais
d) Je suis
🎯 Answers
1 a) She had time off work.
2 c) a tiny place in the middle of nowhere
3 a) Croissants
4 c) A neighbour invited her for breakfast.
5 c) She stayed three more days.
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6 a) What's the point?
7 d) That's crazy!
8 d) gourmande
9 c) Lucky you!
10 b) to be out of work
11 d) grâce à toi
12 c) the daily routine: commute, work, sleep
13 d) Je suis
✅ Scoring Guide
12–13: très impressionnant 🤌
9–11: real spoken French is landing
5–8: solid foundations 💪
0–4: just getting started 🌱
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*👂🏻 Listening Comprehension Text:
Devine quoi ? La semaine dernière, j'étais enfin en congé ! Je suis partie avec ma chienne Biscotte dans un petit village au bord de la mer — un vrai trou perdu, sans signal téléphonique. Le premier jour, catastrophe : la seule boulangerie du village était fermée. Moi qui suis accro aux croissants… c'est mon péché mignon ! Mais, coup de chance, une voisine m'a invitée à prendre le petit-déjeuner chez elle. Elle avait fait une tarte aux pommes maison. On a parlé pendant deux heures, et Biscotte a dormi sous la table. Finalement, je suis restée trois jours de plus. Parfois, les meilleures vacances commencent par une boulangerie fermée.