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A burnout cured by jam on toast, the magic number of coffees per day, and a change of heart that will happen quand les poules auront des dents. It could only be... Hot Issues 🔥 — Test A. ☕️🌿🧠
✅ A quick, simple (dare I say, fun?) window into how your French is doing.
All the colloquial phrases were included in these episodes, so it should keep you accountable and fit in a nice bit of review.
Instructions: Choose the best answer for each question. Mark your answers and use the scoring guide at the end to determine your level. 👍🏼
Newer to French? 6+ is a genuinely good score here — this test is calibrated for where you're heading, not where you started. 🌱
👂🏻 Compréhension orale
Ecoutez l'extrait suivant et répondez aux questions qui suivent.
Question 1: Pourquoi la narratrice était-elle « en PLS » ?
a) Elle était tombée malade
b) Elle avait perdu son travail
c) Elle venait de déménager
d) À cause de trois mois de réunions en visio du matin au soir
Question 2: Que répondait-elle à sa mère au téléphone ?
a) Que tout allait très bien
b) « On fait aller… » — ça allait à peu près
c) Qu’elle n’avait pas le temps de parler
d) Qu’elle voulait démissionner
Question 3: Qu’est-ce qui lui a fait comprendre qu’il fallait prendre du recul ?
a) Sa cheffe le lui a conseillé
b) Son médecin l’a arrêtée
c) Elle a fondu en larmes devant son ordinateur
d) Sa tante l’a invitée
Question 4: Que veut dire « se mettre au vert » ?
a) Commencer un régime végétarien
b) Se lancer dans l’écologie
c) Partir se reposer à la campagne
d) Repeindre sa maison
Question 5: Qu’a-t-elle proposé à sa cheffe en rentrant ?
a) De partir plus tôt le vendredi
b) Deux jours de télétravail sans réunions
c) De démissionner
d) Une augmentation
📋 Grammaire et vocabulaire
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📖 Compréhension de la lecture /👂🏻 Compréhension orale [avancée]
There's audio and text for this one. If you choose to use only the audio, give yourself x2 points per answer.
🎧 L'article — vitesse normale
⚡️ Défi : à la Parisienne — la même chose, au débit d'une vraie conversation parisienne. Franchement très difficile — c'est le but. Un défi un peu fou : tu suis ?
The headline has a few traps. The advanced reading questions reveal whether you caught the detail behind the story. Start my 7-day trial →
🎯 Answers
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✅ Scoring Guide
🦾 16-18 correct answers: Advanced level. You have a strong grasp of intermediate French and can handle more challenging material. You have made amazing progress.
💪 12-16 correct answers: Intermediate level. You have a great understanding of French, better than 95% of learners - more colloquial phrases and complex grammar structures might help you improve. But these will come naturally with patience. Whatever you're doing… keep doing it!
⭐️ 8-12 correct answers: Lower-intermediate level. You are in the top 10% of learners. These questions are *hard* and designed for to test all levels. A few more months of study would see you become a solid intermediate level.
🌱 4-8 correct answers: Beginner level. No one should be discouraged by this level. Intermediate is just on the horizon! Some of your mistakes may give you a hint of where you might need study.
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💬 Quelle question était la plus difficile pour toi ? Post its number in the comments — the most-missed question gets its revenge in the next test.
🔮 What's next?
Scored 12+? You can hold your own on the big topics — next, crypto goes cultural and social media is put on trial.
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*👂🏻 Listening Comprehension Text:
That first clip is worth a second pass. Read the transcript line by line and catch the turns that slipped past your ear. Start my 7-day trial →
Hot Issues 🔥 — Lessons 1–10:
See you here soon for another lesson :)
À plus tard, mes chers élèves!
Amélie 💜
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But if it does the opposite… I encourage you to just move on! Take what's useful, leave the rest is great advice in life and language-learning. Please do not under any circumstances get discouraged and rundown because of the results of this test. That's an order!
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