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Pop Quiz! Test Your Knowledge with 9 Intermediate French Quiz Resources

Consistently gauging your skills is just as important as working to improve them.

If you want to succeed at learning French, then taking online tests and quizzes is a great way to help you reach your ultimate goal (which is fluency, I would hope).

So here’s my top nine list of the best intermediate level quizzes and all the tips you’ll need to make the most out of these free resources.

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How Do I Know That I’m at the Intermediate French Level?

If you’re getting bored of using beginner level French resources and learning how to order a cup of coffee (for the tenth time) then you’re probably ready to move on to an intermediate level.

Consider the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) your map for your language learning journey. It’s the European standard for determining language proficiency, and it’s a helpful tool for tracking your own progress.

The framework is broken into three categories: A (Basic), B (Independent) and C (Proficient), which are then divided into six levels.

According to the CEFR, a B1 intermediate learner can:

  • Understand the main points of familiar topics
  • Handle situations likely to arise while traveling
  • Produce simple, connected French text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest
  • Describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions

It’s important to remember that your proficiency may vary between your reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.

To get to the B2 level, you need to broaden your skills so that you can communicate about abstract or technical subjects, and speak with a greater degree of spontaneity and fluency. To achieve this, you’ll have to really push yourself with rigorous studying and evaluating. That, my friend, is where these awesome French quizzes come into play.

How Can I Find Quizzes for My French Level?

It’s crucial that you find the right quizzes to suit your language level and learning needs. Taking quizzes that are too easy will be boring and cause you to give up. Quizzes that are too difficult will be discouraging…and cause you to give up.

It’s also important to think about what skills you want to test, practice and strengthen. If your focus is on improving your French pronunciation, then you don’t have to spend as much time mastering the written language. If you really need to brush up on your verb usage, then you should find tests that push you to memorize key conjugations.

I’ve compiled a list of my favorite online quizzes to help you master the French intermediate level. But first, read my tips for how you can get the most from these online quizzes.

9 Great French Quiz Resources for the Intermediate-Level Learner

Bonjour de France

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Bonjour de France is brimming with quizzes and exercises for French learners of any level. It has a clean design and clear website navigation that lets you filter by level and theme, so it’s easy to find a quiz to suit your needs.

There are a variety of exercises to test your reading comprehension, listening skills, vocabulary and grammar. You can also find downloadable exercises that you can print and save for a rainy day.

The intermediate content is rich so, at least while you’re practicing your subjunctive (again!), you get to learn interesting idiomatic phrases and engage with topics relating to French history and culture.

Flashcard / Spaced Repetition Programs

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The best test may actually be one that you make yourself. With flashcard programs, you have the benefit of choosing the words and phrases you want to study, and this can really speed up your language learning.

What’s more, many of these programs use a sophisticated spaced repetition algorithm (also known as SRS) that presents the content to you in precisely timed intervals. This ensures that you’re spending enough time on the difficult words and less time on the words you’ve already mastered.

Some language learning programs that utilize flashcards and SRS include FluentU, Anki, Supermemo and Memrise. Each can provide the material from which you learn French in different formats. In the case of FluentU, you’ll learn vocabulary from authentic French videos. From these words, you can craft multimedia flashcards or test your ability to write and speak them with personalized SRS-based quizzes.

Duolingo

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Stretch your French muscles with the popular language learning website (and app) Duolingo. This program has over 80 lessons on their smartly-structured language tree—you can’t climb your tree to the next exercise until you complete the lesson on the branch before it.

Duolingo keeps track of when you need to strengthen a skill and this is where the quizzes come into play. Duolingo gives you two options for testing—timed or untimed. Choosing the timed test will really push you to think quickly and test your fluency.

Pro tip: For intermediate learners just starting their tree, you can skip the more basic lessons by “testing out.” You’ll have three attempts to demonstrate your language prowess.

French-exam.com

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If you’re preparing for a proficiency test, French-exam.com has a lot of great resources and exercises for you. You’ll find out what you can expect on the DELF B1 or the DELF B2 exam and even practice with a few sample tests. This is definitely a good place for serious test prep.

schoLINGUA

Now that you have an intermediate level of French, it’s time to fine-tune your verb usage. No more relying on passé composé to describe your childhood—that’s imparfait’s job!

SchoLINGUA is a very powerful verb trainer that allows you to choose exactly which verbs and tenses you want to practice. You can also choose from three different training modes: intensive (completing the full conjugation of the verb and tense you chose), random or a concentration-style match game.

Francolab

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Francolab is a project by TV5 Québec Canada, designed to help French teachers and students alike. The content is rich and will be of particular interest to those looking to learn more about Quebec and Canadian culture.

The website is a collection of mini-series and documentaries with corresponding activities to test your comprehension. Along with each video you’ll get a convenient PDF quiz and an answer key—but the answers are kept separate so you aren’t tempted to peek! The material is categorized by learning level so you can easily find something that suits your needs.

Phonétique

Have you ever thought your French friend was speaking about her mother (sa mère) when she was actually speaking about the mayor (le maire)? Wait, what? Your mother wants to raise property taxes? Not only are these situations awkward, they can be extremely frustrating and can quickly lead you astray in a French conversation.

This website helps you train your ears to hear the differences between those tricky nasal sounds. The interface is a bit out-dated, but there are hundreds of quizzes designed to test you on the subtleties of French speech.

Online Placement Tests

Many schools, government departments and online learning websites offer free placement tests. These proficiency tests are often quite in-depth and require you to test your reading, writing and comprehension skills. Here’s one great example from the University of Wisconsin. The tests can take over an hour, but will provide you with a highly accurate estimation of your actual language level.

Lyrics Training

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Music is a fun method for improving your language skills. Music can help with memorization and pronunciation and act as a gateway to a foreign culture. As with all other methods, it’s most beneficial when you can really put yourself to the test.

Enter Lyrics Training—the language learning karaoke machine! With a wide selection of popular music videos, Lyrics Training offers a fill-in-the-blank option so you can test your listening skills. There are 4 difficulty levels, ranging from beginner (missing 10% of the words) to expert (missing 100% of the words).

5 Pro Tips for Taking French Quizzes

1. Make note of any questions that you got wrong. Add difficult vocabulary to your study routine and make note of any difficult grammar rules that you need to learn or practice. Now you have your next study session planned!

2. Opt for open-ended questions. Multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank tests are easy to score, but these can often reveal clues to the right answer. Try to find open-ended questions. These force you to come up with the right answer yourself. If you do end up doing a multiple choice test, you can just cover up the answers for an added challenge.

3. Take the same test twice. After you’ve studied the concepts you got wrong, go back and take the same test again. The goal is to improve your results, which is a tangible way to measure your language learning progress. You can even give yourself a little reward!

4. Race against the clock. Choosing a timed test is the best way to strengthen your fluency. You want to get to the point where you can instantly and intuitively respond with the correct answers. If the test you’re doing doesn’t have a timer feature, just break out your stopwatch, smartphone or egg timer.

5. It’s okay to guess! I mean, don’t just close your eyes and click on an answer. Rather, look at all the information you have and make your best educated guess. Context is one of the tools we use to learn and understand French, so taking your best guess actually mimics a real-life scenario.

 

Now that you’ve got this list of French quizzes, the moment has finally arrived to go put your French skills to the test.

I bet you’ll do even better than you expect!

And, hey, even if you don’t, it’s all about the learning experience.

This is part of the beauty of self-teaching French—if you bomb a quiz or two, nobody ever has to know!

And one more thing...

If you like learning French on your own time and from the comfort of your smart device, then I'd be remiss to not tell you about FluentU.

FluentU has a wide variety of great content, like interviews, documentary excerpts and web series, as you can see here:

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FluentU brings native French videos with reach. With interactive captions, you can tap on any word to see an image, definition and useful examples.

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For example, if you tap on the word "crois," you'll see this:

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Practice and reinforce all the vocabulary you've learned in a given video with learn mode. Swipe left or right to see more examples for the word you’re learning, and play the mini-games found in our dynamic flashcards, like "fill in the blank."

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All throughout, FluentU tracks the vocabulary that you’re learning and uses this information to give you a totally personalized experience. It gives you extra practice with difficult words—and reminds you when it’s time to review what you’ve learned.

Start using the FluentU website on your computer or tablet or, better yet, download the FluentU app from the iTunes or Google Play store. Click here to take advantage of our current sale! (Expires at the end of this month.)

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