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The Ultimate French Quiz for Beginners Plus 7 Easy Places to Find More French Quizzes

Are you looking for a great French quiz for beginners? Well, we’ve got you, French learner!

Take our 50-question French vocabulary quiz, see how well you do, then check out seven resources to find even more excellent French quizzes for beginners.

Quizzes are super useful because they’ll help you understand where your strengths and weaknesses lie, so you can tweak your French learning formula to perfection.

Onto the quiz!

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The Ultimate 50-question French Vocabulary Quiz for Beginners

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What's the French word for "hello"?
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Which word means "please" in French?
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What does "merci" mean in English?
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What is the French word for "goodbye"?
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Which word means "yes" in French?
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What does "non" mean in English?
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What is the French word for "apple"?
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What is "banana" in French?
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What does "chien" mean in English?
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What is the French word for "cat"?
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Which word means "horse" in French?
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What does "poisson" mean in English?
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What is the French word for "book"?
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Which word means "house" in French?
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What does "fenêtre" mean in English?
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What is the French word for "table"?
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Which word means "chair" in French?
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What does "lit" mean in English?
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What is the French word for "school"?
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Which word means "hospital" in French?
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What does "magasin" mean in French?
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What is the French verb for "to eat"?
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Which word means "to drink" in French?
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What does "dormir" mean in English?
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What is the French word for "to buy"?
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Which word means "to sell" in French?
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What does "regarder" mean in English?
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What is the French word for "red"?
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Which word means "blue" in French?
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What does "jaune" mean in English?
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What is the French word for "green"?
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Which word means "gray" in French?
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What does "marron" mean in English?
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What is the French word for "to speak"?
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What is the French word for "to be"?
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What does "parler" mean in English?
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What is the French word for "big"?
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Which word means "small" in French?
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What does "gros" mean in English?
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What is the French word for "light"?
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What is the French word for "high"?
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What does "laid" mean in English?
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What is the French word for "short"?
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What does "gentil" mean in English?
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What is the French word for "far"?
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Which word means "near" in French?
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What is the French word for "low"?
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What does "incroyable" mean in English?
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How do you say "love" in French?
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Congratulations for finishing this quiz! How do you say "congratulations" in French?
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Speaking of French quizzes, did you know that FluentU, the language learning program that uses authentic French videos to teach you the language, has customized quizzes after each video you watch, so you’ll never run out of French quizzes on the program?

Easy Resources for Finding More French Quizzes for Beginners

If you’re craving even more French quizzes for beginners, here are seven more of my favorite online resources for finding them:

1. Bescherelle

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Bescherelle is one of the oldest names in the French-learning game, but it has been able to adapt to modern learners. In fact, its French language website may be a little intimidating for learners, but once you figure it out, you’ll see that it offers great vocabulary, grammar and spelling quizzes for beginner learners of French.

Starting with “Quiz juniors,” learners can find quizzes to help with grammar aspects like the present and past tenses as well as the irregular verbs être and avoir (“to be” and “to have”).

Further, there are some great quizzes on French punctuation (yes, there are a few differences) and a number of quizzes for common spelling conventions in the French language. Try any one of these quizzes, and test your beginner French knowledge in no time.

In the section “Quiz pour tous,” you can find more advanced French quizzes. While there are a number of quizzes that are definitely not for beginners, you can still find quizzes here that are at the beginner level. For example, quizzes on adjective agreement and even guessing the gender of French nouns.

2. Duolingo

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In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, Duolingo is a hugely popular online program that currently has around 50 million learners of French.

Duolingo is a free app that’s accessible on tablets and phones as well as your computer. In short, the entire Duolingo program is a series of hundreds of quizzes that get more and more difficult as learners advance. Learners complete quizzes to advance in their language learning tree as well as to advance their knowledge and competency in the French language.

The quizzes are vocabulary- and grammar-based, but they test learners on their skills in all four areas of language learning: reading, writing, speaking and listening. Quizzes start with topics such as “Basics” and “Food” and work up to things like “The Present Tense,” “The Past Tense” and so much more!

3. Quizz.biz

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Think of Quizz.biz like the Sporcle of the French world!

While this website has no proper grammar or vocabulary quizzes, their fun quizzes help you learn French nonetheless. There are quizzes to do with the French language, but the rest range from simply true and false to questions about celebrities, music and television. With over 320,000+ quizzes on the site, you can take a quiz in French on any given topic, such as geography or history.

While English translations are not available on the site, Quizz.biz is a great way for beginner French learners to take their vocabulary to the next level. You can take a quiz on something you already know a lot about (for example, a favorite TV show) and acquire words effortlessly. By already knowing a lot about a topic in English, you can easily grow your vocabulary while testing your trivia knowledge.

4. Topito

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If Sporcle and Buzzfeed had a French love child, it would be Topito.

Topito offers fun quizzes to test trivia and to figure out your place in the world! For example, take a quiz called “Quel dictateur es-tu ?” (What dictator are you?) to learn or “Quel personnage de ‘Friends’ es-tu ?” (What character from “Friends” are you?). Because these are pieces of must-know information, right?

All kidding aside, these quizzes are a great way to learn vocabulary and get used to French media. While there are no English translations, any familiarity with worldwide cultural trends, no matter how small, will help you improve your French and learn useful (and colloquial) French vocabulary.

Besides, if you tire of the quizzes, you can always head over to Topito’s selection of lists! For example, take a look at the humorous “Top 10 des positions pour dormir avec ton chat” (Top 10 positions for sleeping with your cat)!

5. Quizizz

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Quizizz is a handy online platform where anyone can create and share quizzes. Beginner French quizzes on Quizizz typically cover basic vocabulary, grammar and simple phrases to help learners build a foundation in the language—and there are a lot of them!

Right now, there are quizzes on greetings, numbers, colors, family members, common objects, days of the week and basic verb conjugations. And they have multiple formats, from multiple-choice and matching exercises to fill-in-the-blank activities, and sometimes even listening comprehension activities.

6. ProProfs

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Access 491—that’s right, 491—free French quizzes on ProProfs, covering any French topic that your heart (or brain) desires. You will find tools to assess your knowledge of French grammar, demonstratives, indefinite articles and more. There is even a quiz on the French Revolution!

Being a translator, one of my favorites is this intermediate quiz with English sentences with multiple choice translations in French and vice versa. It is tricky and a great exercise for beginners transitioning to intermediate level materials!

7. Transparent Language

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This is simply one comprehensive French proficiency test with 30 grammar questions, 15 vocabulary and 10 reading comprehensions.

If you happen to be learning any other foreign language, including Spanish, German or Chinese, you can also check out their general Language Proficiency Test page to access free proficiency tests in all your foreign languages.

And here’s a great video French quiz for beginners if you’re craving another quiz:

 

So, how did you do on our quiz, French learner? I hope you did great. Now consider taking more quizzes using the resource list above, and, as always, remember to have fun while you’re doing it!

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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