LearnModule 5 · Lesson 26 of 30Basic User · CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridgeUnit 6 · The self-check, and the view from the top

The practice check: reading

Module 5 of the free French course (CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridge), lesson 26 of 30: The full reading check runs in the practice sets that follow this lesson. On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 26.

The words

French	English	Say it
l'exercicemasculine — the article elides to l'	the exercise	lehg-zehr-SEES
la consigne	the instructions	lah koh(n)-SEEN-yuh
la question	the question	lah kehs-TYOH(n)
la réponse	the answer	lah ray-POH(n)S
vrai	true	vreh
faux	false	foh
le texte	the text	luh TEHKST

Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.

Hear the words

Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.

La règle · The rule

The full reading check runs in the practice sets that follow this lesson — notices, a letter, and a story, in exam shape and exam order. No new words; everything comes from the five modules.

Et aussi · And also

The exam habit worth keeping: read the QUESTIONS first, then the text. You read to find, not to wander.

Attention · Watch out

vrai and faux are the exam's true and false. faux keeps its x in the masculine and becomes fausse in the feminine: une réponse fausse.

Do it now — on paper

Say all 7 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with l'exercice.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 26 in Module 5 are the written half of this page.

This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.

Keep these words

Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.

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