French Listening Comprehension

Do you want to understand native speakers in French? To be honest, it’s not that easy. Our online tool can help you learn. We provide exercises that you can use to practice and test your French listening comprehension abilities. These on-demand exercises can help you learn independently, anytime and anywhere. Our tool helps you prepare for conversations with native speakers and get a sense of French pronunciation.

How to Practice Your Listening Skills in French

Select one of the texts from the list. You can choose from many different topics and levels of difficulty.
Open the online player and start the audio file.
Listen to the audio recording and focus carefully on understanding the text.
Try to answer the comprehension questions. Did you fully understand the text?

A1 & A2

La famille de Marie
A little about Marie's life
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S’installer en France
In France you have all kinds of options
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Une journée comme les autres
From home to work and from work to home
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Une journée d'école
I'm Valentine and I go to school every day
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A l’écolePREMIUM
Marie's first day of classes
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Au marchéPREMIUM
Paul and Marie are hungry because it's noon
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Au restaurantPREMIUM
Catherine is celebrating her birthday with her parents.
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Dans la boulangeriePREMIUM
Pierre loves his job at the bakery
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Dominique achète du painPREMIUM
Quick! The bakery closes soon!
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J'adore mon quartierPREMIUM
I like walking through the park in my neighborhood
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Je m'appelle LéaPREMIUM
Lea tells us about her family
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Je m’appelle LaraPREMIUM
I just bought a stone house
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Je m’appelle YohannPREMIUM
I just moved into my new apartment
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L'école en FrancePREMIUM
France's education system
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Le pianoPREMIUM
Heidi really likes music and playing the piano.
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Le rêve de PaulPREMIUM
Paul dreams about becoming a pilot
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Les saisons et les couleursPREMIUM
I'm describing the seasons of the year and their colors.
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Les vacances de LouisePREMIUM
Louise decided to take 3 weeks of holidays
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Matin d'hiver en famille.PREMIUM
Anna ate breakfast with her family, just like she does every day.
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Mes loisirs préférésPREMIUM
I like dancing with my mother
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Pourquoi j’adore janvierPREMIUM
I love January because it's my birthday month
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Vivre à ParisPREMIUM
Now I feel like an authentic Parisian
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Voyage en FrancePREMIUM
Our trip was longer than expected.
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Level B1

Le château de Versailles
One of the most-visited places in France
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Les vacances d'été
Laura and her sister are planning their holidays
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Mes animaux de compagnie
My dogs, cows and horses
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Vivre à Paris
My name is Lily, I live in Paris and I like my job
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Allez Paris!PREMIUM
My name is Felix and my favorite team is Paris Saint-Germain
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Attention à la pluie et au soleilPREMIUM
Mael does not like the rain at all
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Au marchéPREMIUM
Pierre and Marie want to cook something delicious.
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Bar à chatsPREMIUM
Close the door so the cats don't get out!
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Carte postalePREMIUM
My friends call me the lonely explorer
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Couleurs et texturesPREMIUM
French text for learning some colors and textures
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Groupe de rockPREMIUM
I play the guitar because I'm a big rock fan.
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Je m’appelle SarahPREMIUM
I really like the country, but I also like the city
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Jour de kermessePREMIUM
Celebrating the end of classes
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Jour de lugePREMIUM
I woke up and got quite a surprise
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La baguette de pain en FrancePREMIUM
The baguette is a symbol of France
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La boulangeriePREMIUM
I was very happy to go to the bakery
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La cuisine drômoisePREMIUM
There is nothing like Drôme sweets
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La rencontrePREMIUM
Léa meets Léo in the Tuileries Garden.
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La Tour EiffelPREMIUM
The Eiffel Tower is an impressive monument
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La vie de MadeleinePREMIUM
Madeleine tells us a bit about her life
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Le médecinPREMIUM
The person who takes care of us when we are sick
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Le panda géantPREMIUM
The bear that lives in the mountains of China
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Le stage de JuliettePREMIUM
Luckily, he found somewhere to do his internship
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Les frères heureuxPREMIUM
William and Louis, two happy brothers
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Les vacances en BretagnePREMIUM
Every year we go on holiday to France
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LettrePREMIUM
Dear Amelie, I can't wait until I'm home.
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Lettre au mondePREMIUM
The experiment with the globe and the map.
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Lila rentre en maternellePREMIUM
Lila's first day of school
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Lire des livresPREMIUM
I spend a lot of time reading books at the library.
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Ma grande et belle famillePREMIUM
We all live in a big house.
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Ma petit viePREMIUM
My name is Lyse, and this is my life in Belgium.
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Mon chat RéglissePREMIUM
Every morning he jumps on my bed to wake me up
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NoëlPREMIUM
An important celebration for the French
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Notre nouveau foyerPREMIUM
We just moved into a beautiful house
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Où sont cachées les clés de Julie ?PREMIUM
Julie's daughters are very mischievous girls
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Pique-nique entre amisPREMIUM
The weather is nice and we decided to have a picnic with friends
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Programme du voyage à ParisPREMIUM
The students will visit the most important monuments.
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Promenade en hiverPREMIUM
We went for a walk, excited to have fun in the snow
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Qu’allez-vous porter cet été?PREMIUM
What will the trend be this summer?
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Salade de fruitsPREMIUM
A great idea to get kids to eat fruit
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Un cadeau pour RomanePREMIUM
Nora is excited about visiting her friend
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Un commentaire suspectPREMIUM
Gabrielle writes articles for her blog
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Un début de vacances prometteurPREMIUM
Julien is happy that the holidays have begun.
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Un départ en vacancesPREMIUM
On vacation in Southern France
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Un matin d’hiverPREMIUM
It was snowing all night
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Une balade en forêtPREMIUM
I love walking among tall trees
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Voyage à la réunionPREMIUM
Spending the Christmas season in the sun
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Level B2

Le jardin
How lovely to have your own vegetable garden!
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Le tourisme en France
France is one of the top tourist destinations
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Belle et SébastienPREMIUM
The story of the lonely boy and the fox
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L'anglais, langue de ShakespearePREMIUM
Did you know who William Shakespeare was?
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L'espagnol, langue de CervantèsPREMIUM
He is the creator of "Don Quixote de la Mancha".
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L'hippocampePREMIUM
The seahorse, a very peculiar animal
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La France pays du luxePREMIUM
France, the country of fashion and luxury
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Le Salon du livrePREMIUM
The visitors were happy to see their favorite writers.
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Les 3 plus beaux musées de ParisPREMIUM
Don't miss these if you visit Paris
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Les puces d’animaux de compagniePREMIUM
How to treat pets with fleas
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Les symboles de la FrancePREMIUM
France: its symbols and meaning
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Mythique IthaquePREMIUM
My name is Penelope and I live on a small Greek island
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Paris en une journéePREMIUM
Marie decided to spend the day in Paris
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Partir en vacances en FrancePREMIUM
France is a country with a lot of places to go on holiday
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Un robot-tortue dans le portPREMIUM
A robot that helps clean up waste
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Un soir au stadePREMIUM
A great final between Marsella and Burdeos
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Une belle journée touristiquePREMIUM
Julie and her friends visit a medieval town.
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Une journée pour visiter ParisPREMIUM
Visiting the highlights of the city
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Une petite Histoire de la Tour EiffelPREMIUM
The parachute jump did not go as expected.
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Vannes, une cité médiévale bretonnePREMIUM
Charlie is enjoying his visit to Vannes
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