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?

Level A1 & A2

Title	Test
La famille de Marie A little about Marie's life	?	start »
S’installer en France In France you have all kinds of options	?	start »

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

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Level B1

Title	Test
Le château de Versailles One of the most-visited places in France	?	start »
Les vacances d'été Laura and her sister are planning their holidays	?	start »

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

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Level B2

Title	Test
Le jardin How lovely to have your own vegetable garden!	?	start »

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

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