Visite de Vire

"Visiting Vire"
French B2 dictation exercise

Jacqueline's sister visited the French city of Vire, in Normandy.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "avoir l'occasion de", "normand/e", "être au rendez-vous (temps)", "verdoyant/e", "quand même", "un vestige", "médiéval", "les ruines", "un donjon", "classé aux Monuments Historiques", "une expo", "alléchant/e", "du terroir", "dès que".

I'll play you French speech in sections for you to transcribe

  • Start by listening to the whole piece then hit start
  • Play each section and write down what you hear
  • I'll show you correct answers after each for you to mark yourself
Start the exercise
How the test works
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