Le festival de Cannes

"Cannes Film Festival"
French A1 dictation exercise

Fabien talks about the famous French film festival.


To learn more about Cannes Film Festival, click here.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "au mois de", "le cinéma", "le sud-est", "réunir", "un/une artiste", "international", "suivre", "une critique de film", "admirer", "le tapis rouge", "gagner".

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
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