Mes deux pâtisseries françaises préférées

"My two favourite French cakes"
French C1 dictation exercise

Stéphanie presents her two favorite French cakes: the fraisier and the Paris-Brest.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "regorger de", "à s'en lécher les doigts", "de France et de Navarre (expression)", "le fraisier", "la génoise", "une crème mousseline", "la pâte d'amande", "saliver", "une devanture", "la pâte à choux", "fourrer", "praliné/e", "parsemer", "des amandes effilées", "le sucre glace", "un/e incontournable".

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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