This exercise tests your knowledge of twenty-six core French words that beginning speakers should know. Match the French words on the left with their English equivalents on the right. Remember to watch out for false friends! Then check the answer key at the bottom of the quiz to see how well you did.

 

[twocol_one]

1. librarie
2. aucun
3. semaine
4. apologie
5. hier
6. pouvoir
7. excité
8. regarder
9. venir
10. slip
11. héritier
12. blesser
13. laid
14. café
15. chair
16. poisson
17. jambe
18. bras
19. main
20. glisser
21. déception
22. posé
23. chaise
24. principal
25. gérant
26. bibliothèque

[/twocol_one]

[twocol_one_last]

A. disappointment
B. arm
C. heir
D. aroused
E. flesh
F. injure
G. slip
H. no/none
I. week
J. chair
K. manager
L. can
M. bookstore
N. yesterday
O. underpants
P. condone
Q. hand
R.  to come
S. library
T. laid
U. leg
V. main
W. fish
X. to look at
Y. coffee
Z. ugly

[/twocol_one_last]

Answer Key:

1. M
2. H
3. I
4. P
5. N
6. L
7. D
8. X
9. R
10. O
11. C
12. F
13. Z
14. Y
15. E
16. W
17. U
18. B
19. Q
20. G
21. A
22. T
23. J
24. V
25. K
26. S