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Quick answer: To interpret AP French audio texts, read the questions first, then listen once for the main idea, speakers, and tone, and a second time for numbers, reasons, and conclusions. This AP French test on audio texts has 9 questions worth 20 points, to do in 45 minutes: numbers, signal words and program schedule. The scoring guide is on a separate page; free printable PDF.

This test checks strategy and comprehension for AP French audio texts. The recordings appear as transcripts. Work alone, do not use notes, and answer in the language requested. You have 45 minutes and 20 points.

Level: AP French Language and Culture · Standards: AP French Language and Culture (College Board CED), Interpretive Communication: Audio Texts

Time: 45 minutes · 9 questions · Total: 20 points · No dictionary

Question 1 Numbers (1 point)

Write the spoken number as digits: quatre-vingt-quatorze.

Question 2 Signal words (2 points)

Name the function (contrast, cause, result, conclusion) of each word.

  1. cependant (1 point)
  2. par conséquent (1 point)

Question 3 Program schedule (2 points)

Use the schedule to answer in French.

A simple black-and-white schedule of a radio program: 8 heures actualités, 8 heures 30 invité, 9 heures musiqueRadio Quartier — matinée8 h 00 : actualités8 h 30 : invitée, la maire d’Annecy9 h 15 : musique et météo
Program schedule for Questions 1 and 2.
  1. Qui est l’invitée ? (1 point)
  2. À quelle heure commence la musique ? (1 point)

Question 4 Symbols to sentences (2 points)

Rewrite in full French sentences.

  1. loyers ↑ 8 % (1 point)
  2. manque de médecins → attente (1 point)

Question 5 Interview extract (3 points)

Read the extract from an interview with a teenage swimmer from Papeete, then answer in English.

Je m’entraîne cinq fois par semaine, dès six heures. C’est dur, mais j’adore l’eau. Ma famille m’aide beaucoup, donc je ne lâche rien.

  1. How often does she train, and at what time? (1 point)
  2. What word signals contrast? (1 point)
  3. What is her attitude? (1 point)

Question 6 Radio report (3 points)

Read the report, then choose the best option.

À Fort-de-France, le marché couvert rouvre après trois mois de travaux. Les commerçants se réjouissent, pourtant ils craignent que les clients aient pris d’autres habitudes.

  1. Main idea: (1) The market closes; (2) The market reopens with hopeful but worried vendors; (3) Clients love the new market. (2 points)
  2. Pourtant introduces: (1) a reason; (2) a fear; (3) a date. (1 point)

Question 7 Error in notes (2 points)

The recording says: Le nombre d’adhérents a doublé en deux ans. A student noted adhérents ↓ ×2 (2 ans). Correct the note and explain.

Question 8 Inference (2 points)

Read: Il m’a promis de rappeler. Trois semaines plus tard, j’attends encore. What can the listener infer about the speaker? Answer in one English sentence.

Question 9 Short writing (3 points)

Write three lines of notes in French for a podcast on a neighborhood library, then summarize the idea in two French sentences. Use at least two symbols.

See the AP French Audio Texts test answer key with scoring

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