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Ordering at a French café test for French A1 (free PDF download)

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Quick answer: To order in a French café, greet the server, say Je voudrais followed by un or une and the item, and add s'il vous plaît. This French A1 test on ordering at a French café has 9 questions worth 20 points, to do in 30 minutes: numbers, prices in digits and gender. The scoring guide is on a separate page; free printable PDF.

This test checks the café language of the lesson: gender, numbers, polite requests, prices, and short dialogue. Work without notes. You have 30 minutes and 20 points. Write French accents carefully; a missing accent in a price word counts as a half error.

Level: French A1 (CEFR beginner) · Standards: CEFR A1, Spoken interaction

Time: 30 minutes · 9 questions · Total: 20 points · No dictionary

Question 1 Numbers (2 points)

Write in French words.

  1. 13 (1 point)
  2. 16 (1 point)

Question 2 Prices in digits (2 points)

Write the digits.

  1. quatre euros cinquante (1 point)
  2. deux euros trente (1 point)

Question 3 Gender (2 points)

Write un or une.

  1. ___ chocolat chaud (1 point)
  2. ___ carafe d’eau (1 point)

Question 4 Polite request (2 points)

Translate: I would like a hot chocolate, please.

Question 5 Menu reading (3 points)

Use the menu to answer in French.

A black and white café menu with pricesCafé du Port — La carteun café1,50 €un café crème3,20 €un thé3,50 €un chocolat chaud4,00 €un jus d’orange4,50 €un croissant1,40 €une tartine3,50 €un sandwich6,50 €une carafe d’eaugratuite
The menu for Question 5.
  1. Combien coûte un croissant ? (1 point)
  2. Qu’est-ce qui est gratuit ? (1 point)
  3. Write the total of a tea and a sandwich in digits. (1 point)

Question 6 Complete the dialogue (2 points)

Complete the customer’s lines.

— Bonjour ! Vous désirez ? — ___ un café, s’il vous plaît. — Voilà. Ça fait un euro cinquante. — ___, s’il vous plaît.

Question 7 Correct the sentences (2 points)

Correct each sentence.

  1. Je voudrais une café. (1 point)
  2. Je veux l’addition. (1 point)

Question 8 Short reading (2 points)

Read the text, then answer in English.

Chloé est à Annecy. Elle voudrait un thé et un sandwich. Le thé coûte trois euros cinquante, le sandwich six euros cinquante. Elle demande l’addition.

  1. What does Chloé order? (1 point)
  2. How much does she owe? (1 point)

Question 9 Short dialogue (3 points)

Write a dialogue of at least four lines in French: greet, order a drink, ask the price, and ask for the bill.

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