Are You Ready for the DELF A2 Exam?
Check the parts you can practise here, then see what still needs a full four-skill assessment.
The real DELF A2 assesses four skills: listening, reading, writing and speaking. This online quiz cannot assess all four as an examiner would. In particular, it cannot judge your spoken interaction, your own writing or a full listening paper. It checks exam knowledge, reading, useful A2 French and choices you make in everyday tasks. Your score is a study snapshot, not an official level or a prediction that you will pass.
Allow about 20–25 minutes for 28 questions. The questions and answer choices are in French, as in the exam. If an instruction is unclear, open “Need help understanding the question?” for a short English explanation. No email, timer or account is needed.
Now check the four skills properly
The multiple-choice result cannot tell you whether you are ready to sit the full DELF A2. Try each task without a script or translation tool, then use an official sample paper and audio for timed practice. A teacher can give feedback on speaking and writing.
Listening
Play an official A2 recording twice. Can you identify the situation, the key time or place, and what the person needs to do next? Record what you heard before reading the transcript.
Reading
Read a new short notice or personal message without translating every word. Can you find the main point, a changed detail and the required action?
Writing
Write two different short messages under the official conditions. One can describe an experience; another can invite, thank or ask for information. Check that you answer every part of each task and meet the word requirement.
Speaking
Introduce yourself, speak briefly about a familiar subject and try a short role-play with someone who asks an unexpected follow-up. Can you ask them to repeat or clarify and keep the exchange going?
Try one message now
Write to a friend: invite them to lunch next Sunday, give a time and place, say what you plan to do afterwards and ask for a reply. Aim for at least 60 words. This box stays in your browser and is not submitted or marked.
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Answer key and explanations (also available without JavaScript)
- 01 · La compréhension orale, la compréhension écrite, la production écrite et la production orale — The four assessed skills are compréhension de l’oral, compréhension des écrits, production écrite and production orale.
- 02 · Deux textes — The production écrite paper contains two short writing tasks. A browser multiple-choice quiz cannot mark those texts.
- 03 · Un entretien dirigé, un monologue suivi et un exercice en interaction — The individual production orale test has three parts: entretien dirigé, monologue suivi and exercice en interaction.
- 04 · Au moins 50/100 au total et au moins 5/25 dans chaque épreuve — The official rule is 50/100 overall with no skill below 5/25. This quiz does not predict an official mark.
- 05 · Jeudi à 17 h 30 — « Déplacé à jeudi à 17 h 30 » gives the new day and time. Wednesday at 18:00 is the old appointment.
- 06 · Dans la salle 4 — « La salle reste la même : salle 4 » means the room has not changed.
- 07 · Avant mardi midi — « Avant mardi midi » means before Tuesday at noon, not on the day of the new class.
- 08 · Contacter les organisateurs — « Si vous ne pouvez pas venir jeudi, contactez-nous » gives the next action.
- 09 · À 11 h 20 — « J’arrive à Lyon à 11 h 20 » is his arrival time. Noon is the meeting time.
- 10 · Devant le musée — Léo takes the tram to Université, but « On se retrouve devant le musée » tells us where they meet.
- 11 · De l’eau — He brings sandwiches and asks « peux-tu prendre de l’eau ? »
- 12 · Visiter une exposition — « Après le déjeuner, on peut visiter l’exposition » gives the possible afternoon plan.
- 13 · Je voudrais déplacer mon rendez-vous, s’il vous plaît. — « Déplacer mon rendez-vous » asks to move it; « garder » asks to keep it.
- 14 · Demain, nous allons visiter le musée. — Futur proche uses a present form of aller plus an infinitive: « nous allons visiter ».
- 15 · Hier, j’ai pris le bus. — « J’ai pris » is the passé composé of prendre in this sentence.
- 16 · La réunion commence à 14 h 30. — Use « à » for a clock time: « à 14 h 30 ».
- 17 · On déjeune chez moi dimanche. — « Chez moi » means at my place. « On déjeune » is a natural way to make the plan.
- 18 · Je ne peux pas venir vendredi. — In standard written French, « ne … pas » surrounds the conjugated verb: « ne peux pas ».
- 19 · Est-ce que vous pouvez répéter, s’il vous plaît ? — The first option uses « vous » consistently and makes a polite request.
- 20 · Un rendez-vous — « Rendez-vous » is masculine singular here: « un rendez-vous ».
- 21 · J’habite à Tours depuis deux ans. — « Depuis deux ans » expresses an action that began two years ago and continues now.
- 22 · Tu peux venir ? Réponds-moi avant vendredi. — Both « tu » and « réponds-moi » address the same friend informally. The other choices switch between tu and vous.
- 23 · Je ne peux pas jeudi. Est-ce que vendredi matin est possible ? — The second reply explains the problem and proposes a useful alternative.
- 24 · À quelle heure on se retrouve ? — The missing detail is the meeting time: « À quelle heure on se retrouve ? »
- 25 · Pardon, vous pouvez répéter le numéro du quai ? — The request identifies exactly what you missed and asks for repetition.
- 26 · Salut Camille, — « Salut Camille » matches a friendly message. The other openings belong to formal correspondence.
- 27 · Viens samedi à 15 h au café du Centre. Après, on peut se promener. Tu peux me répondre avant jeudi ? — The first message gives when, where, what happens next and a request for a reply.
- 28 · J’habite à Tours. C’est une ville au bord de la Loire, et j’aime son marché. — The first answer describes the speaker’s town in connected, simple sentences.
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Watch on YouTube →Original practice questions by Feel Good French. The official DELF A2 rules and sample papers are published by France Éducation international. This quiz is independent practice, not an official DELF test.