French Writing • A2-B1 and Beyond • 14 Exercises
✍️ French Sentence and Text Correction Exercise Library
Improve written French through 14 correction activities based largely on authentic learner errors. The collection develops grammatical accuracy, spelling, syntax, vocabulary choice and more natural French phrasing.
Start with two free PDFs – the lesson on common mistakes and Sentence-Correction Series 1 – then continue through progressive A2-B1 activities, longer emails, portraits and personal narratives.
📈 A structured path from sentences to complete texts
📋 Collection information
| Main skill | Detect, explain and correct errors in written French. |
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| Suggested levels | Mainly A2-B1, with several longer tasks suitable for B1-B2 or more advanced learners. |
| Grammar covered | Articles, agreements, verb forms, auxiliaries, reflexive verbs, prepositions, pronouns, relative clauses, word order, subjonctive, future and conditional. |
| Writing contexts | Everyday routines, family, work, health, holidays, invitations, moving abroad and personal descriptions. |
| Method | Correct authentic or realistic learner writing, compare with a model correction and study explanatory notes. |
| Free access | Common Mistakes to Avoid and Sentence-Correction Series 1 are available as free PDFs. |
| Premium access | Twelve additional exercises, plus editable DOCX files whenever available. |
🖼️ Explore the 14 exercises
Start here: free lesson and exercise
A concise reference page before learners begin correcting longer texts.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
A one-page lesson covering French spacing before punctuation, capitalization of days, months and nationality adjectives, correct use of etc., the circumflex accent and the difference between il fait chaud and c’est chaud. Four sentences provide immediate practice.
Also available in the following French workbooks:
J’apprends le français!
Learning French Exercises for A2 to B1 Level
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View the PDF version with answer keyProgressive A2-B1 sentence-correction series
Seven two-page sets based on errors made by French learners, each followed by corrected forms and explanations.
Series 1 – Everyday past actions
Correct 12 sentences about school, French lessons, work, sport, family and daily routines. The set focuses on past-tense formation, auxiliary choice, reflexive verbs, articles and natural everyday expressions.
Series 2 – Routines and useful expressions
Practise forms such as faire du sport, faire des courses, s’occuper de, rendre visite à and se promener, together with clock time and correct past auxiliaries.
Series 3 – Questions, quantities and pronouns
Fourteen sentences explore indirect questions, musical instruments, agreement with collective nouns, quantities with de, reflexive forms, the relative pronoun dont and object pronouns.
Series 4 – Articles, spelling and subjonctive
Correct 13 frequent errors involving body parts, partitive articles, où, grandir, ce que, appointments, languages, the gerund and the subjonctive after il faut que.
Series 5 – Prepositions and verb patterns
Thirteen real-error sentences cover adverb placement, reflexive verbs, infinitives, penser à, past participles, time with il y a and several forms of the subjonctive after il faut que.
Series 6 – Health, housing and work
Twelve sentences connect grammar with practical vocabulary: hospital and dentist visits, housing, employment, interviews and family. Key points include qui/dont, past auxiliaries, infinitive complements and object pronouns.
Series 7 – Natural everyday French
Twelve detailed corrections cover se reposer, donner à manger, quantity and agreement, body-part constructions, avoir confiance en, chez le dentiste and the difference between ressembler à and être comme.
Focused sentence-correction packs
Broader practice for exam preparation and language-transfer errors.
Extended Correction Set 1
A substantial six-page pack containing 41 exam-based learner errors and a detailed correction. It reviews spelling, agreements, articles, verb tenses, connectors, idiomatic expressions, travel, work and advice.
Correction for English Speakers
Nineteen sentences target common English-to-French transfers: penser à/de, articles before school subjects, pendant instead of pour, adverb position, rendre visite, age with avoir, and the subjonctive.
Written-text correction workshops
Move beyond isolated sentences and improve coherence, register and natural phrasing in complete texts.
Giuseppe’s Family Portrait
Correct a portrait written by an Italian learner about his brother Roberto. The annotated model addresses spelling, gender and agreement, Italian or English interference, relative clauses and more idiomatic descriptions of personality and family values.
What Did You Do During the Winter Holidays?
Compare four authentic learner texts with corrected versions about family activities, homework, travel, tourism, meals and housework. Useful for past narration, time markers and vocabulary related to French school holidays.
Reply to a Wedding Invitation
Correct an email that congratulates the couple, accepts the invitation and asks practical questions about parking and vegetarian meals. The second page provides an annotated correction directly on the learner’s handwritten response.
Possible Move to New York
A four-page intermediate-advanced workshop built around a 160-word exam email. Learners correct a guided response, write their own reply, then study explanations about contractions, adjective placement, future and conditional forms, advice, pronouns and natural vocabulary.
📝 A four-step correction method▼
📖 Important grammar terms▼
🎯 Learning objectives▼
Learners develop error awareness, consolidate grammar in context, improve spelling and agreement, avoid translation-based structures, choose more idiomatic vocabulary and edit their own writing more independently.
👥 Recommended uses▼
Suitable for A2-B2 FLE/FSL classes, exam preparation, correction workshops, tutoring, homework, autonomous revision, teacher training and targeted support for multilingual learners.
❓ Frequently asked questions
How many exercises are included?▼
The page presents 14 distinct resources: seven progressive sentence-correction series, two focused packs, four text-correction workshops and one free lesson with practice.
Which exercises are free?▼
Common Mistakes to Avoid and Sentence-Correction Series 1 are both available as free PDFs.
Do the exercises include corrections?▼
Most resources include a model correction, and many also explain why the original form is incorrect or less natural.
Are editable files available?▼
Yes. Premium DOCX files are provided whenever an editable source is available. The Giuseppe and wedding-invitation activities are currently offered as PDFs only.
