🦷 French A2-B1 · Reading · Oral health
A Visit to the Dentist: French Reading & Exercises 🪥
A narrative text for French learners: Jade wakes up with a terrible toothache, and her father takes her to the dentist. Around this everyday story, four exercises: vocabulary, reading comprehension, written expression and speaking.
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Before reading, ask your students: when did you last go to the dentist? Do you like it? What do you see and hear there? Their own experience is the perfect way into Jade’s story.
The text & exercises
One morning, Jade wakes up with a terrible toothache: her father takes her to the dentist.
Match 8 words and expressions from the text with their definitions.
7 questions to check understanding, answered in full sentences.
1 written prompt and 2 speaking prompts to reuse the story.
🦷 A reassuring story: Jade is scared, but everything goes well: a barely painful anesthetic, the tooth pulled out, and a good resolution at the end. A great way to make dentist visits less scary!
Vocabulary
Eight French words and expressions from the text, matched with their definitions. Here they are with English glosses.
From the vocabulary of emotions (sangloter, rassurer) to the vocabulary of care (anesthésie, seringue, plaie), the story offers concrete words that are immediately reused in the questions.
Questions & expressions
Seven reading-comprehension questions, to be answered in full sentences.
🗣️ Speaking practice
Call the dentist and explain the situation: a role play that is genuinely useful in real life, perfect for a French class.
“You have a toothache. Call a relative to explain what you are suffering from and ask for advice.”
Goals & audience
- Understanding an everyday narrative text
- Matching words with their definitions
- Answering in full sentences in writing
- Talking about a personal painful experience
- Role-playing a phone call: appointment and advice
- French learners at A2 level (and B1)
- Younger learners with teacher or parent support
- Teachers: a ready-to-use reading comprehension lesson
- Parents: a calm activity about health
🪥 Oral-health extension: at the end of the story, Jade decides to eat less candy. A perfect springboard to talk about brushing, sugar and regular check-ups.
Read, understand, write, then act out the phone call: in one session, the worksheet practices every skill, with a topic every child knows.
Download (A4 & US Letter)
Choose the format that fits your printer. Each one includes the printable PDF and the editable DOCX.
📄 A4 format
The classic format for most of the world.
📄 US Letter format
The standard format for the United States and Canada.
And what if the session ended with a good resolution, just like Jade? Use it to talk about brushing, check-ups and limiting sugar, in French class or at home.
