Official papers
DELF Prim A1 — official sample papers
France Éducation international
Sample papers from the body that designs the DELF, for ages 7–11.
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The best resources for teaching French, sorted by level and subject: official papers, free platforms, public-domain works to download, and a few books to buy. Every title has its QR code, to project in class or send on WeChat.
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Official papers
Official papers
DELF Prim A2 — official sample papers
France Éducation international
Official DELF Prim sample papers at A2 level.
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Official papers
DELF junior A1 — official sample papers
France Éducation international
DELF junior and school sample papers, A1 level.
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Official papers
DELF junior A2 — official sample papers
France Éducation international
DELF junior and school sample papers, A2 level.
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Official papers
DELF junior B1 — official sample papers
France Éducation international
DELF junior and school sample papers, B1 level.
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Official papers
DELF B1 — official sample papers
France Éducation international
Two group papers, one individual paper and the examiners' marking grids.
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Official papers
DELF B2 — official sample papers
France Éducation international
DELF B2 sample papers and marking grids.
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Official papers
DALF C1 and C2 — official sample papers
France Éducation international
DALF sample papers, with marking grids.
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Official papers
Resources for preparing the DELF and DALF (PDF)
France Éducation international
The official bibliography of preparation books and websites, level by level.
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Free online
Free online
TV5MONDE — Learn French
TV5MONDE
Thousands of online exercises built on videos, beginner to advanced, designed with Alliance Française teachers.
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Free online
Easy French with RFI
Radio France Internationale
The daily Journal en français facile, podcasts, exercises and sheets for teachers, at every level.
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Free online
Le Point du FLE — grammar
Le Point du FLE
A directory of free grammar lessons and exercises, topic by topic.
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Free online
Le Point du FLE — conjugation
Le Point du FLE
Every tense and mood, with lessons and corrected exercises.
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Free online
Le Point du FLE — teaching sheets
Le Point du FLE
Over 8,500 links to free lesson sheets, sorted by theme.
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IFprofs — teaching resources
Institut français
Sheets, printable games and exercises from the Institut français and its partners, A1 to C2.
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Free online
Parlons français — teaching resources
International Organisation of La Francophonie
Over 200 resources for teaching French in a multilingual setting.
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Free online
Éduscol — French, cycle 2 (CP–CE2)
French Ministry of Education
Official support resources for the French curriculum, CP to CE2.
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Free online
Éduscol — French, cycle 3 (CM1–6e)
French Ministry of Education
Official support resources for the French curriculum, CM1 to 6e.
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Free online
Éduscol — French, cycle 4 (5e–3e)
French Ministry of Education
Language study in middle school: benchmarks, progressions and official resources.
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Public domain — download
Public domain — download
Les Misérables — Victor Hugo
Wikisource · public domain
The full text, in five volumes, downloadable as PDF or EPUB from the page. For selected extracts from B2.
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Public domain — download
La Fontaine's Fables
Wikisource · public domain
All the fables, in several editions including an illustrated one, downloadable. To learn, act out and discuss.
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Public domain — download
Histoire de France, cours élémentaire — Ernest Lavisse (1913)
Internet Archive · Gallica · public domain
The history textbook of generations of French pupils, as a PDF. Read it as a period document: its view of the nation and the colonies is that of 1913.
Open and download
Public domain — download
La Famille Fenouillard — Christophe
Gallica (BnF) · public domain
One of the very first French comics (1889–1893): a shopkeeping family thrown into a round-the-world trip. A satire of tourism, still funny.
Open and download
Public domain — download
Bécassine — Caumery and Pinchon
Gallica (BnF) · public domain since 2024
The albums of the young Breton maid, from 1905 to the inter-war years. Use them while also discussing the caricature they carry.
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Public domain — download
Les Pieds Nickelés — Louis Forton
Gallica (BnF) · public domain
The trio of rogues Croquignol, Filochard and Ribouldingue, from 1908. Ideal for working on slang and informal French.
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To buy
To buy
Bulles de France — Géraldine Jeffroy and Unter
Presses universitaires de Grenoble · ISBN 978-2-7061-2201-9
About forty comic pages on the French and French life, each followed by two pages of activities: civilisation, vocabulary, grammar. Under copyright: buy it, do not mass-photocopy it.
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