Allô les pompiers ?

"Hello, the Fire Brigade?"
French B1 dictation exercise

Élodie is calling the Fire Brigade.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "une odeur de brûlé", "envahir", "une cage d'escalier", "la fumée", "une flamme", "environ", "le feu", "au plus vite".

I'll play you French speech in sections for you to transcribe

  • Start by listening to the whole piece then hit start
  • Play each section and write down what you hear
  • I'll show you correct answers after each for you to mark yourself
Start the exercise
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