Free PSC SLE French reading practice: 60 original questions, thirty-two workplace texts and explained answers. Practise notices, email details, inference or contextual word choice. The passages and choices stay in French; choose English or French explanations with the interface switch.
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COURRIEL ORIGINAL — DOCUMENTS DE L’ATELIER Salut Karim, Pour l’atelier de lundi, imprime seulement la fiche de sécurité en couleur. Les exercices seront consultés à l’écran. Prépare aussi huit exemplaires en gros caractères de la fiche, quel que soit le nombre final d’inscriptions. Nous déciderons vendredi si une seconde salle est nécessaire. Attends cette décision avant de modifier la réservation. Maya
Quand Karim doit-il modifier la réservation de salle ?
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What the test covers
Find who should act, where to go and which condition changes an instruction.
Separate the requested task, excluded work, deadline and next approval.
Read limitations and recommendations without turning cautious wording into certainty.
Choose words that fit the relationship and purpose of an original workplace text.
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COURRIEL ORIGINAL — DOCUMENTS DE L’ATELIER Salut Karim, Pour l’atelier de lundi, imprime seulement la fiche de sécurité en couleur. Les exercices seront consultés à l’écran. Prépare aussi huit exemplaires en gros caractères de la fiche, quel que soit le nombre final d’inscriptions. Nous déciderons vendredi si une seconde salle est nécessaire. Attends cette décision avant de modifier la réservation. Maya
Maya says to wait for Friday’s decision before changing the booking. Printing the large-type copies does not authorize a room change.
AVIS ORIGINAL — ESPACE CALME Le coin lecture du quatrième étage sera fermé mercredi de 10 h à 13 h pour remplacer les panneaux acoustiques. Les bureaux voisins resteront accessibles. Pendant ces trois heures, les personnes cherchant un espace calme pourront utiliser la salle Érable, au deuxième étage. Aucune réservation ne sera nécessaire.
The final sentence explicitly says that no reservation is needed. The notice does not introduce a badge or permission requirement.
COURRIEL ORIGINAL — ÉCHANTILLONS DE PAPIER Bonjour, Nous testerons deux papiers pour les fiches de terrain. Utilisez chacun dehors pendant une séance, puis comparez la lisibilité des notes. Ne jugez pas la couleur; elle sera identique dans la commande finale. Rapportez les feuilles utilisées jeudi pour que nous puissions examiner les traces ensemble. Nadia
The requested comparison is readability after use outdoors. Colour is explicitly excluded because the final order will use the same colour.
NOTE ORIGINALE — ESSAI DU FORMULAIRE Le nouveau formulaire a réduit les champs laissés vides lors d’un essai mené dans deux petites équipes. Cependant, ces équipes connaissaient déjà bien la procédure. Avant de recommander une adoption générale, nous proposons un second essai auprès de collègues qui l’utilisent rarement. Le premier résultat est encourageant, mais il ne permet pas encore de conclure que l’outil convient à tous les services.
The author calls the result encouraging but requests a broader test. That is cautious support, not immediate universal adoption or rejection.
NOTE ORIGINALE — CRÉNEAUX DE PERMANENCE La permanence du matin a reçu moins de visiteurs que prévu. Plusieurs collègues ont indiqué que cet horaire entrait en conflit avec leurs réunions habituelles. Nous conserverons un créneau matinal, mais ajouterons deux séances en fin de journée pendant un mois. Il serait prématuré d’attribuer la faible fréquentation à un manque d’intérêt pour le service.
Adding late sessions while retaining one morning slot tests an alternative schedule. The text does not promise a permanent replacement or restrict attendance.
TEXTE ORIGINAL — COMPTAGE DES CHAISES Le nombre de chaises disponibles est inférieur au nombre d’inscriptions. (A) ____, nous devons en emprunter avant la séance. L’équipe demande aux bénévoles de (B) ____ les chaises reçues, puis d’inscrire le total sur la feuille.
Writing a total requires counting the received chairs. Decorating, reserving or folding them does not establish how many there are.
COURRIEL ORIGINAL — PANNEAUX DU PARCOURS Bonjour André, Vérifie les flèches sur les panneaux extérieurs, mais laisse les numéros de station inchangés. Le plan approuvé contient déjà la bonne numérotation. Transmets les erreurs de direction à Lila avant mardi; elle préparera les autocollants correctifs. Nous n’avons pas besoin de nouveaux panneaux complets. Sofia
The task is to check arrows. The message specifically excludes changing station numbers and does not request prices or participant records.
AVIS ORIGINAL — DÉMONSTRATION DES CARTES La démonstration de l’outil de cartographie aura lieu mardi à 14 h. L’inscription sert à recevoir le lien de connexion; elle ne réserve pas une place assise. Les personnes présentes dans l’immeuble pourront suivre la séance en salle Pin, dans la limite de douze places. Un enregistrement sera envoyé à toutes les personnes inscrites.
Registration supplies the connection link, not a seat. The room’s twelve-seat limit is a separate condition.
TEXTE ORIGINAL — RETOUR DES TAPIS Les tapis ont été utilisés dehors et sont mouillés. (A) ____, ils doivent sécher avant d’être rangés. Merci de les (B) ____ sur les supports prévus à cet effet.
The need to dry the mats follows from their being wet. The relationship is a consequence, not a contradiction, an earlier event or an example.
TEXTE ORIGINAL — COMPTAGE DES CHAISES Le nombre de chaises disponibles est inférieur au nombre d’inscriptions. (A) ____, nous devons en emprunter avant la séance. L’équipe demande aux bénévoles de (B) ____ les chaises reçues, puis d’inscrire le total sur la feuille.
Borrowing more chairs follows from the shortage, so par conséquent marks the logical result. The other expressions introduce contrast or earlier time.
About the test
French workplace reading often depends on short linking expressions and on what a writer chooses not to claim. In this bank, the original notices ask you to distinguish an alternative location from a closed one and an invitation from a confirmed place. The email cases require you to separate a requested correction from work that has explicitly been postponed.
The longer French notes use qualified recommendations. An encouraging trial is not a decision to adopt an approach everywhere; a low attendance count is not proof of a lack of interest. The context exercises connect complete ideas using contrast, conditions and consequences. Read the sentence after the blank as well as the one before it.
Read the whole message before selecting an answer. An instruction may be qualified by a later sentence: an activity can continue in another place, a task can exclude one part of a document, and a request can apply only after a decision. The best answer follows all of those conditions rather than matching one familiar word.
When you review a mistake, return to the exact phrase that changes the answer. Identify whether you missed a time reference, a negative, a restriction or a contrast. Then explain why the competing choice goes beyond the text. Repeating a question is more useful when you can name that difference before choosing again.
These exercises have four choices and explanations, with thirty-two fictional workplace texts in this language bank. Each text has one or two questions. The short mixed sets combine the four skills; topic practice lets you work on one skill at a time. None of the passages describes an actual department policy or a real workplace event.
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