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Diagnostic Sentences
for Beginner Level

To prepare for your Free Diagnostic Lesson, please look over the following sentences and practice saying them as many times as you like. You can print out this page from the web site to have a copy handy for your lesson. Click on this highlighted sentence when you are ready to return to the Free Diagnostic Lesson page.

If you have difficulty printing out the sentences directly from the web site, highlight them and then copy and paste them into a word processing program on your computer. You can then easily print them out.

When you are ready for your first lesson, you will be asked to say each sentence loudly and clearly at least twice. When you have finished all the sentences, you will be asked to repeat them all in succession.

l. Bonjour. Je m'appelle __(fill in your name)__.

Hello. My name is _________.

2. J'aime beaucoup le français.

I like French very much.

3. Nous sommes en train de lire.

We are in the process of reading.

4. Hier j'ai vu deux soeurs.

Yesterday I saw two sisters.

5. Elles veulent savoir si tu as faim.

They want to know if you are hungry.

6. Est-ce que Jeanne est au restaurant?

Is Jeanne at the restaurant?

7. Comment est-ce qu'ils ont joué lundi?

How did they play on Monday?

8. Ferez-vous la cuisine?

Will you do the cooking?

9. Sois heureux!

Be happy!

 

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