How many of these 20 do I need to get right to be on track?

About 16. A passing score works out to roughly 80 percent, so clearing 16 of 20 consistently across a few sets puts you in passing range.

Are these the same questions that appear on the real exam?

No. These are representative practice questions in the exam's style. The real exam draws from a much larger pool, which is why practice volume, not memorizing any single set, is what moves your score.

Where do I get more questions like these?

The Flying Prep CLEP French Language (Level 1 and 2) question bank has every question explained and reviewed against the current outline. Start a free trial and drill the topics your misses point to.

20 CLEP French Language (Level 1 and 2) practice questions, with answers and video walkthroughs

Twenty practice questions for CLEP French Language (Level 1 and 2), in the real exam's style. Score 16 of 20 here and you are in passing range. Miss more than four, and the pattern of your misses points straight at the topic to review next. Every question below is explained on video, including why the wrong answers trap most test-takers.

What students preparing for this exam tell us is that steady practice in the exam's format, with an explanation for every miss, is what moves a score. Use these the same way: answer, check, and read why the wrong choices are tempting. For the full plan around them, see the CLEP French Language (Level 1 and 2) pillar guide.

Watch the full video walkthrough above, then test yourself on the twenty questions below. Each one is explained on the video, including why the wrong answers trap most test-takers.

Questions 1 to 5 (questions 1 to 5)

1. Someone greets you with "Bonjour, comment allez-vous?" They are asking: How You Are Doing. 'Comment allez-vous' is the polite, formal way to ask how someone is doing. It literally asks how a person is going, and the expected reply is something like 'Tres bien, merci', meaning very well, thank you.

2. What is the most natural way to say "thank you very much" in French? Merci Beaucoup. 'Merci beaucoup' means thank you very much. 'S'il vous plait' is please, 'de rien' is you're welcome, and 'au revoir' is goodbye, so only the first one expresses thanks.

3. In a cafe, the waiter asks "Et pour vous?" The most appropriate response is: Je Voudrais Un the. 'Et pour vous' means 'and for you', so the waiter is taking your order. 'Je voudrais un the', meaning 'I would like a tea', is the only choice that answers what you want to order.

4. The French word "la bibliotheque" refers to a: Library. 'La bibliotheque' is the library. A bakery is 'la boulangerie', a pharmacy is 'la pharmacie', and a train station is 'la gare', so only library matches.

5. Which sentence correctly tells someone the time as "It is three o'clock"? Il Est Trois Heures. Telling time in French uses 'il est' plus the hour, so 'il est trois heures' means it is three o'clock. The others mix up age, weather, and counting rather than the time of day.

Questions 6 to 10 (questions 6 to 10)

6. Choose the correct form: "Elle ___ une voiture rouge." A. The verb 'avoir', to have, is irregular. With the subject 'elle', she, the correct form is 'a', so 'elle a une voiture rouge' means she has a red car.

7. Which sentence shows correct adjective agreement? Une Femme Intelligente. French adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun. 'Une femme intelligente' is correct because both the noun and the adjective are feminine; the other choices each leave the adjective the wrong gender or number.

8. Complete with the correct partitive article: "Je voudrais ___ eau." De L'. The partitive expresses 'some' of something you can't count. Because 'eau' is feminine and begins with a vowel, the partitive contracts to 'de l'', giving 'je voudrais de l'eau', I would like some water.

9. Which sentence is in the passe compose (a completed past action)? J'ai Mange Une Pomme. The passe compose pairs a helping verb with a past participle. 'J'ai mange', I ate or I have eaten, uses 'avoir' plus the participle 'mange'; the others are present, near future, and conditional.

10. Fill in the correct possessive adjective: "C'est ___ livre." (the book belongs to me) Mon. Possessive adjectives agree with the noun they modify, not the owner. 'Livre' is masculine singular, so 'mon livre' means my book; 'ma' is feminine, 'mes' is plural, and 'ton' means your.

Questions 11 to 15 (questions 11 to 15)

11. Read: "Marie se leve a sept heures, prend son petit-dejeuner, et part au travail." When does Marie get up? At Seven in the Morning. 'Marie se leve a sept heures' means Marie gets up at seven o'clock, and the morning routine that follows, breakfast then leaving for work, confirms it is seven in the morning.

12. Read: "Il pleut aujourd'hui, alors je prends mon parapluie." Why is the speaker taking an umbrella? It Is Raining. 'Il pleut' means it is raining, and 'alors' means so or therefore. The speaker takes 'mon parapluie', my umbrella, because of the rain.

13. Read: "Paul aime le sport. Il joue au football le samedi et nage le dimanche." What does Paul do on Sundays? He Swims. The passage says 'il joue au football le samedi', he plays soccer on Saturday, and 'nage le dimanche', swims on Sunday, so on Sundays Paul swims.

14. Read: "Le restaurant est ferme le lundi." This tells you the restaurant is: Closed on Mondays. 'Ferme' is the past participle meaning closed, and 'le lundi' means on Mondays. So the sentence says the restaurant is closed on Mondays.

15. Read: "Sophie a achete trois baguettes a la boulangerie." Where did Sophie go? To the Bakery. 'La boulangerie' is the bakery, and she bought 'trois baguettes', three baguettes, a clue that points only to a bakery.

Questions 16 to 20 (questions 16 to 20)

16. A French speaker says "Comment t'appelles-tu?" The natural reply is: Je M'appelle Luc. 'Comment t'appelles-tu' asks what your name is. The matching reply uses the same reflexive verb: 'je m'appelle Luc', meaning my name is Luc.

17. In French, the formal "you" used with a stranger or an elder is: Vous. French distinguishes a familiar 'you' from a formal one. 'Tu' is informal for friends and family, while 'vous' is the polite or plural form you use with a stranger or an elder.

18. Which response best answers "Quel temps fait-il aujourd'hui?" Il Fait Froid. 'Quel temps fait-il' asks about the weather. Weather in French uses 'il fait', so 'il fait froid', it is cold, is the only choice that describes the weather.

19. The expression "avoir faim" means literally "to have hunger" and is used to say: To Be Hungry. French uses 'avoir', to have, for many physical states. 'Avoir faim' literally means to have hunger, which is how French says to be hungry; being thirsty is 'avoir soif'.

20. A French menu lists "le poulet, le poisson, et le boeuf." These are all: Kinds of Meat or Main Dishes. 'Le poulet' is chicken, 'le poisson' is fish, and 'le boeuf' is beef, so the list is the main dishes, the meat and fish courses, rather than desserts, drinks, or vegetables.

What to do with your score

The point of twenty questions is not the twenty, it is the pattern. Mark which topic each miss came from, then spend your next session on that topic alone. None of it requires starting over, only tightening the spots that cost you points.

A single twenty-question set is a snapshot, not a study plan. To pass with margin you need volume: enough questions, in the exam's format, with explanations that turn a wrong answer into a correction. That is what Flying Prep's CLEP French Language (Level 1 and 2) practice is built for: every question explained, with a free trial before you decide.