B2 OriginalLevel test
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This 30-question B2 test checks how well you form and use the French gérondif (en + -ant) and the present participle. It covers irregular and spelling-change forms, negatives and pronouns, meanings such as manner, condition and opposition, compound forms such as ayant fini and étant parti, and the difference between the participle and the verbal adjective. It suits upper-intermediate learners and teachers who want a focused grammar check.
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This 30-question B2 test checks how well you form and use the French gérondif (en + -ant) and the present participle. It covers irregular and spelling-change forms, negatives and pronouns, meanings such as manner, condition and opposition, compound forms such as ayant fini and étant parti, and the difference between the participle and the verbal adjective. It suits upper-intermediate learners and teachers who want a focused grammar check.
Use this test after teaching the gérondif and the present participle, or as a diagnostic before revising formal written French. It targets typical B2 errors. These include adding -s to the invariable participle, confusing fatigant and fatiguant or convaincant and convainquant, misplacing ne... pas and object pronouns, and breaking the same-subject rule (En arrivant, le train était parti). As a follow-up, ask learners to rewrite subordinate clauses with quand, si, comme or qui using -ant forms.