School (match)

Heading into a French classroom? These quizzes give you the school vocabulary you need, from subjects and supplies to the people and the daily routine.

French School Vocabulary

Each quiz matches five French words to their English meanings, one part of school life at a time. You will cover subjects like mathématiques (mathematics) and histoire (history), classroom objects such as the cahier (notebook) and crayon (pencil), supplies like the sac à dos (backpack), everyday verbs such as apprendre (to learn), and the people you meet, from the élève (pupil) to the bibliothécaire (librarian).

These quizzes are aimed at beginners and cover the whole school day, including words like devoir (homework) and récréation (recess). Each set stays small, so the vocabulary builds up steadily, and reading each prompt carefully matters, since a word like devoir (homework) can also act as a verb meaning to have to.

French School Words with Audio Pronunciation

You will hear these words all day in a classroom, so every quiz includes audio pronunciation. Listening first makes it far easier to follow a teacher and join in when it is your turn to speak.

Did You Know?

One subject name leads a double life. Histoire (history) means both history as a school subject and a story in everyday French, so context tells you which sense is meant.

Two words for students are not interchangeable. An élève (pupil) is a school student, while étudiant (student) is reserved for someone at university, and swapping them sounds odd to a French speaker.

How the Quizzes Work

Each quiz is short, about five minutes, and you can repeat any of the 6 sets until the words feel familiar. Learning subjects, supplies, and people together gives you a fuller picture of the school day, and spreading the sets across a few sessions keeps a big vocabulary from feeling heavy. Ready for class? Jump into the free interactive French quizzes and start studying.