Getting There
These quizzes will guide you in learning useful words and expressions for navigating airports, hotels, restaurants, and more. Start your journey now and travel with confidence in French-speaking countries!
1. At the Station & Airport
Five French words stand between you and confident navigation of any gare or aeroport in France. This quiz focuses on matching train, billet, horaire, arrivee, and depart to their English equivalents, covering the core French travel vocabulary you need at the station and airport.Worth knowing: billet goes well beyond train travel in French. You will use it for cinema tickets, museum entry, and concert seats too, making it one of the most versatile words in this set.
5 questions
average score: 100% (all users)
2. Hotel & Lodging
At the front desk of a French hotel, five words will take you through check-in from start to finish. This quiz focuses on matching hotel, tarif, chambre, réservation, and réception to their English equivalents, building the French lodging vocabulary every traveler needs.Worth knowing: réception in French refers to the front desk area itself, and you will see it on signs throughout hotels, clinics, and offices across France.
5 questions
average score: 100% (all users)
3. Vehicles & Transport
Bus, taxi, or métro? Knowing the French words for common transport gives you the freedom to get around any French city with confidence. This quiz matches bus, taxi, avion, métro, and vélo to their English translations, covering the vehicles you will name most often while traveling in France.One word worth learning well: vélo is the everyday French word for bicycle, far more common in conversation than the formal bicyclette. You will encounter it constantly, from city bike-share schemes to Tour de France commentary.
5 questions
average score: 92% (all users)
4. Travel Verbs 🔒
By the end of this quiz, you will be able to match five high-frequency French travel verbs to their English meanings: voyager, arriver, partir, réserver, and enregistrer. These are the verbs you reach for when booking a room, landing in Paris, or dropping your bags at the airport check-in counter.One verb to pay attention to: enregistrer means to register or record in everyday French, but at the airport it specifically means to check in your luggage. Knowing this will save you from confusion at the counter.
5 questions
average score: 100% (all users)
5. Places & Destinations 🔒
At the airport, at the station, in the city center: location words are the first vocabulary you need when traveling in France. This quiz covers five essential French place words, matching aéroport, gare, terminal, ville, and destination to their English equivalents.One word that stands out: gare is the distinctly French word for a train station, and you will see it everywhere from Paris to Marseille. Paris alone has six major gares, each serving a different region of the country.
5 questions
average score: 100% (all users)
6. Travel Essentials 🔒
Packing for a trip to France means knowing the words you will encounter at every stage of your journey. This quiz matches passeport, valise, carte, bagages, and frontière to their English equivalents, covering the French travel item vocabulary used at border crossings, baggage claim, and check-in.Note the distinction between valise, which refers to a single suitcase, and bagages, which covers all of your luggage together. Both words appear on signs and forms throughout French airports and train stations.
5 questions
average score: 100% (all users)
7. Checking In to a Hotel (part 1) 🔒
Imagine you are Mia Leroy, arriving at the elegant Hôtel Lumière for a well-deserved stay. Jules, the receptionist, is ready to check you in — see if you can follow along with the conversation!
10 questions
average score: 82% (all users)