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Basic French in 15 Days: Shopping and prices and At a café

Untimed topic quiz: 20 questions on Shopping and prices and At a café, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.

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  • Checked October 13, 2026
  • Language-reviewed October 13, 2026
Start with the lessonsBasic French: 30 Lessons: about 750 minutes of reading. Every test question is covered in the lessons.

Day 6: Shopping and prices and At a café

  1. Question 1 of 20

    What does 'C'est combien ?' mean?
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    Answer: C. How much is it?

    Combien means 'how much' or 'how many'. C'est combien ? asks for the price.

  2. Question 2 of 20

    What does 'C'est cher' mean?
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    Answer: A. It's expensive.

    Cher means expensive. Pas cher means cheap.

  3. Question 3 of 20

    How do you say the price 7,25 $?
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    Answer: B. sept dollars vingt-cinq

    Say the dollars first, then the word dollars, then the cents: sept dollars vingt-cinq.

  4. Question 4 of 20

    Complete: 'Je paie ___ carte.'
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    Answer: C. par

    To say 'by card', French uses par: je paie par carte.

  5. Question 5 of 20

    The clerk asks: 'Quelle taille faites-vous ?' Choose the best reply.
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    Answer: D. Je fais du M.

    Taille means size. Je fais du M means 'I'm a medium'.

  6. Question 6 of 20

    Which sentence means 'I'll take it'?
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    Answer: B. Je le prends.

    Je le prends means 'I'll take it'. Je le cherche is 'I'm looking for it' and je l'essaie is 'I'm trying it on'.

  7. Question 7 of 20

    Two T-shirts cost $20 each. What does the cashier say?
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    Answer: C. Ça fait quarante dollars.

    2 × 20 = 40, and 40 is quarante. Quatorze is 14.

  8. Question 8 of 20

    Listen. How much does the customer pay?
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    Ça fait trente-quatre dollars cinquante, s'il vous plaît.

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    Answer: C. $34.50

    Trente-quatre dollars cinquante is $34.50. Cinquante is 50; quinze would be 15.

    Transcript

    Ça fait trente-quatre dollars cinquante, s'il vous plaît.

  9. Question 9 of 20

    Listen. What does Sam think of the bag?
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    Sam: Bonjour, c'est combien, ce sac ? Vendeuse: Quatre-vingts dollars. Sam: Oh, c'est trop cher !

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    Answer: A. It's too expensive.

    Sam says c'est trop cher: it's too expensive. The bag costs $80 (quatre-vingts dollars).

    Transcript

    Sam: Bonjour, c'est combien, ce sac ? Vendeuse: Quatre-vingts dollars. Sam: Oh, c'est trop cher !

  10. Question 10 of 20

    Read the receipt. How did the customer pay?

    Épicerie Bon Prix
    Pain : 3,50 $
    Lait : 4,25 $
    Pommes : 5,00 $
    Total : 12,75 $
    Payé par carte
    Merci !

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    Answer: C. By card

    The receipt says payé par carte: paid by card.

  11. Question 11 of 20

    What does 'Je voudrais un thé' mean?
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    Answer: D. I would like a tea.

    Je voudrais means 'I would like'. It is the polite way to order.

  12. Question 12 of 20

    What is 'un chocolat chaud'?
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    Answer: C. a hot chocolate

    Chaud means hot, so un chocolat chaud is a hot chocolate drink.

  13. Question 13 of 20

    Which is the most polite way to order?
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    Answer: C. Je voudrais un croissant, s'il vous plaît.

    Je voudrais + s'il vous plaît is polite. Je veux and donne-moi can sound rude to a server.

  14. Question 14 of 20

    How do you ask for the bill?
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    Answer: B. L'addition, s'il vous plaît.

    L'addition is the bill (in Québec, also la facture). Un billet is a ticket or a banknote, and la monnaie is change.

  15. Question 15 of 20

    Complete: 'Je ___ un grand café, s'il vous plaît.'
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    Answer: D. voudrais

    With je, the polite form is je voudrais. Voudrait goes with il or elle.

  16. Question 16 of 20

    The server asks: 'Et avec ça ?' You don't want anything else. What do you say?
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    Answer: C. C'est tout, merci.

    Et avec ça ? means 'Anything else?' C'est tout, merci means 'That's all, thanks'.

  17. Question 17 of 20

    The server asks: 'Pour ici ou pour emporter ?' What is the question?
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    Answer: C. Will you eat here or take it with you?

    Pour ici means 'for here' and pour emporter means 'to go'.

  18. Question 18 of 20

    Listen. What does the customer order?
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    Serveur: Bonjour, qu'est-ce que je vous sers ? Cliente: Je voudrais un café au lait et un croissant, s'il vous plaît.

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    Answer: C. A café au lait and a croissant

    She says je voudrais un café au lait et un croissant.

    Transcript

    Serveur: Bonjour, qu'est-ce que je vous sers ? Cliente: Je voudrais un café au lait et un croissant, s'il vous plaît.

  19. Question 19 of 20

    Listen. Where will the customer have his coffee?
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    Serveuse: Pour ici ou pour emporter ? Client: Pour emporter, s'il vous plaît.

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    Answer: D. He takes it to go.

    Pour emporter means 'to go', so he takes the coffee with him.

    Transcript

    Serveuse: Pour ici ou pour emporter ? Client: Pour emporter, s'il vous plaît.

  20. Question 20 of 20

    Read the menu. You order a tea and a croissant. How much do you pay?

    Café Soleil — Menu
    Café : 2,75 $
    Café au lait : 3,95 $
    Thé : 2,50 $
    Chocolat chaud : 3,75 $
    Croissant : 2,95 $

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    Answer: D. $5.45

    A tea (thé) is 2,50 $ and a croissant is 2,95 $. 2.50 + 2.95 = 5.45.

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