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Section A: Ask for information
Call about an advertisement and ask for the details you need. Develop your questions and follow up on the examiner’s answers.
TEF Canada speaking practice questions
Practise TEF speaking one section at a time. Choose an exercise, work under exam timing and review your saved answers and feedback.
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Section B: Persuade a friend
Present a proposal, explain why it would suit your friend and respond to their objections in a live conversation.
Why practise TEF speaking one section at a time
TEF Canada speaking is a face-to-face conversation with an examiner. Section A and Section B ask for different behaviour, so rehearse them separately.
Read the TEF speaking practice guideSection A is about asking
You call about an advertisement and have five minutes to get the details you need, using vous. Practise it on its own and precise questions with follow-ups replace a memorised list.
Section B is about persuading
You have ten minutes to convince a friend, using tu, who keeps raising objections. Repeat it until you answer each objection with a reason, an example or an alternative.
The examiner answers back
Your AI examiner reacts to what you actually say, so no two conversations go the same way. You get used to answering in French when the reply is not the one you planned for.
How TEF speaking practice works
1.Choose a topic
Section A has 25 advertisements to ask about. Section B has 18 proposals to defend.
2.Talk with the AI examiner
Check your microphone and read the topic first. The conversation clock starts only when you connect.
3.Review the conversation
Play back the recording, read the transcript and get feedback on your interaction and your French.
TEF speaking Section A and Section B compared
Timings follow the face-to-face TEF Canada speaking test published by CCI Paris Île-de-France, checked on 29 October 2026.
| Section A | Section B | |
|---|---|---|
| Task | Ask for information | Persuade a friend |
| Time | 5 minutes | 10 minutes |
| You say | Vous, to a stranger | Tu, to a friend |
| What to show | Precise questions, follow-ups and reactions to the answers | A clear proposal and a relevant reply to each objection |
| Practice topics | 25 | 18 |
| Free to try | One topic, with a free account | Premium |
TEF speaking practice questions, answered
For the full exam format, see the TEF Canada speaking format. To practise under full exam conditions, take a speaking mock test.
How does the AI examiner work?
It is a French voice partner that talks with you in real time. In Section A it plays the person who placed the advertisement. In Section B it plays your friend and pushes back on your idea. It is an AI, not a human examiner, and its feedback is a practice estimate rather than an official TEF score.
Which speaking question is free?
The photography workshop in Section A. A free account includes one five-minute conversation on it with feedback, and speaking credits let you repeat it. Premium unlocks every other topic, Section B and the speaking mocks, with speaking minutes included.
Do I use vous or tu in TEF speaking?
Use vous in Section A, where you speak to a stranger about an advertisement. Use tu in Section B, where you talk to a friend. Switching between them mid-conversation is a common slip, and practising each section on its own helps you avoid it.
Are these real TEF speaking topics?
No. All 43 topics are original, modelled on the official sample papers and written with TEF Canada tutors. They follow the real situations: an advertisement to ask about in Section A and a proposal to defend in Section B.