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When you're tired of studying French, take a break with these fun sites that I've found on the net. There are games, jokes, comics, tongue twisters, and more.
Recess! French vocabulary games
Some word games to help you practice your beginning French vocabulary, including crossword puzzles, Concentration, and Word Seek.
French Crossword Puzzles - Mots fléchés
Mots fléchés are French crossword puzzles which provide clues within the puzzle itself, rather than in a list on the side. You can print out free mots fléchés to get a bit of challenging - and fun! - French practice every day.
Les Règles d'écriture
Just for fun - the rules of French grammar explained by breaking each of them in the descriptions (en français).
French Screensavers
Three French-theme screensavers. They dance, they talk, they save your screen... what more could you ask for? :-)
A la française Forum
Word games, jokes, and other fun things on this site's forum (you will need to log in, and then you'll be taken to the games).
French is Better than... Everything!
Purely for entertainment - lists of reasons that French is better than chocolate, shopping, Spanish, and more.
Personality Quiz
Take this quiz to find out your French student personality! Discover whether your study habits are worthy of an A, B, C, or even, gasp, a D. Then take a look at the study tips to improve your French study habits.
French Names
Looking for name to use in French class? These pages include more than 200 of the most popular French names, along with their pronunciation and English equivalents.
Travian
Travian est un jeu par navigateur avec des mondes remplis de milliers de joueurs, chacun étant au début le chef d'un petit village.
Adopt an Escargot
By adopting an escargot, you become a member of this great online community and can trade stories and ideas.
African expressions
Guess what the African expression means in standard French.
Aptonyms
Learn all about aptonyms - last names that correspond to the person's job. This site has more than 300 examples. I guess since my name is Lawless, I need to change careers and be a lawyer, eh? :-)
Astérix, le site officiel
Perhaps the most famous French comic strip. You can read the comics, play games, and more, in four languages.
Créativité et activitiés ludiques
Assorted games and activities for intermediate/advanced French speakers.
Douce-Amère
A very cute site with several different activities, including rebuses, assorted puzzles, and more. French only
Enigmes et casse-tête
Puzzles for intermediate/advanced French students.
Free Rice
Test your French vocab and do a good deed at the same time. Click "subjects" to choose French, then watch your rice donations for hungry people grow.
Frites.be
A Belgian webzine with comics, gastronomic discussions, fun touristy information, and other playful stuff. French only.
Jeu du dictionnaire
Provide definitions for little-known words and/or vote for the correct definition (similar to the English game "Balderdash").
Literature games
There are over a dozen games here, but they are kind of hard to figure out.
Aux Milliers de Mots-Croisés
Thousands of free mots-croisés with your choice of level, size, and other options. The site is based on Java, so it can take some time to load.
Mots sans rides
How about some surrealist games? Try "Jeu du si," "Question réponse," and "Cadavres exquis".
Page France
Joke of the day, caricature of the day, and a lot more (in French).
Tableau noir
Create a poem on a virtual chalkboard using the words provided.
Tintin
A classic Belgian comic strip. Learn about the characters, play a game, or just read the funnies.
Web-based Activities
About 20 exercices involving web research and critical analysis, for advanced students.

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