À, de, en, chez
A free A2 French prepositions quiz on à, de, en, and chez, scored on the page. Where you are, where you are going, and why it is chez le médecin and not au médecin.
Four small words, every wrong turn
Fifteen blanks on à, de, en, au, aux and chez: cities, countries, the coiffeur, the train. English logic gets about half of them right, which is exactly how people end up saying au coiffeur.
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How this French prepositions quiz works
The quiz covers the prepositions of place and direction that A2 learners scramble daily: je vais à Paris, but en France, but au Portugal, but chez Marie. The system is real: à for cities, en for feminine countries, au for masculine ones, aux for plurals, chez for someone’s place or business. The trap is translating from English, where “to” and “at” cover everything. Je vais au médecin is the error every French teacher hears weekly.
Retake it until the country rules and the chez reflex are automatic; the answer key explains each sentence, including which rule applies and the common wrong answer it replaces. If the geography prepositions keep failing, the Learning Center has a full grammar guide on prepositions of place. The French Briefing, with its short real-French news reads, is where you will see à, en, and chez doing their work in context every week.
When do I use en vs au for countries?
En for feminine countries (they end in -e: en France, en Espagne) and for masculine countries starting with a vowel (en Iran). Au for other masculine countries (au Japon, au Canada), aux for plurals (aux États-Unis). Le Mexique is the trap: masculine despite the -e, so au Mexique.
What does chez actually mean?
At or to someone’s place, in the broad sense: chez moi (my home), chez le dentiste (the dentist’s office), chez Paul (Paul’s house). It takes a person or a business named by its person, never a place name. Chez Paris does not exist.
What level is this quiz?
A2. It assumes you know basic verbs of movement (aller, venir, partir) and country names. The focus is choosing the right preposition, including the à + le = au and de + le = du contractions.
