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<div style="background:#eef3fb;color:#303846;border:1px solid #c9d7ee;border-radius:12px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 18px"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6"><strong style="color:#171d29">Checked 6 November 2026.</strong> Formats, score bands, retest and validity rules are from the Public Service Commission of Canada pages, read 6 November 2026 (pages dated 2023 to 2025). The PSC changes how tests are delivered (its pages mark the Candidate Assessment Tool versions as new), so re-check the test pages every few months and always follow the instructions in your own test invitation.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The <strong>SLE test</strong> is the federal government of Canada’s <strong>Second Language Evaluation</strong>: the tests the Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC) uses to check whether you can work in your second official language, French or English, in a bilingual public service job. It is not one exam but three separate tests: <strong>reading comprehension</strong>, <strong>written expression</strong> and an <strong>oral language assessment</strong>. Each gives its own result, <strong>A, B or C</strong>, or X below level A; the oral and the supervised written tests can also give an E, an exemption from further testing. A bilingual position lists the three levels it needs, such as BBB or CBC.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">This guide explains what each test measures, the format and timing, the official score that gives each level, how long results stay valid, the 30-day retest rule, and a study plan. The examples are in French, for English speakers being tested in French; the rules are the same for French speakers tested in English.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">ProSyllabus is an independent study site. It is not part of the Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat or any federal department, and nothing here is an official test. The rules on this page are quoted or summarised from the canada.ca pages listed at the end; the French examples are our own, not PSC test content, which is protected.</p>

<div style="display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;margin:18px 0"><div style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">3</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">separate tests: reading, writing and oral, each with its own result</div></div><a href="#sle-written-tests" style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">90 min</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">for each supervised written test (65 or 60 questions)</div></a><a href="#sle-retest-validity" style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">30 days</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">waiting period before you can retake the same test</div></a><a href="#sle-retest-validity" style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">5 years</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">how long a result is normally valid</div></a></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;margin:-8px 0 18px">Public Service Commission of Canada test pages, read 6 Nov 2026.</p>

Who takes the SLE test, and how you get invited

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">You cannot simply book an SLE test, and the PSC says plainly that <strong>candidates cannot pay to be tested</strong>. How you get a test depends on who you are:</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Not a federal public servant:</strong> you can only take a second language test if a federal department or agency invites you, after you apply to a bilingual position. The PSC says you cannot arrange your own test or be tested in anticipation of future employment.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>A public servant in a selection process for a bilingual position:</strong> wait for the hiring organization to send you an invitation to book a test.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>A public servant who wants a test for another reason</strong> (to update an expired result, for example): ask your manager and your human resources (HR) division. If they agree, they send the invitation.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">PSC test pages (supervised and unsupervised written tests), read 6 Nov 2026.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The organization that invites you makes the arrangements, so follow the format and instructions in your own invitation. The levels required come from the position’s <strong>linguistic profile</strong>, which managers set for each bilingual position.</p>

What BBB, CBC and the other linguistic profiles mean

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The Treasury Board’s qualification standards say a bilingual position’s profile has three letters, always in the same order: <strong>reading comprehension, then written expression, then oral communication</strong>. So <strong>CBC</strong> means level C in reading, B in writing and C in oral. When a skill is not required, a dash replaces its letter. The highest profile a bilingual position can require is <strong>CCC</strong>.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The levels are cumulative: a person at level B can do the level A tasks too, and level C covers A and B. X and E are results, not levels. X means you did not reach level A. E means you met level C and are expected to keep it, so the PSC grants an indefinite exemption from retesting in that skill.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Note that the written expression test is <strong>multiple choice</strong>: you do not write an essay or an email. You choose words and spot errors in work texts such as emails, memos, letters, information bulletins, excerpts from reports and research papers.</p>

The written tests: format, question types and timing

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The supervised versions are taken in person in a federal government building, online in the PSC’s Candidate Assessment Tool (a paper version only in exceptional circumstances). Both include <strong>10 pilot questions</strong> that are not identified and do not count; that is why 65 questions give a score out of 55 in writing, and 60 questions a score out of 50 in reading. You cannot tell which questions are pilots, so answer every one as if it counts.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Two question types. <strong>Fill in the blank:</strong> a text with a blank and four options; choose the best word or group of words. <strong>Error identification:</strong> some words or groups of words in a text are in bold; choose the bolded section that contains one or more errors, or the fourth option, <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;Aucun des choix offerts&nbsp;»</span> (none of the choices offered), if there is no error. That option is sometimes the right answer, so do not assume every text has an error.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Two question types. <strong>Choose the best word or group of words to insert in the blank</strong> of a work text (the PSC’s own example has two blanks in one email). And <strong>answer a question about the text</strong>: a short work text, then a question on its main idea, a detail or what it implies.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Bring two pieces of signature identification with photo, and your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) if you are a federal public servant.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Arrive 15 minutes early: you will not be let in after the session starts. Allow 20 to 30 minutes on top of the 90 for administrative procedures.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">There is no penalty for wrong answers, so the PSC advises you to answer every question and guess when unsure, after eliminating the least likely options.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Questions at the beginning, middle and end of the test differ in length and complexity; those at the beginning are the shortest and simplest. Do not spend too long on one question you find difficult.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">If you feel unwell, tell the test administrator. If you carry on to the end, you accept the result and the retest restrictions.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">PSC supervised written test pages, read 6 Nov 2026.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The unsupervised tests are shorter: 30 written expression questions or 25 reading questions in 45 minutes, taken online and unsupervised through the Candidate Assessment Tool, on a desktop or laptop computer; you do not go to a government office. The PSC asks you to be alone in a quiet place, on a device not connected to a VPN and with a modern browser.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The supervised test gives you 90 minutes for 65 questions, about 83 seconds a question; the unsupervised one gives 45 minutes for 30, or 90 seconds each. The time does not divide evenly in practice: the PSC says the questions at the beginning are the shortest and simplest, so move through them briskly and keep minutes for the longer texts near the end.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Our pacing checkpoints for the 90-minute supervised test</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Reach question 20 by about minute 20.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Reach question 40 by about minute 45.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Reach question 60 by about minute 80, so the last five questions and any you skipped still get time.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">If one question has taken two minutes and you are still unsure, eliminate what you can, pick your best option and move on: wrong answers cost nothing, and a blank scores nothing.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Our suggestion, not a PSC rule; worked out from the question count and time limit on the PSC test page.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">These grammar points catch many English speakers in both question types, fill in the blank and error identification. Each has a short wrong-and-right pair; the examples are our own, not PSC test content.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Past participle after <span lang="fr">avoir</span>.</strong> It agrees with a direct object placed before the verb: <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;les rapports que j’ai <strong>lus</strong>&nbsp;»</span>, not <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;lu&nbsp;»</span>. With the object after the verb, there is no agreement: <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;j’ai lu les rapports&nbsp;»</span>.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Verbs that need a preposition.</strong> English “attend a meeting” is <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;assister <strong>à</strong> une réunion&nbsp;»</span>; <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;assister la réunion&nbsp;»</span> is wrong (<span lang="fr">assister quelqu’un</span> means to help someone). The same goes for <span lang="fr">participer à</span>, <span lang="fr">répondre à</span> and <span lang="fr">se souvenir de</span>.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong><span lang="fr">Dont</span> for verbs built with <span lang="fr">de</span>.</strong> <span lang="fr">Parler de</span>, so <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;le dossier <strong>dont</strong> je vous ai parlé&nbsp;»</span>, not <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;que je vous ai parlé&nbsp;»</span>.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong><span lang="fr">Leur</span> or <span lang="fr">leurs</span>.</strong> Before a verb, <span lang="fr">leur</span> means “to them” and never takes an s: <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;je <strong>leur</strong> ai envoyé le courriel&nbsp;»</span>. <span lang="fr">Leurs</span> is only the plural of “their”: <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;leurs dossiers&nbsp;»</span>.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>False friends in work texts.</strong> <span lang="fr">Actuellement</span> means currently, not actually; <span lang="fr">éventuellement</span> means possibly or if need be, not eventually; in a work email <span lang="fr">une demande</span> is usually a request, not a demand. In a fill-in-the-blank text, an option that looks like the English word is often the wrong one.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">ProSyllabus examples; the grammar rules are standard French.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The practice test’s 20-question written-expression drill works through traps like these, with an explanation in English for every answer. If your position needs only one of the written tests, the Written Expression simulation (with the drill) and the Reading simulation are also sold on their own: see <a href="/kits/sle-french-practice-test#sl-one" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">the single-test options</a> on the practice test page.</p>

SLE score bands: the score you need for A, B, C or E

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">These are the official pass marks the PSC publishes for each level. Your result is the band your score falls in, so a B on the supervised written expression test means 31 to 42 of the 55 scored questions right.</p>

<figure style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0;margin:18px 0"><figcaption style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">SLE score bands: which score gives X, A, B, C or E</figcaption><div style="margin:0 0 12px"><div style="font-size:14px;color:#303846;margin:0 0 4px">Written expression, supervised (55 scored questions)</div><div style="display:flex;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden;border:1px solid #e4e1d8"><div style="width:35.71%;background:#ece9e1;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>X</strong><br>0–19</div><div style="width:19.64%;background:#dcebf7;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>A</strong><br>20–30</div><div style="width:21.43%;background:#d9efe1;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>B</strong><br>31–42</div><div style="width:16.07%;background:#f6e7c8;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>C</strong><br>43–51</div><div style="width:7.14%;background:#ead9ef;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>E</strong><br>52–55</div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 12px"><div style="font-size:14px;color:#303846;margin:0 0 4px">Reading comprehension, supervised (50 scored questions)</div><div style="display:flex;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden;border:1px solid #e4e1d8"><div style="width:35.29%;background:#ece9e1;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>X</strong><br>0–17</div><div style="width:19.61%;background:#dcebf7;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>A</strong><br>18–27</div><div style="width:19.61%;background:#d9efe1;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>B</strong><br>28–37</div><div style="width:13.73%;background:#f6e7c8;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>C</strong><br>38–44</div><div style="width:11.76%;background:#ead9ef;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>E</strong><br>45–50</div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 12px"><div style="font-size:14px;color:#303846;margin:0 0 4px">Written expression, unsupervised (30 questions)</div><div style="display:flex;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden;border:1px solid #e4e1d8"><div style="width:35.48%;background:#ece9e1;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>X</strong><br>0–10</div><div style="width:19.35%;background:#dcebf7;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>A</strong><br>11–16</div><div style="width:22.58%;background:#d9efe1;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>B</strong><br>17–23</div><div style="width:22.58%;background:#f6e7c8;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>C</strong><br>24–30</div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 12px"><div style="font-size:14px;color:#303846;margin:0 0 4px">Reading comprehension, unsupervised (25 questions)</div><div style="display:flex;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden;border:1px solid #e4e1d8"><div style="width:34.62%;background:#ece9e1;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>X</strong><br>0–8</div><div style="width:19.23%;background:#dcebf7;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>A</strong><br>9–13</div><div style="width:19.23%;background:#d9efe1;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>B</strong><br>14–18</div><div style="width:26.92%;background:#f6e7c8;color:#171d29;font-size:12px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;padding:5px 2px;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;overflow:hidden"><strong>C</strong><br>19–25</div></div></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Scores as printed on the PSC test pages, read 6 November 2026. Box width shows how many score points each result covers. Unsupervised written tests give X, A, B or C only; among the written tests, an E is possible only on the supervised versions.</p></figure>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Two things to notice. First, the step from B to C is narrow on the supervised tests: in writing, 42 is a B and 43 is a C. Second, on the written tests an <strong>E (exemption)</strong> is possible only on the supervised versions, for 52 to 55 in writing or 45 to 50 in reading. An unsupervised written test cannot give you an exemption. (The oral can also give an E.)</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The <strong>Oral Language Assessment</strong> is a conversation with a second language assessor certified by the PSC, held remotely on Microsoft Teams with your camera on. It lasts <strong>20 to 40 minutes</strong>, including the instructions. You do not need to be in a government office, but you must be alone in a quiet place where you cannot be overheard or recorded, not in a cubicle or open workspace, and blurred or virtual backgrounds are not allowed.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>It gets harder as it goes.</strong> It starts with simple questions about your work or other familiar activities (level A), then moves to questions that let you show level B and then level C skills. If you are not working, you may be asked about your studies or volunteer activities.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>The assessor leads.</strong> They choose the questions and decide when they have heard enough, so they may move you on before you feel you have finished a topic.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Mistakes are expected.</strong> The PSC lists losing your train of thought, not knowing the answer to a question, a brief pause to think, and making mistakes among the things that won’t affect your rating. If you cannot think of a word, use a simple substitute to explain it. You may correct yourself, but frequent corrections can disrupt the flow.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>No aids.</strong> Notes prepared in advance, translation tools, artificial intelligence software and live captions are not permitted. You may jot down ideas or key words during the test, and you must destroy those notes afterwards.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Your result</strong> is a global rating of your sustained performance: A, B, C, X, or E (an indefinite exemption). It is sent to you and to the department within 5 business days, followed by a general feedback report.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">PSC Oral Language Assessment (Candidate Assessment Tool) page, dated 2025-07-10, read 6 Nov 2026.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Unlike the written tests in the Candidate Assessment Tool, which cannot be rescored, the oral has a <strong>rescore</strong>: you can ask, in writing through the departmental HR officer who invited you, within 10 business days after the result was sent to the department. A different assessor listens to the recording, and the new result, higher, lower or the same, becomes the official one. A one-hour feedback session is also available on a cost-recovery basis, with your manager’s approval, if you have taken the oral at least twice without the result you needed and your last test was within 8 weeks of the request; the PSC accepts these requests only from federal departments and agencies.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Our practice test does <strong>not</strong> cover the oral. The best preparation for it is speaking practice on work topics: describing your job, explaining a process, comparing two options, and giving and defending an opinion on a work issue or a hypothetical situation, which are the tasks the level descriptions above name.</p>

Results, the 30-day retest rule and how long results are valid

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Because the most recent valid result is the one that counts, a retake replaces the result on file even if it is lower. The oral and unsupervised test pages also say a manager may ask for reassessment at any time before or after making an appointment, if there are concerns about your level or to respect departmental policies on updating expired results.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">One example of each written test, in the formats the PSC describes. Try them before you open the answers.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Worked example 1 · Written expression: error identification</p><p style="margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.6;font-style:italic" lang="fr">Laquelle des sections en caractères gras suivantes comporte une ou plusieurs erreurs? S’il n’y a pas d’erreur, sélectionnez « Aucun des choix offerts ».</p><div style="margin:0 0 10px;line-height:1.65;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:8px;padding:12px 14px" lang="fr">Nous avons besoin <strong>de plus d’informations</strong> (1) <strong>avant de prendre</strong> (2) une décision. Pouvez-vous nous les <strong>envoyez</strong> (3) d’ici jeudi?</div><ul style="list-style:none;margin:0 0 12px;padding:0" lang="fr"><li style="margin:4px 0">(1) de plus d’informations</li><li style="margin:4px 0">(2) avant de prendre</li><li style="margin:4px 0">(3) envoyez</li><li style="margin:4px 0">(4) Aucun des choix offerts</li></ul><details><summary style="cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f7a45">Show the answer</summary><p style="margin:10px 0 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Answer: (3) <span lang="fr">envoyez</span>.</strong> After <span lang="fr">pouvoir</span> (as after <span lang="fr">vouloir</span>, <span lang="fr">devoir</span> or <span lang="fr">aller</span>), the next verb goes in the infinitive: <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;Pouvez-vous nous les <strong>envoyer</strong>&nbsp;»</span>. <span lang="fr">Envoyer</span> and <span lang="fr">envoyez</span> sound the same, which is why this error is easy to miss when you read quickly. A quick check: replace the verb with one from another group, such as <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;prendre&nbsp;»</span>. You would say <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;pouvez-vous les prendre&nbsp;»</span>, not <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;prenez&nbsp;»</span>, so the infinitive is needed. Sections (1) and (2) are correct: <span lang="fr">avoir besoin de</span>, and <span lang="fr">avant de</span> + infinitive.</p></details><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">An original ProSyllabus question written in the style the PSC describes. It is not a question from an official SLE test.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Worked example 2 · Reading comprehension: the purpose of a text</p><p style="margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.6;font-style:italic" lang="fr">Lisez le texte et répondez à la question.</p><div style="margin:0 0 10px;line-height:1.65;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:8px;padding:12px 14px" lang="fr"><strong>Note de service</strong><br>Objet : Nouvelles heures d’ouverture de l’immeuble<br><br>À compter du 1<sup>er</sup> décembre, les portes principales de l’immeuble seront verrouillées à 18 h plutôt qu’à 20 h. Les employés qui doivent travailler en soirée pourront toujours entrer par la porte arrière en présentant leur carte d’identité au gardien. Ce changement permettra de réduire les frais de sécurité pendant les mois d’hiver, lorsque peu d’employés restent au bureau après 18 h.<br><br><strong>Pourquoi l’heure de fermeture des portes principales change-t-elle?</strong></div><ul style="list-style:none;margin:0 0 12px;padding:0" lang="fr"><li style="margin:4px 0">(1) Pour diminuer les dépenses liées à la sécurité.</li><li style="margin:4px 0">(2) Parce que la porte arrière sera fermée pendant l’hiver.</li><li style="margin:4px 0">(3) Parce que les employés ne pourront plus travailler en soirée.</li><li style="margin:4px 0">(4) Pour obliger les employés à montrer leur carte d’identité.</li></ul><details><summary style="cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f7a45">Show the answer</summary><p style="margin:10px 0 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Answer: (1) <span lang="fr">Pour diminuer les dépenses liées à la sécurité.</span>.</strong> The last sentence gives the reason: the change will <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;réduire les frais de sécurité&nbsp;»</span>, which option (1) says in other words (<span lang="fr">frais</span> = <span lang="fr">dépenses</span>). Option (3) contradicts the text, which says evening workers can still come in. Option (2) contradicts the text: evening workers can still enter by the rear door. Option (4) is a detail of how evening access works, not the reason for the change. Questions like this one test whether you can tell the main idea from a secondary detail, one of the skills the PSC lists for level B.</p></details><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">An original ProSyllabus question written in the style the PSC describes. It is not a question from an official SLE test.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The PSC pages listed here set out no official study plan; they point you to sample questions on the test pages, the sample test in the Candidate Assessment Tool and the PSC’s self-assessment tests. The plan below is ours, for someone with about six weeks before a written test.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">In error identification, read the whole sentence before you look at the bold sections: many errors are agreements with a word that comes earlier or later in the sentence.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Remember option 4, <span lang="fr">«&nbsp;Aucun des choix offerts&nbsp;»</span>. If you cannot find an error after a careful check, it may be the answer.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">In reading, the wrong options are often true details from the text that do not answer the question, or statements that go one step further than the text. Match the question, not just the words.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Keep time in hand for the later questions: the PSC says the first ones are the shortest and simplest, so do not overspend early.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">For the oral, practise out loud on work topics and hypothetical questions, not by memorizing answers: the assessor decides the questions.</li></ul></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">These play in our practice player: press Start, answer them, and the result page explains each answer in English. They are our own questions in the SLE formats, not PSC test content.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Practise full-length, timed simulations of the two SLE French written tests</p><p style="margin:0 0 10px;line-height:1.65">Our Government of Canada SLE French Practice Test has a 65-question Written Expression simulation and a 60-question Reading Comprehension simulation, 90 minutes each and in the PSC’s question types, plus a 20-question drill on common written-expression traps. Every answer has an explanation in English, and each simulation ends with your practice score band (X to E) worked out on the PSC’s published bands.</p><p style="margin:0 0 10px;line-height:1.65">It covers <strong>reading and writing only</strong>. It does not prepare you for the oral assessment, which is a live conversation with a PSC-certified assessor.</p><p style="margin:0;line-height:1.65"><a href="/kits/sle-french-practice-test" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">See the SLE French practice test</a>. Independent practice written by ProSyllabus; not made or endorsed by the Public Service Commission of Canada, and a practice band is not an official result.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">More in this series</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"></ul></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Sources</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/second-language-testing-public-service.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">Public Service Commission of Canada: Second language evaluation in the federal public service (page dated 2025-04-11; read 6 Nov 2026)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/second-language-testing-public-service/second-language-evaluation-writing-supervised-cat.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">PSC: Test of written expression, supervised, Candidate Assessment Tool (format, levels and pass marks, retest, validity; page dated 2025-04-25)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/second-language-testing-public-service/second-language-evaluation-reading-supervised-cat.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">PSC: Test of reading comprehension, supervised, Candidate Assessment Tool (format, levels and pass marks, retest, validity; page dated 2025-04-25)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/second-language-testing-public-service/unsupervised-test-written-expression.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">PSC: Unsupervised test of written expression (30 questions, 45 minutes; page dated 2025-04-25)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/second-language-testing-public-service/unsupervised-test-reading-comprehension.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">PSC: Unsupervised test of reading comprehension (25 questions, 45 minutes; page dated 2025-04-25)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/second-language-testing-public-service/oral-language-assessment-sle-cat.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">PSC: Oral Language Assessment, booked via the Candidate Assessment Tool (page dated 2025-07-10)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/second-language-testing-public-service/self-assessment-tests.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">PSC: Self-assessment tests for reading comprehension and written expression (page dated 2023-05-12)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/staffing/qualification-standards/relation-official-languages.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat: Qualification standards in relation to official languages (page dated 2026-09-16)</a></li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472"><strong style="color:#1f7a45">official</strong> = a document published by the conducting body. <strong style="color:#8a5300">reported</strong> = a news or coaching site we could not check against an original. Where sources disagree this page says so rather than picking one.</p></div>

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