A love story

"Une histoire d'amour"
French A1 writing exercise

Cécile and Andrew meet in a bar.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "a bar", "Scottish", "to spend (holiday/vacation)", "a best friend", "when", "to take an order", "British", "charming", "a mutual feeling", "to take a step".

I’ll give you some sentences to translate into French

  • I’ll show you where you make mistakes
  • I’ll keep track of what you need to practise
  • Change my choices if you want
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How the test works

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Cécile is French. She works in a bar in Lyon. Andrew is Scottish and he is spending his holiday [US: vacation] in France with his best friend Dan. When Andrew and Dan come into the bar, Cécile goes and takes their order. She loves British culture, and speaks English well. She finds Andrew charming, and the feeling is mutual. Who is going to make the first move?

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