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At the shoe store

"Au magasin de chaussures"
A2 writing exercise

Christine is looking for a pair of shoes with the help of a nice sales assistant.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "a pair of shoes", "a wedding", "wide", "heel height", "flat", "ballerinas [US:ballet flats] ", "a shoe size", "cute", "comfortable".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-03-13

I’ll give you some sentences to translate into %s

  • I’ll show you where you make mistakes
  • I’ll keep track of what you need to practise
  • Change my choices if you want
Start the exercise
How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Présent (Indicatif), Question/Interrogative, Pronom d'objet indirect

Here's a preview of the text for the writing challenge, when you're ready click the start button above:

- Hello, I'm looking for a pair of elegant shoes for my daughter's wedding. - Of course Madam [US:Ma'am], we have a wide selection. I'm sure that you are going to find something you love! What heel height do you prefer? - I prefer flat shoes, my feet hurt easily and I'm going to walk and dance a lot! These ballerinas [US:ballet flats] are very cute! Do you have them in a [size] 37? - So, do you like them? - Yes, they're very comfortable! I'll take them!

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