Our new house's renovations

"Les rénovations de notre nouvelle maison"
French B2 writing exercise

Jacques and his partner Louise are planning their new house's renovations.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to intend to", "to renovate", "a façade", "in good condition", "a makeover", "to replaster", "to tackle (task/problem)", "the wooden flooring", "to wallpaper", "wall tiles", "given [something]", "to dig out", "to refurbish [something]", "to turn [something] into", "to rent out".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-02-15

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
Start the exercise
How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Futur Simple (Indicatif), Verbes réguliers avec -ER, Le Présent (Indicatif)

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

Louise and I have just bought a house in the countryside that we intend to renovate together. Apart from the façade which is in good condition, the rest needs a good makeover! Once we've replastered the inside walls, we'll tackle the wooden flooring. We'll then wallpaper all the rooms except in the bathroom where there'll be wall tiles, given that room's dampness. When the weather's nicer, we will dig out the swimming pool in the garden. We'll also be able to refurbish the garage and we'll turn it into a pretty flat [US: apartment] that we'll rent out in the summer.

Let me take a look at that...