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A holiday [US:vacation] letter

"Une lettre de vacances"
French A2 writing exercise

Jacqueline writes about her holiday [US: vacation] to her friend Patricia.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "dear [someone]", "to hope", "to have a holiday [US: vacation]", "wonderful weather", "incredible", "a view of", "huge (bedroom)", "exceptional", "how did [event] go?", "summer".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-01-12

I’ll give you some sentences to translate into French

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  • I’ll keep track of what you need to practise
  • Change my choices if you want
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How the test works
You’ll practise: Adjectif, L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Le Passé Composé (Indicatif)

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Dear Patricia, I hope that you and your family are well. We've just had a magical holiday [US: vacation]! The weather was wonderful and our hotel was perfect. It had a beautiful outdoor pool, an incredible view of the sea, and our room was huge! Every day, we visited the nearby villages then we took advantage of the pool. What an exceptional holiday [US: vacation]! And you, how did your summer go? See you very soon!

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