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The driving licence test

"Le permis de conduire"
French A1 writing exercise

Véronique is taking her driving licence exam.

Directions Vocabulary in French 

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "after", "bakery", "to enter [somewhere]", "a parking lot", "to park (oneself)", "please", "OK", "to indicate [US: signaling] (car)", "slowly (carefully)", "to turn off", "the engine (car)", "to undo", "a seat belt", "congratulations", "a driving licence".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-01-04

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 Présent (Indicatif), Verbes réguliers avec -ER, Préposition

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

- Do I go straight ahead? - No, after the bakery, you're going to turn right. Now, you enter the parking lot and you park (yourself), please. - OK. I'm looking behind me, I'm indicating [US: signaling] left and I'm turning carefully. - Very well. You can turn off the engine and undo your seat belt. Congratulations! You have your driving licence!

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