A rainy afternoon

"Une après-midi pluvieuse"
French A1 writing exercise

Soizic and Armelle meet up on a rainy day in Brest.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "Hi!", "it's raining again", "a bit", "depressing", "luckily", "an umbrella", "wellington boots [US: rubber boots]", "to buy", "a pair", "a shopping centre [US:mall]", "an idea", "the weather is bad", "like that", "to stay inside", "to have a coffee", "before", "to invite [someone]".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-04-20

I’ll give you some sentences to translate into French

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Présent (Indicatif), Adjectif, Genre masculin

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- Hi Armelle! It's raining again! - Yes, it's a bit depressing. Luckily, I have my umbrella and my new wellington boots [US: rubber boots]. - They are beautiful! (As for) Me, I must buy a new pair. - Do you want to go to the shopping centre [US:mall]? - Yes, that's a very good idea! When the weather's bad like this, I prefer to stay inside. - Can we go and have a coffee? - OK, but it's on me!

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