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Driving in the city

"Conduire en ville"
French A1 writing exercise

Sophie and Christophe talk about driving in city centres [US: downtown].

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to drive", "in town", "to like", "always", "stressed", "to be scared of [something]", "the traffic (general)", "me neither", "to hate ", "to prefer to [do]", "to take the bus", "sometimes", "to call", "a taxi", "an idea", "like [someone]", "to buy", "a bus pass".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2023-11-09

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, Pronom disjonctif

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

- Do you like driving in town? - No, I don't like it! I am always stressed because I am scared of (the) traffic. And you? - Me neither. I hate driving. I prefer taking the bus or sometimes, I call a taxi. - That's a good idea! I am going to do like you and I am going to buy a bus pass.

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