Reading "The Lord of the Rings"

"Lire "Le Seigneur des Anneaux""
French A2 writing exercise

Baptiste remembers the first time he read Tolkien's masterpiece.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "literary", "to devour (book)", "(school) recess", "to skip lunch", "to keep on [doing]", "to force [someone] to [do]", "to turn off (light)", "to prevent [someone] from [doing]", "to be addicted (as in loving something)".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-03-12

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How the test works
You’ll practise: L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), Pronom d'objet direct

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I was thirteen when I read "The Lord of the Rings" for the first time. I didn't know that literary genre before, and this book was a revelation! I devoured the first volume, "The Fellowship of the Ring", in only a few days. I would read at the breakfast table, I would read during recess, I would skip lunch in order to keep on reading, and at night, my brother would force me to turn off the light because it was three in the morning and it was preventing him from sleeping! I was completely addicted!

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