A football accident

"Un accident de foot"
French A2 writing exercise

Anthony had his friend Bruno over to play...

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "video games", "suddenly", "to fly", "over the fence", "a neighbour", "to shout", "to break a window", "to be sorry", "to promise to [do]".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-02-15

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Verbes avec être comme auxiliaire

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Yesterday, my friend Bruno came to my house. We played video games in my room, then we went into the garden [US: yard] to play football [US: soccer]. Suddenly, the ball flew over the fence, and we heard a loud noise. Then we saw the neighbour, Mrs Potier. She was shouting : "You broke my window!" We were really sorry. We apologised and we promised to pay for the window.

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