My Hallowe'en costume

"Mon déguisement d'Halloween"
French A2 writing exercise

Daniel tells us how hard it can be to pick one's Hallowe'en costume.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "everyone", "trendy", "a clown", "to dress up as", "a zombie", "a make-up artist", "to draw", "a scar", "a piece of plastic", "fake", "rotten", "disgusting".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-01-20

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

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Like every year, I must choose my Hallowe'en costume. And it's not always easy, because everyone wants to be trendy, but we hate to be the tenth clown in the room! Today, I decided to dress up as a zombie. My friend Rachel is a very good make-up artist and she drew scars all over my face. She also used some pieces of plastic to create fake rotten skin. Disgusting, right? I'm going to scare everyone!

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