The pleasure of traditional mail

"Le plaisir du courrier traditionnel"
French B1 writing exercise

Coralie has always loved sending and receiving letters.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "still (adv.)", "to draw a picture", "family members", "to let [someone] do", "to lick", "to take pleasure in [doing]", "a wax seal", "there's nothing better than [doing]", "a letterbox", "handwritten".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-01-12

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: L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Verbes réguliers avec -ER, Le Présent (Indicatif)

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I've always loved sending letters. When I was still too young to write, I would draw pretty pictures that my mother would send to family members. She would always let me lick the stamp! Over the years, I made many pen pals and I still take as much pleasure in writing to them. I even make my own wax seals! After all, if I've learned one thing, it's this: there's nothing better than opening one's letterbox to discover (there) a handwritten letter from someone you love.

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