Californian dream

"Le rêve californien"
French C1 writing exercise

Olivia finally followed her dream to move to California.

In this text, use Le Passé Simple when appropriate.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "for as long as she could remember", "to fantasise about", "a row of palm trees", "arid/lush (vegetation)", "to comprise [something]", "to get fed up with", "to draw out savings", "a bus heading west".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-03-17

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How the test works
You’ll practise: L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Le Subjonctif Présent, Mode subjonctif

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Olivia had always wanted to discover California. For as long as she could remember, she'd fantasised about warm sand beaches, rows of palm trees and movie stars. But what fascinated her the most remained this image of a land both arid and lush, which comprised desert, forests, ocean and mountains, an endless adventure she couldn't resist. One day, she got fed up with waiting: whether she could afford it or not, she had to go! So, she drew out the little savings she had left, and after taking a last look at the life she was leaving behind, she got on the first bus heading west.

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