Watching fencing at the Olympics

"Regarder l'escrime aux Jeux olympiques"
French B2 writing exercise

Couple Tina and Olivier are watching an Olympic fencing match on TV.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "a fencer (sport)", "so far", "to hope that + [Subjonctif]", "fingers crossed", "an outfit", "a mesh mask", "slender (object)", "a foil (fencing sword)", "to cut through the air (sword)", "to fence (sport)", "limber (body)", "to manage to [do]", "to parry an offensive", "an opponent", "to counter-attack", "to dominate", "that much", "to be on one's way to victory", "once again".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2024-07-11

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

Here's a preview of the text for the writing challenge, when you're ready click the start button above:

- This French fencer has won all her matches so far, so let's hope that she doesn't lose today! - Yes, fingers crossed... Ah, it's starting. I've always found this sport very elegant, between the white outfits, the mysterious mesh masks and the slender foils that cut through the air. - I would have loved to learn how to fence! - Seriously? It seems too complicated to me, and I don't think that my body would be limber enough. - Oh look! She managed to parry her opponent's offensive! Yes, she counter-attacked and touched her! - I didn't expect her to dominate the match that much. She's definitely on her way to victory once again.

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