Muscle ache

"Courbatures"
French A2 writing exercise

Viviane tells her friend Jérôme how going back to the gym left her pretty sore!

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to be sore", "all over", "the gym", "to run", "a treadmill", "abs", "to take a course", "exhausted", "cramps", "to be careful", "to injure oneself", "to wait", "a session".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-03-13

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: Le Présent (Indicatif), Verbe irrégulier, Le Passé Composé (Indicatif)

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

- Hi Viviane! How are you today? - I'm sore all over! - What did you do? - Yesterday morning, I went to the gym for the first time in two weeks. I ran for an hour on the treadmill, then I did several series of abs, and finally I took a Pilates class. - I understand better why you're exhausted! - My legs hurt, I have cramps in my shoulders, and this morning, I was walking like Robocop! - You must be careful, you can injure yourself like that. Wait a few days before your next session!

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