Conversation between friends

"Conversation entre amis"
French B2 writing exercise

Friends Simon and Isabelle are catching up.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "(not seen someone) in ages", "to recover from (a night out)", "to have quite a bit to drink", "to lend", "thrilling (book)", "to give [something] back", "anyway (change of topic)", "what's up?", "to have a job interview", "to get a job".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-03-12

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

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

- Hi Isabelle! We haven't seen each other in ages! - Yes, I believe last time was at Paul and Sophie's house. - You're right! I'd had an excellent evening, but it took me a good three days to recover from it! - Yes, me too, we'd had quite a bit to drink! By the way, that reminds me that Paul had lent me a thrilling book that I still have at home! - You haven't seen them again in all this time? - No, and as a result, I haven't been able to give it back to him yet! I absolutely must pop over to their place this week. Anyway. What about you, what's up since last time? - Oh, nothing special: we're still looking for a new flat [US: apartment], but we haven't seen anything interesting so far. And you? Weren't you supposed to have a job interview? - Yes! And I finally got the job I wanted! - Congratulations! I knew you'd get it!

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