Trip to Paris

"Séjour à Paris"
French B1 writing exercise

Mélanie's sister and her husband went to Paris last year.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to dream about [something]", "sensible (financially)", "in secret", "in tears", "the Louvre museum", "Mona Lisa (painting)", "the Eiffel tower", "(Paris) river boats", "the City of Lights (=Paris)", "even better".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-05-12

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Verbes réguliers avec -ER

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My sister and her husband went to Paris last year. She'd been dreaming about it forever, but she thought that it wasn't sensible. Her husband saved in secret, and he surprised her for her birthday. She was in tears! They stayed in the French capital for three weeks: they visited the Louvre museum, where they admired the famous Mona Lisa. They went to the top of the Eiffel Tower, and they had lunch in one of its restaurants! And on the last night, they dined aboard a river boat, and they enjoyed the City of Lights one last time. It was even better than in her dreams!

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