black friday
Save 40% on all Premium packages cyber monday

A great party for Mum [US:Mom]!

"Une super fête pour Maman !"
French A2 writing exercise

Manon and her sister Aline treated their mother for Mother's Day.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to celebrate", "Mother's Day", "a great party", "to surprise [someone] / a surprise", "Mum [US:Mom]", "on the day of", "to go out with", "the florist's", "to decorate", "to hang [something]", "a balloon", "everywhere", "colourful", "a plate", "to come back", "to shout".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2023-05-24

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), Verbes avec être comme auxiliaire, L'Imparfait (Indicatif)

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

In order to celebrate Mother's Day, my sister Aline and I organised a great party because we wanted to surprise Mum [US:Mom]. On the day of the party, Dad went out with Mum [US:Mom] for a few hours. Aline and I went to the florist's, then we decorated the house. Aline hung big balloons everywhere and I set the table with colourful plates. When Mum and Dad came back, we all shouted "Surprise"! Mum [US:Mom] was very happy!

Thinking...