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In a clothes store

"Dans un magasin de vêtements"
French B2 writing exercise

Patrick complains to the sales assistant about a defective item.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "not until", "just as...", "the lining", "to come unstitched", "all the more ...that", "to intend to", "please accept", "defective", "to compensate", "to expect nothing less".

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

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

- Hello, I had an issue with this jacket that I bought from you about two weeks ago. I hadn't worn it until last night, but just as I was putting it on, the lining came unstitched in two places. It was all the more embarrassing that I intended to wear it for a professional event. - I'm really sorry, Sir, please accept our apologies. Would you prefer that we exchange the defective jacket or that we give you a refund? Of course, in any case, we would also gift you a 15 euro voucher to compensate you for the inconvenience. - I expected nothing less from you, thank you.

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