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On the phone to Grandma

"Au téléphone avec Mamie"
French B1 writing exercise

Jeanne calls her grandmother to catch up.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to guess", "to recognise", "anywhere", "to move [somewhere]", "great news", "far from", "to visit [someone]", "that's why I ...", "to think of [doing]", "to work for [someone] (=to be convenient)".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-02-28

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 indirect, Pronom d'objet direct, Le Présent (Indicatif)

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

- Hello Grandma! Guess who it is! - I would recognise your voice anywhere Jeanne! How have you been since Christmas? Your mother told me that you were in Toulouse. - Yes, I moved here two weeks ago because I found a new job. - What great news! Toulouse isn't very far from our house, you know. Will you come and visit us? - That's why I'm calling you. I was thinking of coming next weekend, would that work for you? - That would be perfect!

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