Visiting Orléans

"Visiter Orléans"
French A1 writing exercise

Matthieu asks for recommendations for his first time visiting Orléans.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to know [a place]", "charming", "there", "to recommend [something] [to someone]", "a cathedral", "absolutely", "magnificent", "history", "many", "where", "to try (food)", "famous", "thanks", "super".

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

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- Pascal, do you know Orléans ? - Yes, it's a charming city. - I'm going there next week. What do you recommend (to me)? - You must see (the) Sainte-Croix cathedral, it's absolutely magnificent! And if you like history, Joan of Arc's house is very interesting. - And to eat? - There are many good restaurants where you can try the famous tarte Tatin! - Thanks! It's going to be fantastic!

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