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A baseball player

"Un joueur de baseball"
French A1 writing exercise

Catherine tells us about her friend Mathieu who plays baseball.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to play [a sport]", "baseball", "really", "rare", "true", "American (US)", "so (=therefore)", "together", "cool!", "to be good at [sport]", "a team", "a hitter (baseball)", "to bring [something]", "a glove/a bat (baseball)", "to show [someone] how to [do]", "to seem", "complicated", "difficult", "to be that + [adj.]", "next time".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2024-07-25

I’ll give you some sentences to translate into French

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Présent (Indicatif), Verbes réguliers avec -ER, Genre masculin

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

- My friend Mathieu plays baseball. - Really? It is a rare sport in France. - That's true, but his father is American so they play together. - That's very cool! Is he good? - Yes, he plays in a team and he's an excellent hitter. Sometimes, he brings his glove and his bat and he shows me how to play. - This sport seems very complicated. - It's not that difficult! You can come with us next time!

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