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Going shopping

"Aller faire les courses"
French A1 writing exercise

Annie and Nicolas discuss her upcoming trip to the shop.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to do a food shop [US: go grocery shopping]", "a list", "Bolognese sauce", "an onion", "a tomato", "basil", "a bottle", "of course", "spaghetti bolognese", "without", "nice (drink)", "see you in a bit".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-01-20

I’ll give you some sentences to translate into French

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  • I’ll keep track of what you need to practise
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How the test works
You’ll practise: Adjectif, Le Présent (Indicatif), Préposition

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- Nicolas, I'm going to do a food shop [US: I'm going grocery shopping]. Do you need anything? - Yes, I have a list for you. I want to make my Bolognese sauce, so I would like two white onions, five big tomatoes and some basil. - There's also a bottle of wine on that list. - Yes, of course! We can't eat Bolognese spaghetti without a nice bottle of red wine! - I agree! I'm hungry now, see you in a bit!

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