Fighting lockdown blues

"Combattre le blues du confinement"
French B2 writing exercise

Samia did everything she could to cheer up her grandmother Janine during lockdown.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to near (a birthday)", "to blush", "a thirty-something", "to expend (energy)", "the last few", "isolated", "to communicate", "to be allowed to", "a connected tablet", "to keep one's distance", "daily (adj.)", "to keep one's spirits up".

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

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

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Although my grandmother Janine is nearing her 80th birthday, believe me, she could make some thirty-somethings blush with the energy that she expends every day. These last few months have been particularly difficult for her, but I did everything that I could so that she wouldn't feel too isolated. For example, I absolutely wanted her to be able to communicate with her friends whom she wasn't allowed to visit, so I gave her a connected tablet which I taught her to use while keeping my distance of course! As a result, their little group was able to organise daily meetings, which helped them keep their spirits up.

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