My sister the nurse

"Ma sœur l'infirmière"
French A1 writing exercise

Laure tells us about her sister's job.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "a nurse", "a hospital", "tiring", "stressful", "compassion", "courage", "motivated", "hard-working", "useful (person)", "to take care of", "a patient", "to admire", "to be proud of [someone]".

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
Start the exercise

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My sister Élodie is a nurse and she works in a hospital. It's a very tiring job because the days are long. It's also stressful so one must have (some) compassion and (some) courage. Élodie is motivated and hard-working, and she likes helping people. She feels useful when she takes care of her patients. I admire my sister, and our parents are very proud of her.

Thinking...