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What literary hero would you be?

"Quel héros de la littérature seriez-vous ?"
French B1 writing exercise

Michel and Lisa discuss what character from a novel they'd like to be.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "a heroine", "to be mistreated", "childhood", "until", "to run away", "a Musketeer", "Machiavellian", "alongside", "a companion".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-03-13

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
You’ll practise: Le Conditionnel Présent, Le Futur Simple (Indicatif), Adjectif

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- If you could be the heroine from a famous novel, who would you be? - Without hesitation, I'd be Cosette, the little girl from "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo. - The one who is mistreated by the Thénardiers? Really? - It's true that I wouldn't have a very happy childhood, until the day when Jean Valjean would run away with me. But afterwards he'd take care of me and protect me. And then, later on, I'd meet the handsome Marius... And you, who would you pick? - I'd choose d'Artagnan, the fourth Musketeer! I'd fight the Machiavellian Cardinal Richelieu alongside my faithful companions. "One for all, and all for one!"

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