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First day at uni

"Premier jour à la fac"
French A1 writing exercise

Samuel and Gina meet at university.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to look for", "the library", "a building", "the main entrance", "new", "here", "a bit", "lost", "to study [something]", "Biology", "nice to meet you".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-01-05

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

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

- Hello, I'm looking for the library. - It is in the blue building opposite the main entrance. - Thank you very much! I am new here, and I am a bit lost. - I understand, it is a big university. What are you studying? - I'm studying Biology, and you? - Me too! My name is Gina. - Samuel. Nice to meet you.

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