On the first floor of the Eiffel Tower

"Au premier étage de la tour Eiffel"
French A2 writing exercise

Visitors Jenny and Sam chat on the first floor of the famous Eiffel tower.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "a view", "impressive", "the Eiffel tower", "disappointed", "to take the lift [US: elevator]/the stairs", "tiring", "a panel (information sign)", "to go up to (floor)".

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

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How the test works
You’ll practise: L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Le Présent (Indicatif), Question/Interrogative

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- The view is impressive, isn't it? - Yes! It's my first time in Paris, and I really wanted to see the Eiffel tower. I'm not disappointed! - Did you take the lift [US: elevator]? - No, we took the stairs. It was quite tiring but there were interesting panels with the Eiffel tower's history. And you, are you going to go up to the second floor? - Yes, but I'm a bit nervous because I already have vertigo!

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