At the patisserie

"À la pâtisserie"
French B1 writing exercise

Daniel needs a special cake.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "someone's 80th birthday", "a custom-made cake", "to take place (event)", "doable", "a guest", "passion fruit", "pineapple", "to please [someone]", "to complement each other".

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
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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Futur Simple (Indicatif), Le Conditionnel Présent, Le Présent (Indicatif)

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

- Good morning Sir! What can I do for you this morning? - Hello! My mother will celebrate her 80th birthday at the end of the month, and we would like a custom-made cake for the occasion. The party will take place in two weeks. - Yes, that should be doable. How many guests are you expecting? - Let's say about thirty people. My mother loves passion fruit and pineapple, but the children would prefer chocolate, and we want to please everyone... - Yes of course! We could make two cakes which would complement each other? - That would be perfect, thank you!

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