Conversation between the election's two rounds

"Conversation d'entre deux tours"
French B1 writing exercise

Marc explains the French presidential election process to his friend Alice.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "there are too many people (crowded)", "to work (function)", "in the first/second round (French elections)", "among", "to get (votes)", "a vote (cast)", "presidential", "to remain", "to vote again", "the town hall".

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 Présent (Indicatif), Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), Verbes avec être comme auxiliaire

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

- Did you go and vote two weeks ago? - Yes, of course! I went (there) around noon, so there weren't too many people. - I don't know much about French elections. How does it work? - In the first round, there are several official candidates. For example, this year, I chose among twelve candidates. At the end of that round, if no one gets 50% of the votes - which is always the case in presidential elections - only the two candidates with the most votes remain, and we vote again two weeks later. - So you'll vote again on Sunday? - Yes, you should come with me to the town hall. - Ok, I'll come!

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