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Dividing the restaurant bill

"Diviser l'addition"
French A2 writing exercise

Isabelle and her friends are splitting the bill at the restaurant.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "here's [something]!", "the bill (restaurant)", "to divide", "fairly (=equitably)", "to have (food/drink)", "lasagna", "a glass of", "wine", "carbonara pasta", "tap water", "not...either", "a coke", "to order", "the risotto", "calculations", "to check", "to agree".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-01-04

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
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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), Verbe irrégulier, Verbes réguliers avec -ER

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- Here's the bill! Let's divide it fairly! Who ate what? - I had the lasagna, and I also drank two glasses of wine. - Me, I ate the carbonara pasta, but I only drank tap water. - I didn't drink wine either, but I had the two cokes, and I ordered the risotto. - OK, I think that my calculations are correct, check if you agree please.

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