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An annoying cat allergy

"Une allergie aux chats embêtante"
French B1 writing exercise

Éloïse suffers from an annoying cat allergy.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to be a cat lover (=fan)", "to be filled with (place)", "over the years", "to look after [someone]", "dozens of", "a stray cat", "to adopt", "to be allergic to / an allergy", "thanks to", "every time I...", "to start [doing]", "to sneeze", "to be itchy all over [one's] body", "a diagnosis".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2023-03-16

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You’ll practise: L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Genre féminin, Le Passé Composé (Indicatif)

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My grandmother is a cat lover: her house is filled with cats of all ages! Over the years, she has looked after dozens of stray cats and she's adopted many of them. That would be absolutely wonderful if I wasn't allergic to cats! We discovered my allergy when I was four years old, thanks to our visits to my grandmother's house. Every time I would come into her house, I would start sneezing violently and I was itchy all over. Since my diagnosis, it's my grandmother who visits us!

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