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A dangerous criminal

"Un dangereux criminel"
French A1 writing exercise

Local journalist Julie is describing an escaped criminal on the live news.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to describe", "a thief", "a man", "quite + [adj.]", "dark brown (hair)", "also", "a beard", "a scar", "forehead", "clothes", "to wear (clothes)", "a leather jacket", "trousers [US:pants]", "trainers [US:sneakers]", "to look for [someone]", "dangerous", "a criminal", "so...", "people", "to remain careful", "thank you very much".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2024-10-12

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
Start the exercise
How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Présent (Indicatif), Adjectif, Question/Interrogative

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

- Hello Julie, can you describe the thief please? - Yes Patrick. He's a forty-year-old man. He's quite tall and thin and his hair is dark brown. He also has a small beard. And he has a big scar on his forehead. - What clothes is he wearing? - He's wearing a brown leather jacket, blue trousers [US: pants] and a pair of black trainers [US: sneakers]. The police are looking for this dangerous criminal, so people must remain careful. - Thank you very much, Julie!

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