Waking up routine back in sixth form [US: high school]

"La routine du réveil à l'époque du lycée"
French B1 writing exercise

Laurent is asking Sophie about her waking up routine back in sixth form [US: high school].

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to come into [a room]", "a school day", "an alarm clock", "to ring (alarm)", "to wake [someone] up", "to open a window wide", "to remove [something] from [something]", "a quilt", "to work (=to function)", "the skin", "to feel cold air", "to wake up with a start", "hilarious", "simply", "to call [someone]", "from the bottom of the stairs".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2025-11-06

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How the test works
You’ll practise: L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Préposition, Adjectif possessif

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- Sophie, when you were in sixth form [US: high school], what did you do to wake up on time? - My mum [US: mom] used to come into my room every school day because I would never hear my alarm clock ringing. - What did she do then to wake you up? - She would open the window wide and she would remove my quilt from the bed, which worked every time. I would feel the cold air on my skin and I'd wake up with a start. It was the thing [that] I hated the most! - That's hilarious! My mum [US: mom] would simply call me from the bottom of the stairs.

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