Our children love Minecraft!

"Nos enfants adorent Minecraft !"
French A2 writing exercise

Eric and Paul discuss how their kids like playing the video game Minecraft.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to play [a game]", "mine (possessive)", "to discover [something]", "a video game / a game", "to surprise [someone]", "all the time", "to be addicted (to a game)", "to find [something]", "fantastic", "creative", "stimulating", "to show [someone] how to [do]", "a son", "now", "to be better than [someone]", "to try", "too".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2026-01-22

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), Pronom d'objet direct, Verbes réguliers avec -ER

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- Eric, are your children playing Minecraft? Mine have just discovered this video game and they love it! - That doesn't surprise me! When this game came out in 2011, I used to play Minecraft all the time. I was addicted! - I find it fantastic for (the) children because it's a creative and stimulating game. - Yes, I showed my daughters how to play, and now, they're better than me! - I'm going to have to try too!

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