Do you like love songs?

"Est-ce que vous aimez les chansons d'amour ?"
French B1 writing exercise

Coralie and Yvan discuss what they like and don't like about love songs.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "younger", "to listen to [something]", "a love song", "a feeling of hope", "to give", "still nowadays", "from time to time", "repetitive", "full of clichés", "to mean [something]", "to make [something] + [adj.]", "universal", "to express [something]", "an emotion", "in fact", "lyrics (song)", "to focus on [a topic]", "the fact of [doing]", "to fall in love", "to discuss [a topic]", "an aspect", "a relationship (love)", "to try and [do]", "why not?".

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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- When I was younger, I used to listen to love songs every night. I loved the feeling of hope (that) they gave me. I still do it nowadays from time to time. What about you, Yvan? - I have always hated love songs because they are repetitive and full of clichés. - I see what you mean. But that's what makes them universal. I also believe that they can express a lot of different emotions. In fact, the lyrics don't always focus on (the fact of) falling in love. The songs can discuss every aspect of a relationship. We should try and write a love song together! - Why not? We'll see if it's really hard!

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