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Clothes shopping for someone special

"Acheter un vêtement pour quelqu'un de spécial"
French A1 writing exercise

Benoît is looking for a gift for his girlfriend in a clothes shop.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to look for [something]", "a gift", "a girlfriend (love)", "a scarf", "a cardigan", "a flower", "the colour purple", "very well", "an option", "woollen (fabric)", "or", "floral (pattern)", "to be hard to [do]", "to choose", "but", "to buy", "because", "already", "a lot of [things]", "excellent", "a choice", "Sir".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2026-03-02

I’ll give you some sentences to translate into French

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  • I’ll keep track of what you need to practise
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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Présent (Indicatif), Adjectif, Verbes réguliers avec -ER

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

- Hello, I am looking for a gift. It is for my girlfriend. - What does she like? - She loves (the) scarves and (the) cardigans and she also likes (the) flowers and the colour purple. - Very well! I have two options for you: a purple woollen cardigan or a beautiful floral scarf. - It's very hard to choose, but I am going to buy the woollen cardigan because she already has a lot of scarves. - That's an excellent choice, Sir!

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