Pre-exam stress

"Le stress d'avant un examen"
French A2 writing exercise

Alex is trying to reassure his friend Sophie who is stressed about her upcoming French oral exam.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to be stressed", "today/tomorrow/yesterday", "to take an exam", "a French oral exam", "to get a grade in class", "best", "so (= therefore)", "to worry", "to have a bad dream", "to understand [something]", "an examiner (school exam)", "to remember nothing", "horrible", "to revise [US: to study] [something]", "to pass [an exam]", "easily".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2026-05-20

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: L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Le Présent (Indicatif), Forme négative

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

- Hello Sophie! How are you? - Hello Alex! I'm very stressed today. Tomorrow, I'm taking my French oral exam. - You always get the best grades in class, so you don't need to worry. - I don't know, Alex. Yesterday, I had a bad dream: I couldn't understand the examiner's questions and I remembered nothing. It was horrible! - Sophie, you've revised [US: studied] a lot. You're going to pass this exam easily!

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