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Confessions of a night owl

"Confessions d'une couche-tard"
French B1 writing exercise

Manon tells her friend Lucas how she prefers the nighttime.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to get into the habit of [doing]", "to go to bed", "a night owl", "to be active", "younger", "to spend the night [doing]", "to fall asleep", "more than once", "a book in [one's] hand", "even now...", "to try and [do]", "earlier (than later)", "not to last very long", "a job", "a profession", "to enable [someone] to [do]", "later in the day", "ideally", "flexible hours", "even", "to work at night".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2026-07-23

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), Adverbe, L'Imparfait (Indicatif)

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- Manon, did you just wake up? - Yes, Lucas. But I got into the habit of going to bed after midnight. - That's really late! Are you a night owl? - Yes, I've always been more active in the evening. When I was younger, I would often spend the night reading books. I fell asleep more than once with the book in my hand! Even now, when I try and go to bed earlier, it never lasts very long. - How will you manage when you have a job? - I think that I will find a profession that enables me to start later in the day. Ideally, if I had flexible hours, I could even choose to work at night!

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