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Who stole my garden gnome?

"Qui a volé mon nain de jardin ?"
French A2 writing exercise

Mme Dupont describes the naughty thief who took Grognon, her garden gnome.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "Mrs / Madam", "yesterday afternoon", "someone", "to steal [something]", "a garden gnome", "to see [something] from [somewhere]", "a thief", "a window", "to describe [someone]", "young", "tall", "slim", "short (hair)", "blond (hair)", "to wear [clothes]", "a pair of sunglasses", "to be dressed (person)", "dark blue", "a hoodie (jumper)", "(a pair of) jeans", "trainers [US: sneakers]", "thank you", "a description", "useful (thing)".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2026-08-12

I’ll give you some sentences to translate into French

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How the test works
You’ll practise: L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), Question/Interrogative

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- Good morning, Mrs Dupont. What happened here? - Yesterday afternoon, someone stole my garden gnome, Grognon. I saw the thief from my window. - Can you describe him, please? - Yes. He was a young man. He was tall and slim. He had short, blond hair and he was wearing a pair of sunglasses. - How was he dressed? - He was wearing a dark blue hoodie, black jeans and white trainers [US: sneakers]. - Thank you, Madam. We're going to find Grognon!

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