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In the school playground on the first day of school

"Dans la cour de l'école à la rentrée des classes"
French A1 writing exercise

Mothers Céline and Élodie have a chat on their children's first day of school.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "good morning", "to be ready for [something]", "to be happy to [do]", "to come back to school", "to wear [clothes]", "trainers [US: sneakers]", "new", "must be", "impatient to [do]", "to see [someone]", "a friend", "very", "already", "a best friend", "under", "in order to [do]", "to find out [something]", "the name of...", "same (adj.)", "a class / a classsroom", "fantastic", "so + [adj.]", "relieved", "to find [something]", "now", "see you later!".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2026-08-26

I’ll give you some sentences to translate into French

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Présent (Indicatif), Adjectif possessif, Adjectif

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- Good morning Céline ! So, is Arthur ready for the first day of school ? - Yes, he's happy to come back to school. He's wearing his new Pokemon trainers [US: sneakers]. - He must be impatient to see his friends. - Yes, very impatient. And Alice, where is she ? - She is already with her best friend Louise. They are under the covered playground in order to find out the name of their new teacher. - They are in the same class! That's fantastic! - Yes, I'm so relieved! - I'm going to find Arthur's classroom now. See you later!

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