Not everyone is made for wellness weekends

"Les week-ends bien-être ne sont pas faits pour tout le monde"
French B2 writing exercise

Paul's friend Noémie shares her dislike of the wellness weekend she went on recently.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to enjoy [a weekend]", "to dream of [something]", "to be bored", "in one's whole life", "to relax", "to do nothing", "to be afraid that + [Subjonctif]", "to start with [something]", "a workshop on [something]", "to breathe", "one's best efforts", "can't stop [doing]", "a yoga session", "to keep on [doing]", "to fall over", "tasty (food)", "to serve [food]", "a strange-coloured smoothie", "to taste like [something]", "freshly mown lawn", "to leave at dawn", "PJs", "to catch up on [TV]", "to have time to [do]", "the entire weekend".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2026-09-17

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Forme négative

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- Did you enjoy the wellness weekend (that) you'd been dreaming of for so long? - I've never been so bored in my whole life! - Really? I thought that you wanted to relax and do nothing. - I know! But I'm afraid [that] doing nothing is not for someone like me. We started with a two-hour workshop on how to breathe. Despite my best efforts, I couldn't stop laughing. Then, we did a yoga session during which I kept on falling over. - What about the food? I bet (that) it was tasty. - They served only green salads and strange-coloured smoothies that tasted like a freshly mown lawn. On Sunday morning, I left at dawn and went back home. I put on my favourite PJs and I caught up on series [that] I never have time to watch. That was the most relaxing part of my entire weekend!

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