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Wine is awful!

"Le vin, c'est horrible !"
French B1 writing exercise

Zoé tells Benoît why she hates wine.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to hate [something]", "wine", "unfortunately", "not to be [someone's] cup of tea (exp.)", "to remember [doing]", "at [someone's] house", "to celebrate [something]", "[someone's] XXth birthday", "on that occasion", "to serve [food/drink]", "to offer [someone] [something]", "a glass", "to accept [something] gladly", "a sip (drink)", "to run to the bathroom", "to pour [something] down the sink", "the entire [thing]", "a sink (bathroom)".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2026-10-01

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 Passé Composé (Indicatif), Participe passé, Genre féminin

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- Have you always hated wine? - Yes, unfortunately, it's never been my cup of tea. - Why don't you like it? - I remember being at my auntie's house when she was celebrating her 50th birthday. She's always loved wine and, on that occasion, she was serving her favourite wine. She offered me a little glass which I accepted gladly. But after my first sip, I ran to the bathroom and I poured the entire glass down the sink!

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