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In a taxi

"En taxi"
French A2 writing exercise

Magalie needs her taxi to take her for a few errands.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "the post office", "to wait for [someone]", "to depend", "to drop [something] off", "a parcel", "to take [someone] [somewhere]", "the coach station", "a bus", "to hurry", "that's why...", "to waste time".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-03-12

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), Pronom d'objet indirect, Pronom d'objet direct

Here's a preview of the text for the writing challenge, when you're ready click the start button above:

- Hello Ma'am, where do you want to go? - Hello, I need to go to the post office, can you wait for me outside? - That depends. How long is it going to take you? - I just have to drop off a parcel. - OK. And where do I take you next? - To the coach [US: bus] station. I bought a ticket for the 2.30 pm bus. - We're going to have to hurry then! - Yes, I know, I left my house a bit late, that's why I called you! - So, let's not waste time!

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