At the beach

"À la plage"
French A1 writing exercise

Conversation at the beach between an ice cream vendor and a customer.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "ice cream", "a jam doughnut", "a drink", "a (diet/regular) coke", "change (money)".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-03-13

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), Verbe irrégulier, Question/Interrogative

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

- Hello Miss, would you like something? - Yes, thank you. What do you have? - I have ice cream, jam doughnuts, and cold drinks. - I'll have a coke, please. - Regular coke or diet coke? - Regular, please. How much is it? - Here [you go]. That'll be four euros. - I don't have the exact change, sorry. No problem! Have a nice day !

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