Police check

"Contrôle de police"
French B1 writing exercise

Janine is stopped for a routine police check.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "identity papers", "the glove compartment", "Here they are!", "the speed limit", "to neglect", "to take a turn (road)", "to owe", "to be on (light)", "the back left indicator [US: turn signal]", "at the latest".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-02-15

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
Start the exercise
How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Présent (Indicatif), Pronom d'objet direct, L'Imparfait (Indicatif)

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

- Hello, National Police, your identity papers please. - Hello Officer, they are in my glove compartment. Here they are ! Is there a problem? I wasn't driving too fast, I hope? - No, you were under the speed limit, but you neglected to indicate [US: signal] when you took the last turn. - With all due respect, I'm sure that I indicated [US: used my turn signal]. Look, it's still on! - Then that means that your back left indicator [US: turn signal] is broken. - Oh no! I didn't know that! - I'll let it slide this time, but have it fixed this weekend at the latest, OK? - It will be done, thank you very much Officer.

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