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Squabbling Sisters' Scrabble

"Un Scrabble entre des sœurs qui se chamaillent"
French B1 writing exercise

Maya and Liane are arguing while playing Scrabble.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to stop [doing]", "to cheat", "to pick", "to warn [someone]", "to keep on [doing]", "to accuse [someone] of [doing]", "to be about to", "to be a sore loser", "to throw at [someone]", "a game board", "to play [a game]", "a joke", "that's enough".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2023-06-08

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 indirect, Verbes réguliers avec -ER

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

- Maya, stop cheating please! You just picked your letters! I'm warning you: I won't play with you any more if you keep on cheating like this! - I haven't done anything, Liane! You always accuse me of cheating when you think that you're about to lose... You are just a sore loser! - Really? And who threw the game board at me when we played Monopoly last week? - It was just a joke, Liane! - That's enough! I'm leaving!

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