It's not my fault!

"Ce n'est pas ma faute !"
French A2 writing exercise

Teacher Émilie lists her students' funny excuses.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "a teacher (French secondary school)", "a (secondary school) student", "creative", "here's", "to be on strike", "a burglar", "to tear up [something]", "a worksheet (school)", "fertile".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-01-20

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 Passé Composé (Indicatif), Genre masculin, Genre féminin

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

I'm a French teacher and my students can be very creative when they need to explain why they haven't done their homework! Here's a few examples: "I was on strike." "Burglars came into our house yesterday, and they took my homework." "I did my homework, but then I woke up, and it was only a dream!" "My hamster tore my worksheet up." What a fertile imagination!

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