Our baby's progress

"Les progrès de notre bébé"
French C1 writing exercise

Christophe can't believe how fast his baby daughter is growing up.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to fit (=hold) in the palm of [one's] hand", "to waddle", "a chatterbox", "to make [oneself] understood", "what one lacks in...", "to make up for [something]", "language/motor skills", "a litter box (cat)", "to splash about (= paddle - baby)".

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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I can't believe Audrey is already one year old! It was only yesterday that her head fit in the palm of my hand, and now look at her waddling all over the place! Although she doesn't know how to speak yet - unlike her ten-month-old cousin who's a real chatterbox - she's become very good at making herself understood. And what she lacks in language skills, is more than made up for by her motor skills. We can't keep our eyes off her for more than a couple of seconds, without her simply disappearing until we find her again playing in the cat's litter box or splashing about in the toilet bowl.

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