If I could start over...

"Si je pouvais recommencer à zéro..."
French B1 writing exercise

Anne wishes she could do things differently.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to start over", "to keep on with", "to go into professional life", "flexibility", "current", "a career", "to work remotely", "to get a pet".

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 Conditionnel Présent, Le Futur Simple (Indicatif), Pronom d'objet indirect

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If I could start over, I'd do things differently. For example, I'd choose to keep on with my studies instead of going straight into professional life. I would study a topic that I like, while meeting interesting people. Then, I'd find a job which would offer me the flexibility that I don't have in my current career. I would buy a house in the countryside, and I would work remotely, which would allow me to have a better quality of life than the one that I have now. I could even get a dog!

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