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A strange encounter

"Une rencontre étrange"
French B1 writing exercise

Yoann had the strangest encounter in the Broceliande forest!

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "a strange story", "to take a walk", "a goblin", "to jump out of [something]", "a bush", "a merry tune", "to introduce oneself", "otherwise", "to cast a bad spell on [someone]", "crazy", "to run away", "since then".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2023-01-04

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), Pronom réfléchi, Reflexive verbs

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- My friend Yoann told me a strange story yesterday. I think that he must have hit his head! - Really? What happened? - Last week, while he was taking a walk in the Broceliande forest, a little goblin jumped out of an enormous bush (while) singing a merry tune in Breton. He introduced himself like this: "My name is Morgan the Korrigan. Give me all your money, otherwise I will cast a bad spell on you!" - That's crazy! What did Yoann do? - He ran away as fast as possible! But since then, he's had no end of problems...

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