Driving in France

"Conduire en France"
French A2 writing exercise

Here are a few things to be aware of when driving in France!

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to drive", "quite", "a difficulty", "to recommend [doing something] [to someone]", "indeed", "a capital (city)", "intimidating", "especially", "a roundabout", "to explore", "rural", "to notice that...", "a town centre", "narrow (street)", "a foreigner", "to park (car)", "a crossroad", "a sign (road)", "on one's right", "to have priority [US: the right of way]".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-06-16

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Présent (Indicatif), Adverbe, Préposition

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Generally, driving in France is quite easy, but there are also some difficulties. For example, we don't recommend (to you) driving in Paris. Indeed, the capital can be very intimidating, especially the famous Arc de Triomphe's roundabout! When you go and explore more rural [parts of] France, you often notice that (the) streets in (the) town centres can be narrow. A lot of foreigners find that parking is also very hard in France. And in some smaller villages, most crossroads don't have signs but the car on your right always has priority [US: the right of way].

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