Moving house chores

"Les corvées d'emménagement"
French B2 writing exercise

Sophie had so many chores to do before moving into her new apartment.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "not to have a single minute to oneself", "to move in(to)", "former", "an owner (property)", "in a state", "filthy", "to get rid of [something]", "damaged furniture", "to leave behind", "to hoover [US: vacuum]", "to mop", "not to believe one's eyes", "busy [day]", "to be starving (figuratively)", "a takeaway (food)".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2023-09-26

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Préposition

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This weekend, I've not had one single minute to myself because I was moving into my new flat [US: apartment]. I had to clean it entirely as the former owners had left it in a filthy state! On Saturday, I had to get rid of all the damaged furniture which they had left behind (them). Once the flat [US: apartment] was empty, I hoovered [US: vacuumed] and mopped (in) all the rooms. When I saw the disgusting colour of the bucket's water, I couldn't believe my eyes! At the end of this extremely busy day, I was starving so I ordered a delicious takeaway with a nice bottle of wine!

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