Finding love at a yoga retreat

"Trouver l'amour à un stage de yoga"
French C1 writing exercise

Seniors Germaine and Pierrot didn't expect to fall in love at a yoga retreat.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to take part in [event]", "to reach one's sixties", "increasingly [adj.]", "little did they know...", "(fate) to have in store for [someone]", "a (yoga) stretch", "a body contortion", "can't help but + [verb]", "to steal a glance at one another", "to have a crush", "infectious laughter", "a penchant for [something]", "snoring", "a meditation session", "a failed attempt at [doing]", "the tree pose (yoga)", "to be drawn to [someone]", "to conspire to [do]".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2024-02-15

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How the test works
You’ll practise: L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Adverbe, Adjectif possessif

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Germaine and Pierrot met while taking part in a yoga retreat. Having both reached their sixties and feeling increasingly lonely, they'd decided to try something new and different. Little did they know what fate had in store for them. With each yoga stretch and body contortion, they couldn't help but steal glances at one another, like two teenagers who had a crush for the first time. Germaine had immediately caught Pierrot's eye with her infectious laughter and her incredible penchant for jokes. And despite Pierrot's loud snoring during the meditation sessions and his failed attempts at mastering the tree pose, Germaine was inexplicably drawn to him. It was as if the universe had conspired to bring together two souls in the most unexpected of places: this yoga retreat!

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