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My new glasses

"Mes nouvelles lunettes"
French A2 writing exercise

Michel recently realised he needed glasses.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "glasses/a pair of glasses", "a newspaper", "to squint", "as usual", "to give", "cannot + [do] (=manage)", "a number", "blurry (image)", "to understand", "to receive", "spectacular", "sharp (image)", "again (once more)".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2024-04-11

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
Start the exercise
How the test works
You’ll practise: L'Imparfait (Indicatif), Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), Pronom d'objet indirect

Here's a preview of the text for the writing challenge, when you're ready click the start button above:

I've never had glasses before. One day, I was reading the newspaper and I was squinting, as usual. Then, my wife asked me if I could give her the movie time schedule. I couldn't read the numbers, they were completely blurry! That's when I understood that I needed glasses. Yesterday, I received my new pair of glasses and the difference is really spectacular: everything is sharp again!

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