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A misunderstanding

"Un malentendu"
French B2 writing exercise

Alex is not happy with his friend Samantha who did not show up to meet Alex's new girlfriend.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to show up [somewhere]", "to promise [someone]", "to introduce [someone] to [someone]", "to agree (together) to [do something]", "to meet up (with someone)", "to hurt (emotionally)", "to meet [someone] (1st time)", "to do [something] on purpose", "to misunderstand", "to stand [someone] up", "to make sure to [do]", "to make amends (get forgiveness)".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2024-09-06

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

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- Samantha, why didn't you show up yesterday? You'd promised me that you would come to the restaurant so that I could introduce you to Noémie, my new girlfriend. - What? We'd agreed to see each other next Saturday! - No, we'd said that we'd meet up yesterday. Noémie and I waited for you for hours. What happened has really hurt me. I was really looking forward for you to meet her. - I'm really sorry, Alex. I did not do it on purpose at all. I simply misunderstood. I would never stand you up like that! - All right. Let's make sure to be clearer next time. - Of course! I really want to make amends!

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