My village's war memorial

"Le monument aux morts de mon village"
French A1 writing exercise

Jérôme is talking about his village's war memorial.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "a village", "a war memorial", "the main square (town)", "near", "a church", "a monument", "on top of [something]", "a stone", "a statue", "a soldier", "to read", "dead (adj.)", "a name", "to find", "moving (emotional)", "people", "to place flowers [somewhere]", "in front of", "to commemorate", "death", "for me", "because", "to forget", "a sacrifice".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2024-11-14

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You’ll practise: Le Présent (Indicatif), Préposition, Adjectif

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In my village, there is a war memorial. It is on the main square, near the church. The monument is very beautiful: on top of a big grey stone, there is the statue of a soldier. On the stone, we can read the dead soldiers' names. I find this very moving. People place [some] flowers in front of the memorial in order to commemorate the soldiers' deaths. For me, it is an important monument because we must never forget their sacrifice.

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