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Heating problems

"Des problèmes de chauffage"
French B1 writing exercise

Sarah is ringing her building manager because the heating [US: heat] in her apartment has stopped working.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "an apartment", "to rent", "the heating [US: the heat] (in a house)", "to work (= function)", "to make [something] [adj.]", "to notice", "to come home", "a radiator", "to check", "a thermostat", "to restart [a machine]", "a boiler", "nothing happens", "a heating engineer", "to leave [someone] without [something]".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2024-12-11

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Présent (Indicatif), Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), Verbes réguliers avec -ER

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- Hello Mr Moreau, this is Sarah Marchand from apartment 3B which I've been renting since September. Unfortunately, the heating [US: heat] is not working any more, which makes the apartment very cold. - I'm sorry! When did you notice the problem? - Yesterday evening, when I came home from work, the radiators were cold and there wasn't any more hot water. - Did you check the thermostat? - Yes! I've also tried to restart the boiler but nothing happens. If you could call a heating engineer, that would be fantastic. - Of course ! We can't leave you without heating [US: heat].

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