A Senegalese pen pal

"Un correspondant sénégalais"
French A2 writing exercise

Jordan received an email from Khadim, his new Senegalese pen pal.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "Dear [person]", "to receive [something]", "an email", "to discover", "a hobby", "to be a big fan of ...", "Senegal", "a street", "a capital city", "lively (city)", "a thing to see", "a place", "to surf", "to answer [someone]", "soon".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2025-02-27

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: Verbes réguliers avec -ER, Le Présent (Indicatif), Première personne

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

Dear Jordan, I received your email yesterday. I enjoyed discovering your favourite hobbies. Me too, I'm a big fan of football [US: soccer]. In Senegal, it is a very important sport. I play football [US: soccer] with my friends every day on the street near my house. I live in Dakar, the capital city of Senegal. In this beautiful and lively city, there are many things to see. My favourite place is the Plage du Virage because I like to surf. Answer me soon! Khadim

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