A Parisian woman's typical Saturday

"Le samedi typique d'une Parisienne"
French A1 writing exercise

Claire enjoys her Saturdays in Paris.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to live [somewhere]", "to get up", "to drink", "a coffee", "to eat", "a croissant", "then", "a local market", "to buy", "fruit and vegetables", "to have lunch", "in the afternoon/evening", "to visit a museum", "along [a river]", "sometimes", "to sit [somewhere]", "a terrace", "to watch", "a passer-by", "to read", "to go to bed".

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Claire lives in Paris. On Saturdays, she gets up at 9am. She drinks a coffee and eats a croissant. Then, she goes to the local market and she buys some fruit and (some) vegetables At noon, she has lunch with a friend at the restaurant. In the afternoon, she visits a museum or she walks along the Seine River. Sometimes, she sits at a terrace and she watches the passers-by. In the evening, she reads a book and she goes to bed at midnight.

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