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How to travel in Québec City?

"Comment voyager dans la ville de Québec ?"
French A1 writing exercise

Emma is asking her friend Patrice, who lives in Québec City, how to travel around the city.

+ Transport vocabulary in French

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "public transport", "the main train station", "to take", "the historical town centre", "to find", "of course", "but", "expensive", "to travel", "the underground [US: subway]", "to cross [a river]", "nice (experience)", "popular", "great (general statement)"

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2025-03-17

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: Le Présent (Indicatif), Verbes modaux, Question/Interrogative

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

- Hello Patrice, is there public transport in Québec City ? - Yes, you can take the bus or the train. The main train station is (the) Gare du Palais in the historical town centre. - Can you find taxis? - Of course, but they are expensive. - Can you travel by underground [US: subway]? - No, there is no underground [US: subway] in Québec City. But you can take the ferry if you want to cross the St Lawrence river. It is nice and very popular! - Great! Thank you Patrice!

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