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Where did you put the keys?

"Où est-ce que tu as mis les clés ?"
French C1 writing exercise

Thomas and Alice are looking for their car keys.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "car keys", "at the dentist's", "to hang [an object] to [something]", "a hook", "a shoe rack", "to check [something]", "when was the last time...?", "to be mistaken", "to give [someone] a hand", "actually (=by the way)", "to leave someone's house", "to borrow/to lend [something]", "a lawnmower", "to take [something] off [something]", "a key ring", "to solve a mystery", "missing keys", "to make it [to an appointment] on time".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2025-06-10

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: Pronom d'objet direct, Pronom d'objet indirect, Le Passé Composé (Indicatif)

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

- Thomas, can you tell me where you've left the car keys? I've been looking for them for ten minutes, and I have to be at the dentist's in half an hour. - I thought I hung them on the hook above the shoe rack. - That's the first place I checked, but no. When was the last time (that) you took the car? - I took it the day before yesterday, if I'm not mistaken. I had to go to Paul's house to give him a hand. Actually, before I left his house, he asked me if he could borrow our lawnmower, so I took the garage key off the key ring to lend it to him. - Ok, but that doesn't solve the mystery of the missing keys! - Let me check the pockets of the jacket I was wearing that day... Yes, I found them! What would you do without me? - I would make it to my dentist appointment on time? See you later !

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