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I hate fun fairs!

"Je déteste les fêtes foraines !"
French A1 writing exercise

Thomas tells us why he dislikes going to fun fairs.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to want to [do]", "a fun fair", "thank you", "to hate [something]", "always", "noisy (place)", "the lights", "too + [adj.]", "bright (light)", "patient (adj.)", "so (=therefore)", "to find", "a queue [US: line]", "horrible", "everything", "expensive", "to pay", "an entrance fee", "then", "a token (coin for fun fair)", "a ride (fun fair)", "even", "food", "fantastic", "children / adults", "but", "a nightmare".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2025-08-05

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: Le Présent (Indicatif), Adjectif, Article

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

- Hello Thomas! Do you want to go to the fun fair with me? - No, thank you! I hate fun fairs. It's always very noisy, and the lights are too bright for me. Plus, I'm not very patient, so I find the long queues [US: lines] horrible. And everything is too expensive! You have to pay the entrance fee, then you need to buy tokens for the rides, and even the food is expensive! It can be fantastic for children, but it's a nightmare for adults!

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