Buying pastries at the bakery

"Acheter des pâtisseries à la boulangerie"
French A1 writing exercise

Mrs Morin is at her local bakery ordering pastries.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to be very well", "thank you", "a croissant", "please", "of course", "also", "a strawberry tart", "delicious", "to hesitate (not be able to decide)", "a chocolate eclair (pastry)", "unfortunately", "to be gone (sold out)", "a customer", "a pastry (cake)", "to be a shame (exp.)", "then (=in that case)", "to take [something]".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2025-09-18

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Présent (Indicatif), Adjectif, Verbe irrégulier

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

- Hello, Mrs Morin! How are you? - I'm very well, thank you! - What would you like today? - I would like four croissants please. - Of course. We also have [some] strawberry tarts. - They look delicious! I'm not sure. Where are the chocolate eclairs? - Unfortunately, they're all gone, they are our customers' favourite pastries. - That's a shame! Then, I'm going to take two strawberry tarts.

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