An unforgettable town-twinning experience

"Une expérience inoubliable de jumelage"
French B1 writing exercise

Olivier had a great experience on his trip to Italy with his town's twinning association.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "a trip", "a twinning association (town)", "fantastic", "an experience", "to love [doing]", "grammar skills", "[something] to improve", "so much (adv.)", "to stay at [someone's house]", "a local family", "to help [someone] [do]", "an idiomatic expression", "to be useful (something)", "everyday life", "to visit [a place]", "historical", "to practise [US: to practice] (language)", "finally", "to meet [someone]", "lovely people", "to join [someone]", "this time".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2025-09-24

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 Passé Composé (Indicatif), Verbes réguliers avec -ER, Pronom d'objet indirect

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

- Hello Olivier! Did you enjoy your trip to Italy with the twinning association? - Yes, it was a fantastic experience! I loved speaking Italian every day. My grammar skills have improved so much. And staying at a local family's house helped me learn idiomatic expressions which are very useful in everyday life. I also visited (some) beautiful historical monuments while practising the language. Finally, I met lovely people who have become very good friends. We'll go (there) again in three months. You should join us! - Yes, I will come this time!

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