In a clothes store

"Dans un magasin de vêtements"
French B2 writing exercise

Patrick complains to the sales assistant about a defective item.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "not until", "just as...", "the lining", "to come unstitched", "all the more ... that", "to intend to", "please accept", "defective", "to compensate", "to expect nothing less from [someone]".

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

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- Hello, I had an issue with this jacket that I bought from you about two weeks ago. I hadn't worn it until last night, but just as I was putting it on, the lining came unstitched in two places. It was all the more embarrassing that I intended to wear it for a professional event. - I'm really sorry, Sir, please accept our apologies. Would you prefer that we exchange the defective jacket or that we give you a refund? Of course, in either case, we would also gift you a 15 euro voucher to compensate you for the inconvenience. - I expected nothing less from you, thank you.

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