Week-end en Bretagne
“Samedi matin, Claire a pris le train de Rennes vers la côte.
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Week-end en Bretagne
Reviewed by Jérôme · Updated
- Topic
- Week-end en Bretagne
- Learning goal
- Understand and discuss the main events and details in “Week-end en Bretagne”
- Grammar focus
- B1 sentence patterns · contextual vocabulary
- Length
- 95 words
- Reading time
- 0.9 min
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English translation▾
Saturday morning, Claire left Rennes by train toward the coast.
The sky was gray but the wind smelled of the sea.
On arrival, she rented a bike and followed a path along the cliff.
Seagulls cried above the rocks.
In a village, she bought a ham, egg, and cheese buckwheat galette and sat on the quay.
A fisherman explained that you had to respect the tide to get back at the right time.
Claire wrote down the hour and promised to return in spring.
Key vocabulary
Comprehension check
Use the language
Writing prompt
Write a short French response about a similar situation. Reuse at least three expressions from the passage.
Speaking prompt
Retell the passage in French, then explain which detail you found most important.
Answer key and explanations
Saturday morning, Claire left Rennes by train toward the coast.
The opening sentence states: “Saturday morning, Claire left Rennes by train toward the coast.”
to smell, feel
"sentir" is glossed as to smell, feel in the vocabulary row.
On arrival, she rented a bike and followed a path along the cliff.
The passage states: “On arrival, she rented a bike and followed a path along the cliff.”
