Une journée grise à Nice
“Hier il a plu toute la journée à Nice et Claire n'a pas pu aller à la plage comme prévu.
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Une journée grise à Nice
Reviewed by Jérôme · Updated
- Topic
- Une journée grise à Nice
- Learning goal
- Understand and discuss the main events and details in “Une journée grise à Nice”
- Grammar focus
- A2 sentence patterns · contextual vocabulary
- Length
- 67 words
- Reading time
- 0.6 min
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English translation▾
Yesterday it rained all day in Nice and Claire could not go to the beach as planned.
She called her sister to talk about her plans for next summer.
Then she went to the museum with her yellow umbrella.
At the ticket office the line was long, but she met a German student with whom she spoke French slowly.
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
Yesterday it rained all day in Nice and Claire could not go to the beach as planned.
The opening sentence states: “Yesterday it rained all day in Nice and Claire could not go to the beach as planned.”
rained
"plu" is glossed as rained in the vocabulary row.
Then she went to the museum with her yellow umbrella.
The passage states: “Then she went to the museum with her yellow umbrella.”
