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Role play - My local area

Practise taking part in a conversation about your local area. Read the instructions and prepare what you will say.

Scenario

You are staying with a French family and you are talking to a member of your host family about your home towns. Respond to the questions the family member asks and address him/her as tu . He/she will start the conversation.

The bullet points give an idea of what might be asked, so use these to prepare. Where there is an exclamation mark (!) a surprise question will be asked and where there is a question mark (?), you will need to ask a question yourself.

Tu fais un séjour chez une famille française. Tu parles de ta ville avec un membre de la famille.

1. Ta ville - activités pour les jeunes.
2. Améliorer la ville - comment.
3. !
4. ? Projets demain.
5. ? Activités préférées.

Listen to this example role-play.

Transcript:

Friend - Bonjour, qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans ta ville pour les jeunes ?

Student - Bonjour, il y a un cinéma, une piscine et un grand centre sportif. Aussi, au centre-ville, il y a des cafés où les jeunes aiment bien se retrouver.

Friend - Comment pourrait-on améliorer ta ville ?

Student - On pourrait construire un grand centre commercial avec beaucoup de magasins de vêtements et plus de cafés et restaurants. Ce serait super !

Friend - Qu’est-ce que tu as fait dans ta ville récemment ?

Student - Le weekend dernier, je suis allé à la piscine avec mes copains et on s’est vraiment bien amusés.

Friend - Et qu’est-ce que tu vas faire demain ?

Student - Demain, avec mes copains, nous pensons aller faire du shopping au centre-ville et nous irons peut-être manger dans un café ou au fast-food.

Friend - Ah, super.

Student - Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire dans ta ville ?

Friend - Moi, j’aime aller au cinéma.

Translation:

Friend - Hello, what is there in your town for young people?

Student – Hello, there is a cinema, a swimming pool and a big sports centre. Also, in the town centre, there are cafés where young people like to meet.

Friend - How could you improve your town?

Student - You could build a big shopping centre with lots of clothes shops and more cafés and restaurants. That would be super.

Friend - What have you done recently in your town?

Student - Last weekend, I went to the swimming pool with my friend and we had a lot of fun.

Friend - And what are you going to do tomorrow?

Student - We’re thinking of going shopping in the town centre and then we will perhaps also go and eat in a café or at a fast food restaurant.

Friend - Ah, great.

Student - What do you like doing in your town?

Friend - Me, I like going to the cinema.