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A1 French reading: a dog learns a new walking route

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Follow Anna and her dog Filou on a new walk through town: the bridge, the park, the bakery. Easy French with glosses, a translation and a route question.

In short

An A1 reading with direction words: tourner à gauche, traverser, continuer tout droit, passer devant. Read about Anna's new route with her dog, then put the places in order.

A woman walks a small dog across a stone bridge in a French town.
Anna and Filou discover un nouveau chemin through town. Illustration: Atelier

Un nouveau chemin

Tous les matins, Anna fait la promenade1 avec son chien Filou au bord de la rivière. Mais aujourd'hui, il y a des travaux2 sur le chemin de la rivière. Ils doivent trouver un autre chemin.

Anna tourne3 à gauche dans la rue Victor-Hugo. Ils traversent4 le vieux pont de pierre et continuent tout droit5 jusqu'au parc. Filou tire sur la laisse6 : il ne connaît pas ce parc !

Dans le parc, Filou renifle7 tous les arbres et dit bonjour à un grand chien blanc. Anna s'assoit cinq minutes sur un banc.

Sur le chemin du retour8, ils passent devant la boulangerie. La boulangère donne un petit morceau de pain à Filou. Maintenant, Filou adore le nouveau chemin !

Read it in English

Every morning, Anna takes her dog Filou for a walk by the river. But today there are roadworks on the river path. They have to find another route.

Anna turns left onto rue Victor-Hugo. They cross the old stone bridge and carry on straight ahead to the park. Filou pulls on the lead: he doesn't know this park!

In the park, Filou sniffs every tree and greets a big white dog. Anna sits on a bench for five minutes.

On the way back, they walk past the bakery. The baker gives Filou a little piece of bread. Now Filou loves the new route!

Direction phrases from the text
FrenchEnglish
tourner à gauche / à droiteturn left / right
traverser le pontcross the bridge
continuer tout droitcarry straight on
passer devantgo past
jusqu'àas far as
Question 1No account needed
Why do they take a new route?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

There are roadworks on the river path.. Il y a des travaux sur le chemin de la rivière.

Question 2No account needed
What is the order of the walk?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

bridge → park → bakery. They cross the bridge, go to the park and pass the bakery on the way back.

Question 3No account needed
What does the baker give Filou?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

a piece of bread. Un petit morceau de pain.

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