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DELF A1 writing practice: say when you’re free and choose an activity

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Answer a friend’s two questions about Wednesday afternoon. Explain your availability, choose the park and ask where to meet, then check your reply.

In short

Answer both questions: when you are free and which activity you prefer. Here, write Je suis libre à partir de seize heures and Je préfère le parc, then ask Où est-ce qu’on se retrouve ?

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Two friends meet at a park entrance after work.
Nora chooses le parc for an afternoon meeting. Illustration: Atelier

Salut Nora ! Tu es libre mercredi après-midi ? Tu préfères la piscine ou le parc ? Adam

Hi Nora! Are you free on Wednesday afternoon? Would you prefer the swimming pool or the park? Adam

Your information as Nora
DetailUse this fact
Work endsmercredi à quinze heures
Availability beginsmercredi à seize heures
Your preferencele parc
Question to askOù est-ce qu’on se retrouve ?

For this exercise, write at least 40 words. Keep the end of work and the start of your availability in separate phrases. The table gives you an hour between them. Answer Adam’s activity question, then ask him to choose a meeting point.

DELF A1 · Production écrite · availability replyNot an official exam paper

Vous êtes Nora. Répondez à Adam. Mercredi, vous travaillez jusqu’à quinze heures et vous êtes libre à partir de seize heures. Vous préférez le parc. Donnez vos horaires, indiquez votre préférence et demandez où vous retrouver.

(40 mots minimum)

You are Nora. Reply to Adam. On Wednesday you work until three and are free from four. You prefer the park. Give your hours, state your preference and ask where to meet.

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Salut Adam !

Merci pour ton message. Mercredi, je travaille jusqu’à quinze heures. Je suis libre à partir de seize heures et je préfère le parc. On peut faire une promenade ensemble. Où est-ce qu’on se retrouve ?

À mercredi !

Nora

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How do you say when you’re free in French?

Two boundaries
FrenchEnglish
Je travaille jusqu’à quinze heures.I work until three.
Je suis libre à partir de seize heures.I am free from four.

Choose words for a meeting-point question

A compact public park seen from slightly above. Show a metal entrance gate, a wooden bench, a central stone fountain, one large oak tree, a curving gravel path
Question 1No account needed
When can Nora meet Adam?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

From 16:00.. À partir de seize heures sets the start of her availability at four.

Question 2No account needed
Which question asks for the missing arrangement?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Où est-ce qu’on se retrouve ?. The remaining question is where to meet; the day and preference are already given.

Write a second version with availability from five. Change the relevant sentence and keep the same activity. Underline the work end time once and the availability start time twice so you can check both at a glance.

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