Gap-fill
French A2 gap-fill: follow a parcel from shop to customer
Complete twelve gaps with sequence markers and clear noun references. Follow a parcel through a shopkeeper, a courier and a customer, with translation.
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In short
Sequence words show when each stage happens; clear nouns show who acts and what changes hands. Complete twelve gaps to follow one parcel through a shopkeeper, a courier and a customer. Use the exact English cues for the nouns and sequence markers.
Il lui donne le colis.He gives him the parcel.
Focus: The reader needs to know who both men are.
Le vendeur donne le colis au coursier.The shopkeeper gives the parcel to the courier.
Focus: Naming both people makes a hand-off easy to follow.
Follow the delivery
Find:
Du magasin à la porte
Mardi matin, la librairie prépare une livraison pour M. Bernard. (first, at the start of a sentence), le vendeur vérifie les deux livres commandés. Il les place dans un carton solide. Le (parcel) contient aussi un reçu. Le vendeur ferme le carton avec du ruban adhésif.
(next, at the start of a sentence), il colle une étiquette sur le carton. Le nom de M. Bernard et son adresse sont bien lisibles. À dix heures, un coursier entre dans la librairie. Le (shopkeeper) lui remet le colis. Le (courier) vérifie l’adresse avant de charger son vélo-cargo.
(then, at the start of a sentence), le coursier part vers la rue des Écoles. Devant l’immeuble, il téléphone à M. Bernard. Le (customer) descend pour ouvrir la porte. Le coursier lui donne le (package) et lui demande de signer sur son téléphone. M. Bernard vérifie que son nom figure sur l’étiquette.
(after, before la signature) la signature, le coursier reprend sa tournée. (finally, at the start of a sentence), M. Bernard monte chez lui et ouvre le carton. Sa (order) est complète : les deux livres sont là. Il appelle la (bookshop) pour remercier le vendeur. Le colis a quitté le magasin le matin et il est arrivé chez le client avant midi.
Read it in English
On Tuesday morning, the bookshop prepares a delivery for Mr Bernard. First, the shopkeeper checks the two books ordered. He puts them in a sturdy box. The parcel also contains a receipt. The shopkeeper seals the box with sticky tape.
Next, he sticks a label on the box. Mr Bernard’s name and address are clearly legible. At ten, a courier enters the bookshop. The shopkeeper hands him the parcel. The courier checks the address before loading his cargo bike.
Then the courier sets off towards Rue des Écoles. Outside the building, he phones Mr Bernard. The customer comes downstairs to open the door. The courier gives him the package and asks him to sign on his phone. Mr Bernard checks that his name appears on the label.
After the signature, the courier continues his round. Finally, Mr Bernard goes upstairs to his flat and opens the box. His order is complete: both books are there. He calls the bookshop to thank the shopkeeper. The parcel left the shop in the morning and arrived at the customer’s home before noon.