Answer:
Fill the white spaces with the correct form of verbs between parentheses to the COMPOUND PAST, the IMPARFAIT or the PLUSQUEPARFAIT depending on the context:
A SENSE OF DUTY
This / C' (1.) - (being) on a sunday afternoon in summer, by a lake. The sun (2.) - (shine), there is (3.) - (have) no cloud in the sky. There are (4.) - (have) a lot of people around the lake.... a few people (5.) - (do) picnics, children (6.) - (play) the ball, by then a young girl (7.) - (read) in the shade of trees and men (8.) - (sleep) with a handkerchief on her face. A little boy (9.) - (walking) his dog. He (10.) - (having fun) to throw a piece of wood into the water. The dog (11.) - (bring back) the piece of wood each time and the boy (12.) - (raise) in the water.
At some point, the dog (13.) - (not to come back). He (14.) - (being) in the middle of the lake, he (15.) - (seem) in trouble. The little boy (16.) - (call) with all his strength, but the dog (17.) - (not to move). One (18.) - (power) see that the dog (19.) - (have) difficulty swimming, that he (20.) (being) exhausted and that he (21.) - (drown), but one (22.) - (not understand) why. Everyone (23.) - (get on) watching the scene. A young girl (24.) - (get) her mobile phone out of her bag to call the first responders and she (25.) - (approach) the boy to try to console him. The children (26.) - (stop) to play and they (27.) - (go) to the edge of the lake to see more closely.
Suddenly, a cyclist (28.) - (arrival). He (29.) - (see) what (30.) - (to happen) and immediately he (31.) - (understand) the situation. He (32.) - (laying) his bike on the ground, he (33.) - (remove) his watch, his shoes, his shirt and his socks and he (34.) - (dive) in the water of the lake. The cyclist (35.) - (being) in good physical shape, he (36.) - (have) a very muscular body and he (37.) - (know) swim very well ... and in a very short time it (38.) - (approach) the dog. It (39.) - (observe) that the dog (40.) - (being) taken by the branch of a tree that (41.) - (float) on the water. With his big muscles, the cyclist (42.) - (break) the branch. The dog and the cyclist (43.) - (back) on the edge of the lake. The dog (44.) - (go) bring the broken branch to his master, the little boy.
At this time, one (45.) - (understand) while the dog (46.) - (to be wrong) and that he (47.) - (confounding) the stick of the boy with a branch in the water that (48.) - (belong) to a large tree. He (49.) - (get) killed almost, by a sense of duty! But, all was well that (50.) - (finish) well!
Explanation:
translation
Basically this is just asking you to describe a well known person who speaks french and to describe them in 5-7 Sentences.
Just for example:
French: Bradley Cooper parle en français.
English: Bradley Cooper speaks french.
French: Il a etudie dans le universite.
English: He studied in College
French: il est un homme.
English: He is a man
If I was your teacher and just be looking for what you can do with basic words you've learned. So it's okay to use simple Adjectives. It means you understand and you know what you're writing.
If you have trouble coming up with different ones, there is a website that can list nouns and verbs in french and how to use them. Hope this helps!
https://www.linguasorb.com/french/verbs/most-common-verbs/
Compare:
They are both used to get around faster, but not have to drive/go through traffic/use up the gas to get there.
They are also both just as dirty and gross!! ;)
Contrast:
In France, they almost only use trains in subways (in cities); but in America, we use trains to travel long distances as well.
Answer: Joan of arc (a saint)
Explanation:
Jeanne D'Arc or Joan of Arc was a lady with zero military training at all that led the French army to victory against Great Britain in the Hundred Years' war. she is a saint because she claims that god was the person or figure that lead her to help the French win.
