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Le cours de mercredi

Julie cannot come to her guitar lesson and writes to her teacher.

A polite email. Watch how Julie cancels (je ne peux pas venir), suggests another time and asks whether she has to do anything (est-ce que je dois …).

From Julie Moreau

To Monsieur Leroy

Subject Cours de mercredi prochain

Bonjour Monsieur Leroy,

Je suis désolée, mais je ne peux pas venir au cours de guitare mercredi prochain. J’ai un examen à l’université ce jour-là, de deux heures à six heures.

Est-ce qu’on peut reporter le cours ? Jeudi après-midi ou vendredi matin, je suis libre.

J’ai aussi une question : la dernière fois, vous avez parlé d’un nouveau livre de musique. Est-ce que je dois l’acheter avant le prochain cours ?

Merci beaucoup et bonne semaine,

Julie Moreau

Words: 84
Sentences: 7
Words per sentence: 12.0
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: A2
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

These forms appear in the text in real use. Switch on “Show grammar” above the text to highlight them.

je dois l’acheter
devoir + infinitive means “must”, “have to”: est-ce que je dois l’acheter ? Must: devoir and il faut →
l’acheter
The pronoun l’ (= the lesson, the book) goes before the infinitive it belongs to: l’acheter. Object pronouns: le, lui →
Est-ce qu’on peut reporter
Polite questions with est-ce que: Est-ce qu’on peut reporter le cours ? Asking with est-ce que →

The words from A2 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 6 of the 60 words in this text are at A2 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

dernier
last
A2
la guitare
the guitar
A2
la musique
the music
A2
l’examen
the exam
A2
l’université
the university
A2
reporter
to postpone
A2

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 10 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

Numbers and time 10 Greetings and politeness 6 Irregular verbs 5 Words for everything 4 School and learning 4 Colours and qualities 2 Free time and sport 2 Food and drink 1 The most important verbs 1 Appointments and arrangements 1

Comprehension questions

3 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. Pourquoi Julie ne peut-elle pas venir mercredi ?

2. Quand Julie est-elle libre ?

3. Qu’est-ce que Julie demande à la fin ?