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WRITING EXERCISE
PARTS OF THE BODY

Describe someone whose body or mind you really like or hate. No real names please.  Invent a fictional name.

Click for a review of the rules for speaking of parts of the body in French.

Write two sentences describing two different parts of his/her body or mind according to the pattern: "His/her X is......"  Using adjectives that normally follow the noun. Remember that French does not use the verb "être" in this situation (See Review A and B5):

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Write a sentence describing a part of his/her body or mind using an adjective that normally precedes the noun according to the same pattern as in 1. and 2. (adjectives that precede the noun:. beau, joli, jeune/vieux, bon/mauvais, jeune, gros, long, petit/grand) (See Review B5Note2a).

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Write two sentences recounting two different common or typical actions that he/she does with his/her body or mind (not on his/herself) (See Review B1 for an explanation and list of common verbs):

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Write two sentences recounting two different common or typical actions that he/she does to his/her own body or mind (See Review B2 for an explanation and list of common verbs):

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Write two sentences recounting two different common or typical actions that you would like to do to a part of his/her body or mind (see Review B3.  You can use the verbs in B2, but you must make them non-pronominal).

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Write one sentence describing a body part in a clause that is in apposition to a verb recounting a common or typical action that he/she does (Review B6):

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