Gap-fill
Forêt or bois: a walk in the woods and a wooden bench
Practise forêt, bois and en bois in a short gap-fill story. Picture cards and examples separate a forest, a small wood and wood as a material.
- A2
- 6 gaps
- Translation included
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In short
Une forêt is a forest; un bois is a wood or wooded area, often smaller. Du bois is wood as a material: un banc en bois is a wooden bench. In se promener dans les bois, the woods are the place you walk through.
Yellow the idea to rememberBlue French to learn
| French | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| une forêt | a forest | Nous marchons dans une forêt de pins. |
| un petit bois | a small wooded area | Le petit bois est derrière le village. |
| les bois | the woods | Elle aime se promener dans les bois. |
| en bois | made of wood | Le banc est en bois. |
| un morceau de bois | a piece of wood | Il ramasse un morceau de bois. |
A place to walk, a material to touch
Find:
The place names can overlap: a bois may cover a substantial area. Notice the spelling too: une forêt has an accent, and un bois keeps its final -s in des bois. The phrase en bois describes a material wherever the object stands.
What is the difference between forêt and bois?
Choose from forêt, bois and en bois. Some answers repeat. Read the whole phrase: a place after dans, a material after est, or a piece after morceau de.
Une pause après la promenade
Samedi matin, Nora et Yanis quittent le village. Derrière les dernières maisons, ils traversent un petit (wood). Puis ils suivent un long sentier dans une (forest) de pins. Tout est calme. Nora aime marcher dans les (woods), surtout le matin.
Près du sentier, ils trouvent un banc. Il est (made of wood) et encore humide. Yanis montre un morceau de (wood) posé par terre. « Regarde, on dirait un petit bateau ! » dit-il. Ils le laissent près du chemin et continuent leur promenade.
À midi, ils rentrent au village et s’arrêtent au café. Nora pose son sac sur une chaise (made of wood). « La prochaine fois, on apporte un pique-nique », propose-t-elle.
Read it in English
On Saturday morning, Nora and Yanis leave the village. Behind the last houses, they cross a small wood. Then they follow a long path through a pine forest. Everything is quiet. Nora likes walking in the woods, especially in the morning.
Near the path, they find a bench. It is wooden and still damp. Yanis points to a piece of wood on the ground. “Look, it looks like a little boat!” he says. They leave it near the path and continue their walk.
At midday, they return to the village and stop at the café. Nora puts her bag on a wooden chair. “Next time, let’s bring a picnic,” she suggests.