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Odd one out: French food words
Pomme, poire, pêche… poireau? Find the food that doesn't fit each group: fruit, cheese, fish, cutlery, cooking methods and the courses of a meal.
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In short
Grouping words is a fast way to learn them: fruits (la pomme, la poire, la pêche), vegetables (le poireau, la carotte), fish (le saumon, le thon), cutlery (la fourchette, le couteau) and the courses of a meal (l'entrée, le plat, le dessert).
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Tap the word that doesn't belong in each row.
Le poireau (leek) is a vegetable; the others are fruits. Careful: poire and poireau look alike!
Le chorizo is a Spanish sausage. Brie, comté, chèvre are French cheeses.
Le poulet (chicken) is meat. Salmon, tuna and cod are fish.
Une casserole is a saucepan for cooking. The others are cutlery (les couverts).
Goûter is to taste (and the afternoon snack). The others are ways of cooking.
Le jus (juice) has no alcohol; wine, beer and cider do.
L'addition is the bill, not a course. Careful: in France l'entrée is the starter.
Le yaourt comes from the dairy aisle; the others come from the boulangerie.
How are French food words grouped?
Two famous traps: in France l'entrée is the starter (not the main course, as in American English), and le goûter is the 4 pm snack French children eat after school.
| Group | Examples |
|---|---|
| les fruits | la pomme, la poire, la pêche |
| les légumes | le poireau, la carotte, la courgette |
| les couverts | la fourchette, le couteau, la cuillère |
| les boissons | le vin, le jus, l'eau |
- une poireauun poireau
Le poireau is masculine.
- Je prends le plat principal comme entrée.Je prends une salade en entrée.
Entrée = starter.