1 - Fruit or Vegetable? ~5 mins
Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Both answers are defensible. Scientists say fruit; most kitchens say vegetable. Today we visit a French market stall and learn eight vegetable words, including the tomato, keeping le and la with every noun.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Name eight vegetables in French with le or la
- Match each French vegetable word to its English meaning
- Sort vegetable nouns into masculine and feminine
2 - Eight French Vegetables ~10 mins
You are at a summer market stall (un marché d'été). English is on the front of each card. Listen to the French first, repeat it with le, la or l', then flip to check. We meet them in two groups of four.
3 - Match the Vegetables ~10 mins
Still at the market stall: volunteers flip two cards on the board to find each French vegetable with its English meaning. When a match is found, the volunteer says the French with le, la or l', then the whole class repeats once. Everyone else whispers the French as each French card turns.
4 - Into Your Copy ~3 mins
Open your copy. From today's eight market vegetables still on the board, write four you would put in a ratatouille (or would eat), each with le, la or l'. Take care with l' on l'oignon and with the three words in la pomme de terre.
Today's list: la carotte, la tomate, la pomme de terre, l'oignon, le chou, la laitue, le poivron, le concombre.
5 - Sort by Gender ~10 mins
We sort the market haul together on the board into masculine and feminine. When a word is sorted, everyone says it aloud with its article (le chou / la carotte). Trust the article you learnt: le and l'oignon go one way, la the other.
Unlock the full learning experience
You're previewing this lesson. Get full access to this lesson and hundreds more — each one ready to teach, with interactive activities, printable resources and pupil progress tracking built in.
This lesson is copyright of Coding Ireland 2017 - 2025. Unauthorised use, copying or distribution is not allowed.