Can you talk about shopping in French? Develop your understanding through listening and reading activities and practise your speaking skills with a role-play in a clothes shop.
Part ofFrenchDaily life
Shopping for food
Je vais faire les courses au supermarché. - I’m going to the supermarket to do the shopping.
La boucherie en ville est excellente. – The butcher’s in town is excellent.
Tu peux aller chercher du pain à la boulangerie? – Can you go to the bakery to get some bread?
À la charcuterie, on peut acheter des plats à emporter. – At the delicatessen you can buy meals to take away.
J’adore ce marchand de fruits et légumes. – I love this greengrocer.
Il y a un marché en ville le mercredi matin. – There is a market in town on Wednesday mornings.
Pour acheter des tartes au citron, il faut aller à la pâtisserie. – To buy lemon tarts, you need to go to the cake shop.
Pour aller à la poste, s’il vous plait ? – Which way is the Post Office, please?
Je voudrais six tranches de jambon. - I would like six slices of ham.
Un demi-kilo de pommes, s’il vous plait. - Half a kilo of apples, please.
Elle va acheter trois cents grammes de framboises. - She’s going to buy three hundred grammes of raspberries.
On a besoin d’une bouteille de lait et d’un pot de yaourt. - We need a bottle of milk and a jar of yoghurt.
Je cherche un paquet de biscuits. - I am looking for a packet of biscuits.
Il achètera une boite de sardines. - He’ll buy a tin of sardines.
Tu peux acheter six canettes de coca au supermarché ? - Can you buy six cans of cola at the supermarket?
Where would you buy each of the following? Choose from the list below. There is one option too many.
Un gâteau
La pâtisserie.
Cake would be bought at a cake shop.
Du pain
La boulangerie.
Bread would be bought at the bakery.
De l’agneau, du poulet et du bœuf
La boucherie.
Lamb, chicken and beef would be bought at the butcher’s.
Un chou, des haricots verts et des pommes
Chez le marchand de fruits et légumes ou au marché.
A cabbage, green beans and apples would be bought at the greengrocer’s or the market.