Exercises: Vegetable Vocabulary & Gender

Exercise: French Vegetable Nouns and Gender

Practice the gender of French vegetable nouns and their articles.

1. Assign the correct definite article (le/la/l’) to each vegetable:

___ ail (garlic) 🧄 →

___ carotte (carrot) 🥕 →

___ brocoli (broccoli) 🥦 →

___ courgette (zucchini) 🥒 →

___ champignon (mushroom) 🍄 →

___ épinards (spinach) 🍃 → (plural!)

___ oignon (onion) 🧅 →

___ pomme de terre (potato) 🥔 →

2. Match the French term to its English equivalent:

“l’artichaut” 🥬 →

“le chou-fleur” 🥦 →

“la betterave” 🍠 →

“les haricots verts” 🫘 →

3. Fill in the blanks with the correct term:

“___ (The asparagus) est vert.” 🥗 →

“Je déteste ___ (Brussels sprouts).” 🥬 →

“___ (The radishes) sont piquants.” 🌶️ →

4. Correct the errors in gender/number:

“Un courgette” 🥒 →

“La maïs” 🌽 →

“Des haricot” 🫘 →

5. Translate into French (include articles!):

“We eat tofu with vegetables.”

“The salad has cucumber and tomatoes.”

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Notes:

• Gender hints: Most vegetables ending in -e are feminine (la courgette), but exceptions exist (le gingembre).
  
• Plural alert: Épinards (spinach) and haricots verts (green beans) are always plural. Other examples include les choux de Bruxelles (Brussels sprouts) and les radis (radishes).