Exercises: Dairy Products Vocabulary & Gender
Exercise: French Dairy Nouns and Gender Practice the gender of French dairy-related nouns and their articles.
1. Assign the correct definite article (le/la/l’) to each term:
___ beurre (butter) 🧈 →
___ crème chantilly (whipped cream) 🍰 →
___ fromage (cheese) 🧀 →
___ glace (ice cream) 🍦 →
___ lait (milk) 🥛 →
___ yaourt (yogurt) 🍶 →
___ margarine 🧈 →
___ fromage râpé (grated cheese) 🧀 →
2. Match the French term to its English equivalent:
“le lait entier” 🥛 →
“la crème chantilly” 🍰 →
“le lait écémé” 🥛 →
“le yaourt nature” 🍶 →
3. Fill in the blanks with the correct term:
“___ (The butter) est sur la table.” 🧈 →
“J’achète ___ (some yogurt) pour le petit-déjeuner.” 🍶 →
“___ (The ice cream) est trop sucré.” 🍦 →
4. Correct the errors in gender/number:
“Une fromage” 🧀 →
“Le crème” 🍦 →
“Des yaourt” 🍶 →
5. Translate into French (include articles/partitives!):
- “I eat bread with butter.”
- “She prefers ice cream for dessert.”
Notes:
Gender hints: Most dairy terms are masculine (le lait, le yaourt), but exceptions include la crème and la glace.
Partitives: Use du/de la for “some” (du fromage, de la crème).
Plural alert: Les yaourts (yogurts) and les fromages (cheeses) are plural.