Food and Drink (AQA GCSE French): Revision Note
Exam code: 8652
Food and drink
For the topic of food and drink, you should be able to:
say what you eat and drink
use negatives to say what you don’t eat and drink
say that you are hungry or thirsty
say what you eat and drink at different times
Food and drink: vocabulary
Some useful words and phrases to talk about the topic of food and drink are:
Je mange - I eat
Je bois - I drink
Je prends - I eat, I drink (literally ‘I take’)
J’ai faim - I’m hungry
J’ai soif - I’m thirsty
Add ne... pas around the verb to say what you don't eat or drink, e.g. je ne mange pas
Category | French | Part of speech | English |
Food | fast-food | n (m) | fast food |
frites | n (fpl) | chips | |
fromage | n (m) | cheese | |
fruit | n (m) | fruit | |
gâteau | n (m) | cake | |
glace | n (f) | ice cream | |
légume | n (m) | vegetable | |
pain | n (m) | bread | |
poisson | n (m) | fish | |
nourriture | n (f) | food | |
viande | n (f) | meat | |
Drinks | alcool | n (m) | alcohol |
boisson | n (f) | drink, beverage | |
café | n (m) | coffee | |
lait | n (m) | milk | |
eau | n (f) | water | |
thé | n (m) | tea | |
vin | n (m) | wine | |
Cooking and mealtimes | cuisine | n (f) | cooking, kitchen |
déjeuner | n (m) | lunch | |
dîner | n (m) | dinner | |
petit-déjeuner | n (m) | breakfast | |
recette | n (f) | recipe |
Higher tier only
These words are only required for Higher tier.
French | Part of speech | English | Examples | |
plat | n (m) | dish | Mon plat préféré est la pizza. | My favourite dish is pizza. |
poulet | n (fpl) | chicken | Je mange du poulet avec des frites. | I eat chicken with chips. |
French meals are different to English meals.
Breakfast is a light meal, e.g. pastries and coffee
Lunch is eaten around 12:00pm - 2:00pm, and lots of shops close for their lunch break. As it is the main meal of the day, it is often three courses long
A snack at 4:00pm is a very important part of the day - particularly for children after school, but also for many adults
Dinner is eaten around 8:00pm
Many meals are accompanied by bread - the baguette is considered an important part of French culture, and there are even laws regarding how it must be made
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