The problems are on the French Clothes Shopping Vocabulary worksheet. Try them on your own first, then compare with the answers below.
Quick answer: To shop for clothes in French, name the item with its color (une veste verte), say your size with Je fais du 40, and ask Je peux l'essayer ?. This answer key corrects the 20 problems of the French A1 worksheet on French clothes shopping vocabulary, from name the colors to write a shop dialogue: the final answer in bold, the rule behind it, and a model answer for each writing task.
Here is the answer key of the French A1 worksheet on French clothes shopping vocabulary. Try the worksheet first, then compare, and reread the lesson if a rule is unclear.
Level: French A1 (CEFR beginner) · Standards: CEFR A1, Spoken interaction
French clothes shopping vocabulary: the answers explained
Problem 1 Name the colors
1 rouge, 2 bleu, 3 violet, 4 orange. Colors come straight from the circles: the basic forms are used when no noun is given.
rouge, bleu, violet, orange
Problem 2 Match the clothes
un pantalon are pants, une chemise is a shirt, des chaussures are shoes, une écharpe is a scarf.
1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a
Problem 3 Un or une?
Learn the article with the noun: jupe and veste are feminine, pull and manteau are masculine.
1 une jupe · 2 un pull · 3 un manteau · 4 une veste
Problem 4 Ce, cet, cette or ces?
manteau is masculine and starts with a consonant, robe is feminine, imperméable is masculine and starts with a vowel, baskets is plural.
1 ce manteau · 2 cette robe · 3 cet imperméable · 4 ces baskets
Problem 5 Make the color agree
rouge ends in -e and does not change. The others add -e or -es to match the noun, and blanc becomes blanche.
1 rouge · 2 blanche · 3 noires · 4 vert · 5 grise
Problem 6 Taille or pointure?
Clothes take taille; anything you wear on your feet takes pointure.
1 taille · 2 pointure · 3 taille · 4 pointure
Problem 7 Conjugate essayer
The y turns into i before the silent endings (je, tu, ils/elles). Nous and vous keep the y.
1 j’essaie · 2 tu essaies · 3 nous essayons · 4 vous essayez · 5 elles essaient
Problem 8 Prices in words
Remember: 70 is soixante-dix and 90 is quatre-vingt-dix, so 72 and 99 are built on those.
1 dix-neuf euros · 2 trente-cinq euros · 3 quarante-huit euros · 4 soixante-douze euros · 5 quatre-vingt-dix-neuf euros
Problem 9 Put the words in order
Questions keep the question word first or put the verb before the subject with a hyphen.
1 Quelle taille faites-vous ? · 2 Où sont les cabines ? · 3 Vous avez cette robe en bleu ? · 4 C’est trop petit.
Problem 10 Translate into English
1 I’m looking for a green jacket. · 2 This skirt is too long. · 3 Can I try on these shoes? · 4 It costs forty euros.
Problem 11 Find the mistake
Check gender first, then agreement, then plural.
1 Je cherche un pantalon noir. · 2 Cette robe est jolie. · 3 Il porte une chemise blanche. · 4 Ces pulls sont chers.
Problem 12 Make it plural
Change ce/cet/cette to ces, add -s to the noun and make the verb plural. gris already ends in -s and marron never changes.
1 Ces pulls sont bleus. · 2 Ces robes sont blanches. · 3 Ces imperméables sont gris. · 4 Ces sacs sont marron.
Problem 13 Choose the right word
Sizes use faire; availability uses avoir; prendre takes -s with je; cabines is plural.
1 fais · 2 avez · 3 prends · 4 sont
Problem 14 Read the receipt
The words are clothes and colors you already know; the price uses a comma for decimals.
1 Le Fil Bleu, in Annecy · 2 gray · 3 €39.00
Problem 15 Complete the dialogue
Follow the logic of a shop visit: request, size, question about another color, decision.
1 d · 2 c · 3 a · 4 b
Problem 16 Translate into French
Watch the gender of the noun and put the color after it.
1 Je cherche un manteau rouge. · 2 Je peux essayer cette robe ? · 3 Ces chaussures sont trop petites. · 4 Vous l’avez en 42 ?
Problem 17 Describe the outfit
jupe is feminine, orange and marron never change, chaussettes is feminine plural, écharpe is feminine.
grise · orange · marron · roses · verte
Problem 18 Rosalie at the boutique
Look for key words: trop grand, taille 36, 120 dollars, plus de.
1 A winter coat. · 2 It is too big. · 3 Size 36. · 4 120 dollars. · 5 There are no more black boots in her size (38).
Problem 19 From tu to vous
Only the pronoun and the verb ending change: -es becomes -ez, and prendre becomes prenez.
1 Vous essayez cette jupe ? · 2 Vous cherchez une veste ? · 3 Vous faites quelle taille ? · 4 Vous prenez ce pull ?
Problem 20 Write a shop dialogue
Model answer:
— Bonjour, je cherche une veste bleue.
— Quelle taille faites-vous ?
— Je fais du 40.
— Voilà.
— Je peux l’essayer ? Elle est trop petite. Vous l’avez en 42 ?
— Oui. — Elle est parfaite. Je la prends.
Check: color after the noun, je fais du, a request to try on, and the pronoun la for a feminine item.