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Pumpkin soup recipe

"Recette de la soupe au potiron"
French B1 writing exercise

Catherine is following Henri's instructions to make his tasty pumpkin soup.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to make [food]", "tasty", "all right", "to follow [something] carefully", "instructions", "to peel [veg]", "a carrot", "an onion", "to dice [something] up", "a chicken broth", "to be done (=finish)", "butter", "a saucepan", "to add [something] to [something]", "to leave [something] to [do]", "to cook (on the hob)", "to wait for + [duration]", "already", "to smell good".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2025-10-23

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Mode impératif, L'Impératif Présent, Adverbe

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- Henri, it's very cold today. Let's make your tasty pumpkin soup together! - All right Catherine. Follow my instructions carefully. First, peel the pumpkin, the carrots and the onions and dice them all up. While you're doing this, I'm going to prepare a chicken broth. - I'm done, Henri. What shall I do now? - Melt some butter in the saucepan and add all the vegetables (to it). Leave them to cook for 5 minutes. Then, we will add the broth and we'll wait for 20 minutes. - Oh, it already smells very good!

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