What to eat during the heatwave?

"Que manger pendant la canicule ?"
French A2 writing exercise

Léa and Rémi are talking about what they are going to eat during the heatwave.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to be very hot (outside)", "a week", "a hot meal", "to make [food]", "a mixed salad", "fresh vegetables", "an excellent idea", "Plus...", "delicious", "the same thing", "every day", "to be right", "to become", "boring", "a cold soup", "a tomato", "a cucumber", "a pepper [US: bell pepper]", "bread", "garlic", "to buy [something]", "an ingredient", "to forget [something]", "a tub of ice cream".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2026-07-21

I’ll give you some sentences to translate into French

  • I’ll show you where you make mistakes
  • I’ll keep track of what you need to practise
  • Change my choices if you want
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How the test works
You’ll practise: Adjectif, Le Présent (Indicatif), Genre féminin

Here's a preview of the text for the writing challenge, when you're ready click the start button above:

- It's going to be very hot this week! I don't want to eat hot meals. - Let's make (some) mixed salads with (some) fresh vegetables. - What an excellent idea! Plus, your salade niçoise is delicious. - Thanks! But we can't eat the same thing every day. - You're right! It can become boring. Do you like gazpacho? It's a cold soup with (some) tomatoes, (some) cucumber, (some) red pepper [US: red bell pepper], (some) bread and (some) garlic. - Perfect! Let's go and buy all these ingredients. - Yes! And let's not forget a big tub of ice cream!

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