Picking mushrooms and chestnuts

"Cueillette de champignons et de châtaignes"
French A1 writing exercise

Tom and Frank are picking mushrooms and chestnuts in the woods.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "a mushroom", "here", "a lot of [things]", "appetising", "delicious", "a soup", "but", "dangerous", "to pick [a mushroom]", "to get ill", "to know", "to be careful (exp.)", "a chestnut", "too", "a spike (chestnut)", "sharp (spike)", "really", "to be hungry (exp.)", "now".

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA
Last updated: 2026-10-05

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Présent (Indicatif), Pluriel, Adjectif

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- There are a lot of mushrooms here! They look very appetising and they're delicious in a soup. - Yes, but (the) mushrooms can be dangerous. If you pick (some) poisonous mushrooms, you can get very ill. - I know! I'm very careful. - Oh, there are chestnuts too! Their spikes are sharp, but (the) chestnuts are really delicious! - I'm hungry now!

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