The verb 'going' is unnecessary and indeed misleading in this question

Question

'After going food shopping, I'll help you with your homework.' This English sentence is misleading vis à vis the suggested French translation. There is no sense of 'going' (aller) in the French translation. If you want the two statements to be more closely aligned, the English sentence should read 'After food shopping, I'll help you with your homework.' That is, delete the verb 'going'.

Maarten Kamp · Accepted Answer

Without the full example, difficult to be sure where the concern is. However ‘faire les courses’ translates best as ‘going/doing (food/grocery) shopping’ - fairly standard English expression. “{Aller} faire les courses” is more akin to ‘(to be going) to go/do (the food/grocery) shopping’ - again standard English usage in at least some parts.

Suzy Andrews · Answer

I made the same ‘mistake’ and wrote “après être allée faire les courses” for “after going food shopping” - having been marked ‘wrong’ for a previous exercise where the verb ‘go’ was in the English and I hadn’t used ‘aller’ :(

Suzy Andrews · Answer

I’d say (being British rather than another English-speaker) “after doing the shopping” rather than “going food shopping”.  "Faire les courses” is given in the exercise.

Suzy Andrews · Answer

I’d say (being British rather than another English-speaker) “after doing the shopping” rather than “going food shopping”.  "Faire les courses” is given in the exercise.