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Junior Cycle French: Food & drink

How often Food & drink comes up on the French papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Food & drink, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Food & drink.

(a)What is « le poulet »?
  1. Pork
  2. Chicken
  3. Fish
(b)How do you say 'I would like a glass of orange juice'?
  1. Je voudrais un verre d'eau
  2. Je voudrais une tasse de jus d'orange
  3. Je voudrais un verre de jus d'orange
(c)« Je suis végétarien. » What won't he eat?
  1. Meat
  2. Vegetables
  3. Bread
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(a) Chicken

(b) Je voudrais un verre de jus d'orange

(c) Meat

Your turn: Common Level questions on Food & drink.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q1, Q6, Q14
2025Q1, Q3, Q10
2024Q3, Q5, Q12
2023Q11, Q17
2022Q6, Q15

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Food & drink questions

Food & drink, 2 marks

« J'ai faim. » How does the person feel?

  1. Thirsty
  2. Cold
  3. Hungry
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Hungry

Avoir faim = to be hungry. Thirsty is avoir soif and cold is avoir froid: French uses avoir, not être, for all three.

Food & drink, 3 marks

Which means 'a slice of ham'?

  1. une tranche de fromage
  2. une tranche de jambon
  3. une boîte de jambon
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une tranche de jambon

Une tranche = a slice and une boîte = a tin or box. Le jambon = ham and le fromage = cheese.

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