French Vocabulary: Jobs and Workplaces
Help learners connect 24 job titles – in both masculine and feminine forms – to the 6 workplaces where they belong, in a clear, print-ready French vocabulary activity.
Pupils sort professions such as un docteur / une docteure or un serveur / une serveuse into the correct column: hospital, university, restaurant, factory, shop or theatre.

This premium worksheet is built for anyone learning French vocabulary around jobs and workplaces – FLE students, French immersion pupils, or bilingual learners revising everyday vocabulary. Rather than a simple word list, the exercise asks learners to actively classify each profession under the place where that person works.
Because every job appears in both its masculine and feminine form, the worksheet also doubles as a light introduction to gendered noun endings in French (-eur / -euse, -ien / -ienne, -er / -ère), without turning the page into a grammar lesson.
🔍 Worksheet at a glance
A single French-language worksheet presenting a bank of 24 job titles to sort into six workplace columns. A footnote clarifies that « profession » is a synonym of « métier ».
🏢 Six workplaces to sort into
Learners place each profession under the correct heading. The six categories give a natural spread of everyday vocabulary, from healthcare to retail to the arts.
Doctors, nurses and midwives: un médecin, un infirmier, une sage-femme…
Students and teachers: un étudiant, un professeur, une professeure…
Kitchen and floor staff: un cuisinier, un serveur, une serveuse…
Engineers and workers: un ingénieur, un ouvrier, une ouvrière…
Front-of-shop roles: un caissier, un vendeur, une vendeuse…
Performers: un acteur, une actrice, un musicien, une musicienne…
Why this worksheet is useful
Vocabulary sticks best when learners have to do something with it, not just read it. Sorting each job into its workplace forces pupils to think about meaning rather than simply memorising a list, and the visual grid makes it easy to review at a glance once completed.
The pairing of masculine and feminine forms side by side also gives a gentle, repeated exposure to how French profession nouns change with gender – useful groundwork before tackling agreement rules more formally.
🎯 Benefits for learners and teachers
- Learn 24 common profession names in French.
- Practise masculine and feminine job title forms.
- Connect vocabulary to real-world workplaces.
- Build confidence for oral practice (“Où travaille un cuisinier ?”).
- Use as a warm-up, homework sheet or quick quiz.
- Pair with speaking practice or a memory game.
- Editable DOCX version included to adapt wording or add jobs.
- Print one self-contained page with no preparation required.
✍️ Three useful teaching ideas
Suggested classroom use
For a first session, go through the profession list as a group, checking meaning and pronunciation, before pupils fill in the grid independently or in pairs. The exercise works well as a five-to-ten-minute warm-up or as revision before a unit test on jobs.
The answer key below is placed in a collapsible section so adults can check the work quickly while keeping the correction hidden from pupils at first glance.
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Also available in the following French workbooks:
J’apprends le français!
Learning French Exercises for A2 to B1 Level
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❓ Frequently asked questions
Who is this worksheet for? ▼
It suits beginner to lower-intermediate (A1-A2) French learners, FLE students, and French immersion or bilingual pupils revising jobs vocabulary.
Is this included in premium access? ▼
Yes. This is a premium worksheet. Members can access the complete A4 PDF and the editable DOCX version.
Can I edit the worksheet? ▼
Yes. The DOCX download lets you change wording, remove a workplace, or add extra professions of your own.
Does it cover masculine and feminine job forms? ▼
Yes. Almost every profession is listed in both its masculine and feminine form, giving learners repeated exposure to how job titles change with gender.
