Grasse, capitale mondiale du parfum – Cultural reading – KS3 French worksheet

A KS3 cultural worksheet on Grasse, the world capital of perfume. Students practise their reading skills while discovering the history of perfume in Grasse, from scented leather gloves to jasmine fields. They learn about the three most famous perfumeries, the work of a nez, and the ingredients cultivated in Grasse for French luxury perfumes.

What’s included

• A 4-page cultural reading worksheet
• French reading tasks made accessible with vocabulary support
• Cultural content used to introduce GCSE exam-like reading tasks, including:
 ○ multiple choice
 ○ matching information
 ○ short answers in English
 ○ tense classification
 ○ inference
 ○ A / B / A+B comparison task
• All answers included
• Available in PDF and editable PPTX, with colour and black-and-white versions

Designed for upper KS3 French, especially Year 8–9, and also useful as a KS3-GCSE bridge for students beginning to build confidence with longer cultural reading texts and GCSE-style task types.

I hope you and your students enjoy discovering Provence.

You might also be interested in these end-of-year resources in my shop:

• Stars de la chanson française – French music & opinions – KS3 culture worksheet
• General knowledge quiz – KS3 French
• General knowledge quiz – French GCSE

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