Environment and where people live – Reading exam practice – AQA French GCSE

A French GCSE reading exam practice worksheet covering The environment and where people live, within Theme 3: Communication and the world around us (AQA French GCSE – first assessment 2026).

This 4-page worksheet provides structured reading practice through a range of AQA-style tasks. The exercises develop vocabulary recognition, careful reading, inference and exam-style comprehension skills, starting with accessible retrieval and progressing towards more demanding questions.

What’s included

• AQA-style question formats
 ○ Matching people to different places and types of housing
 ○ Classifying positive, negative and mixed opinions (P / N / P + N) about the local environment
 ○ Multiple-choice questions and short answers in English on food waste in France
 ○ Short answers and vocabulary inference in a text about heatwaves and possible solutions
 ○ Classifying past, present and future events (P / N / F) in a text about rising sea levels in Guadeloupe
 ○ Tracking references to family members (A / B / A + B) in a text about two different homes
 ○ Short answers and vocabulary inference in a text about sustainable eating and the environmental impact of food production
• All answers included
• Available in PDF and editable PPTX, in colour and black-and-white versions

Designed for French GCSE students, this worksheet is suitable for classwork, revision, homework, cover, intervention or end-of-topic reading practice. It offers a focused opportunity to consolidate The environment and where people live while developing the reading skills needed for the AQA French GCSE examination.

I hope you find it useful.

This worksheet is also included in the Communication and the world around us – Theme 3 Reading pack – AQA French GCSE.

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This resource follows the current AQA French GCSE specification and is not affiliated with or endorsed by AQA.