This introduction covers Environment and Where People Live within The environment and where people live for GCSE French. Revise The environment and where people live in Theme 3: Communication and the World Around Us for GCSE French with 15 exam-style questions and 16 flashcards. This is a high-frequency topic, so it is worth revising until the explanation feels precise and repeatable. It is section 1 of 4 in this topic. Use this introduction to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
🌍 Environment and Where People Live
This topic combines two AQA 8652 strands: describing your local area and engaging with environmental issues. Both appear in all four skills papers and are especially common in writing Task 2 (longer piece) and in the general conversation. To score highly, you must link the two strands — discussing the environment of where you live — and show you can propose solutions, not just describe problems.
Practice questions for The environment and where people live
What does 'la campagne' mean in English?
Lena says: 'J'habite en banlieue.' Where does Lena live?
Quick recall flashcards
propre
clean / own — FALSE FRIEND position matters: before noun = 'own' (ma propre chambre), after noun = 'clean' (une chambre propre)
la ville
town / city — 'en ville' = in town