A food-themed worksheet introducing twenty French idioms through literal translation, real meanings, image work, short texts, comprehension and creative tasks.

Students explore idioms such as j’ai la patate, ça coûte bonbon, ramener sa fraise and ce n’est pas de la tarte, with a balance of language curiosity, meaning-in-context and light-hearted practice.

What’s included

• Match-up to introduce vocabulary and literal translation
• Multiple-choice questions about idioms’ real meanings to confirm understanding
• Short texts where students work out idioms from context
• Image-based activity to strengthen interpretation
• Longer narrative text using idioms in context, with a true / false task and comprehension questions in English
• Gap-fill activity using idioms from the worksheet
• Creative mini-task – invent your own French food idiom
• Bingo activity with a randomising wheel (link on the answer sheet)
• All answers included
• Available as PDF and editable PPTX, in colour and black-and-white versions

Designed for KS3 French, this worksheet works well for classwork, homework, cover, cultural language work or a light end-of-year lesson. It’s also a great way to revise the topic of food from a playful angle.

I hope you and your students enjoy it.

You might also be interested in these other resources in my shop:

• La nourriture – Food in French – KS3 worksheet
• Year 6 transition – French taster lesson
• La nourriture – Food & tenses – French GCSE worksheet
• Expressions idiomatiques – Idioms in context – French GCSE (Foundation tier)
• Expressions idiomatiques – Idioms in context – French GCSE (Higher tier)

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