Battleships Game/ Lotto Grid: Revision of a range of tenses:.Present, Perfect, Imperfect, Future, Near Future, Conditional, Subjunctive. It could be used as a revision activity at the beginning of of throughout the school year.
Expressions included:
Je suis sorti(e) et
Nous nous sommes amusés et
J’irai au syndicat d’initiative et
Nous irions à la patinoire et
Ils étaient très contents et
il a fait de la voile.
nous avons loué des vélos.
je vais chercher quelques dépliants.
il faisait très chaud.
je travaillerai comme chirurgien.
il faut que je fasse mes devoirs.
Battleships Game
Instructions
I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions and discuss pronunciation.
I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen.
I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the French version and then try to play the game saying the French phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the French version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the French version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the French version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures!
During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes.
Enjoy!
This warmer activity can be used to revise the Present, Perfect, Imperfect, Future and Conditional Tenses at the beginning of term or throughout the school year.
Each student has a mini-whiteboard to write their answer on; give them 20 seconds.
All: Find the odd-one-out.
Most: Identify the tenses.
Some: Change the odd-one-out to the same tense as the other two.
Example Expressions:
je joue au tennis B. je fais de la voile C. je jouerai de la guitare.
A. je bois un jus de pommes B. je mangerai C. j’irai au syndicat d’inititative
A. j’ai joué au foot B. je lis C. j’ai fait de la natation
Expressions included:
Je suis sorti(e) et
Nous nous sommes amusés et
J’irai au syndicat d’initiative et
Nous irions à la patinoire et
Ils étaient très contents et
il a fait de la voile.
nous avons loué des vélos.
je vais chercher quelques dépliants.
il faisait très chaud.
je travaillerai comme chirurgien.
il faut que je fasse mes devoirs.
Battleships Game
Instructions
I use this battleships game (which can also be used as a lotto grid) to help students to practise their pronunciation and to reinforce new vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions and discuss pronunciation.
I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen.
I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the French version and then try to play the game saying the French phrases as far as possible from memory. I allow the really weak students to have the French version next to the English version so they have lots of support, stronger students are allowed a few “sneaky peaks” at the French version and the really strong students aim to refer back to the French version as little as possible. This really helps the students to memorise the vocabulary/structures!
During the game I circulate the classroom checking pronunciation. This is followed by whole class drilling of pronunciation mistakes.
Enjoy!
This warmer activity can be used to revise the Present, Perfect, Imperfect, Future and Conditional Tenses at the beginning of term or throughout the school year.
Each student has a mini-whiteboard to write their answer on; give them 20 seconds.
All: Find the odd-one-out.
Most: Identify the tenses.
Some: Change the odd-one-out to the same tense as the other two.
Example Expressions:
je joue au tennis B. je fais de la voile C. je jouerai de la guitare.
A. je bois un jus de pommes B. je mangerai C. j’irai au syndicat d’inititative
A. j’ai joué au foot B. je lis C. j’ai fait de la natation
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