Dialogue/roleplay worksheet for ordering food in a restaurant. KS3 / KS4 French.

Presentation of question words and accompanying worksheet. Uses vocabulary from early chapters of Mira 1.

Aim: to help GCSE (or KS3) pupils prepare to write their own paragraph about ‘last weekend’ (after previously learning the Preterite Tense and relevant activity vocabulary). Worksheet with 2 model texts about “el fin de semana pasado” (last weekend). Contains opinions and time phrases for pupils to find. Accompanying Powerpoint with a “One Pen, One Die” activity to do after the worksheet. Then a speaking pair game (roll the die, say the sentence, gain the points). Also a gap-fill activity to reinforce the language from the worksheet - could be used as a Starter the following lesson.

A Powerpoint practising key verbs to do with technology & mobile phones, with tasks to get pupils to put them into the Present Tense. Also a ‘mosaic translation’ worksheet activity where pupils translate sentences about the pros and cons of technology using the words provided in the grid (Google Translate-proof!)

Introducing the Present Subjunctive in an environment context for GCSE students, once pupils have already learnt some environment vocabulary. Doesn’t include the endings in the Presentation (you’ll need to write them on the board or add a slide) but focusses on how to USE the subjunctive after certain phrases, mainly: “es necesario que”, “es importante que”, “es esencial que” (so it’s not a comprehensive guide to the use of the subjunctive - just a way in.) Lots of examples given (from Global Issues/Environment context) contrasting the subjunctive with the indicative. Includes irregulars haber, ser and ir. Example sentences where students put the verb into the subjunctive on their mini-whiteboards. Plus some sentences for them to translate.

Worksheet (two sides): Side 1: practising present tense of ar, er and ir verbs (regular), plus tener and ser, Side 2 practising articles, possessive pronouns, me gusta(n), adjective agreements. Grammar and vocabulary based on early chapters of Mira 1.

Useful for practising the Conditional Tense in the context of the Racism topic. Gets students practising relevant vocabulary while practising their grammar at the same time. (If you use the new Oxford 'AQA Spanish' text book you'll find that p.35 in Section 2.2A (Las medidas contra el racismo) covers the Conditional Tense in just this context.) Contains: 1) Worksheet with 20 sentences about combatting racism for students to translate into Spanish. Each requires a verb in the Conditional Tense, including some of the main verbs with irregular stems (and a couple of derivatives, e.g. intervenir). 2) Simple Powerpoint presentation where the sentences appear one by one, followed by the answer. You could do a few on mini-whiteboards/iPads as a class and then pupils fill in the rest on their sheet.

A couple of sentence builders to help pupils give opinions on their homes. A trapdoor activity for talking about where you live. Pupils found these useful for writing and speaking on this topic.

KS3/4 Spanish: Daily Routine - reflexive & stem-changing verbs (worksheet & presentation) PRESENTATION about the reflexive and stem-changing verbs used to talk about Daily Routine. Plus accompanying WORKSHEET, giving information on reflexive verbs (me levanto, etc), including some stem-changing verbs (acostarse, despertarse, vestirse). There are some sentences to translate to practise. (Images are from public domain https://www.pdclipart.org )

Designed for revisiting the Present Tense at Key Stage 4, but could be used in KS3 and KS5. Presentation of the Present Tense regular verb endings, with mini-whiteboard practice activity for -ar verbs and a class Battleships game for practising the er/ir/ar endings (the students love this!) the verbs with irregular ‘yo’ forms (conozco) stem-changing (radical-changing) verbs, with an accompanying worksheet for students to fill in the ‘I’ and ‘we’ forms of common stem-changing verbs You may also be interested in my Present Tense crossword comprehensive ‘Spanish Verb Tenses Overview Sheet’ … See my Shop!

Worksheet containing an account of somebody's holiday in France (perfect tense). The text contains a number of connectives. Pupils have to find them and write them next to the English at the bottom of the sheet. The text also contains a number of time phrases like 'Après', ' le lendemain', which pupils can highlight. The text could also be used for reading comprehension. Good for developing writing skills, practising understanding of the perfect tense and for reinforcing the Holidays topic. (There are two copies of the exercise per A4 page; the sheet must be cut in half. Good for saving on photocopying, and makes it easy for students to stick into exercise books.)

Crossword to practise the Present Tense (AR, ER and IR verbs). Pupils enjoy this self-correcting activity which helps them learn the verb endings. The crossword appears twice on the page to save on your photocopying!

A lesson on saying what you have to/must do to stay healthy, e.g. Tienes que comer fruta y verdura Hay que hacer ejercicio Full lesson including put-pieces-of-paper-together-to-create sentences activity, dice speaking game, mini-whiteboard activity. Also accompanying worksheet (page 2 of the worksheet is the sentence-building activity template for pupils to cut out).

Brief presentation of the concepts of 'noun' and 'gender', then the definite articles: el and la, then los and las (explaining about pluralisation). Practice activities requiring pupils to look nouns up in the dictionary. Plenary game of hangman to finish (provided students have already learnt the Spanish alphabet!), based on the words covered in the lesson. All images public domain from: https://www.pdclipart.org/

Made for a Year 12 to re-cap regular Present Tense verbs. Presentation and a couple of practice games of Morpion. Could be used in other year groups.

Double-sided worksheet preparing pupils to use the present tense to talk about what they do on holiday normally. Side 1: They fill in the AR/ER/IR verb endings into the table. Plus the present of ser/tener/estar. And the first person singular only of various verbs with irregular first persons,like hacer, dar, poner, etc. Side 2: They translate 10 sentences into Spanish. Then they read a model text about what someone does on holiday, changing the infinitives in the text into the appropriate form of the present tense.

Flowchart overview of the Perfect Tense. Good to consolidate this key grammar point. Designed for Yr 12 French but could be used for younger students.

Double-sided sheet preparing pupils to talk/write about a future holiday. Side 1: A writing (or speaking) frame modelling various ways of combining sentences to say what your future holiday is going to be like. Side 2: List of additional vocabulary which could be used Could be used with some KS3 pupils too.

Two pages of quotations grouped under the following headings: La mort et la futilité de la vie La justice dans un monde irrationnel Le désir de l’homme de trouver un sens à la vie Être « étranger » L’importance d’accepter la vie et d’en profiter You can cut up (or digitally re-arrange) the quotations for students to sort under the headings themselves, perhaps after you have first asked them to find some relevant quotations related to those themes themselves. This resource is also available as part of a 'bundle' of L'étranger resources

Presentation of regular IR verb endings (present tense), with oral practice and practice activity. Plenary class game to finish: Two teams take turn to say a sentence, e.g. 'VivEN en Cuba'; the relevant box is clicked; if there is a cross underneath it, that team gets a point.