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French resources for secondary
Passé composé and imparfait
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Passé composé and imparfait

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Worksheet bundle! three levels of difficulty, each time mixing passe compose and imparfait 1. regular endings with avoir auxiliary 2. irregular past participles 3. etre auxiliary verbs Same format for each worksheet, so your students become more confident and secure in their learning (you could even use them with different year groups) final worksheet is a writing exercise that will challenge students to use both tenses together, with a bank of time markers and linking words to help. this is the perfect bundle to help students understand the (sometimes elusive) difference between perfect and imperfect.
Grammar recap Years 8 and 9
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Grammar recap Years 8 and 9

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Perfect to reinforce, revise, or review three time frames for your KS3 classes. Enclosed in this comprehensive worksheet pack: tables, exercises, exam tips, games and translations. Get your students thinking about their verb endings, irregular verbs, past and near future tenses. You could mix and match and only use the first two sheets for a Year 7 class, or offer all to a struggling KS4 pupil to help revise simple tenses.
Top speaking tips
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Top speaking tips

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Give your students the best chance to succeed in their AQA speaking exam. In this document I go over the three parts of the exam and give specific, easy tips to get top marks along with some examples of answers, and a useful bank of expressions to use in the general conversation, that the examiners will love. Your students will thank you for having this document, and provided they know their basics and vocabulary, they WILL improve their marks if they follow my recommendations.
Conditional practice
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Conditional practice

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Ideal for Y10 (lower intermediate) upwards, this double-sided worksheet offers first of all a recap on when and how to use the conditional with examples, then a series of 4 incrementally more challenging activities to reinforce this grammar point with your students. PLease note your students should have covered the future tense before launching into this, as they need to know their verb stems. French grammar, conditionnel, conditional, mood, practice, verbs, grammaire
Future tenses practice Y9 to Y11
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Future tenses practice Y9 to Y11

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Get practising both future tenses with your top ability Y9 all the way to Y11, or even Y12 as a quick reminder. This worksheet encourages students to think note down the rules of both future tenses first - works well as a pair activity - before practising with 5 different exercises.
EAL good practice
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EAL good practice

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If you are a newly appointed EAL or ESL coordinator, or if you have already held a post for some time but need a fresh approach to welcoming and settling new pupils, this three-step guide is full of practical tips that will make your life, and that of your new pupils much easier.
passe compose practice KS4
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passe compose practice KS4

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This is NOT an explanation of the passe compose, but a double worksheet for your studens to practise the perfect tense with avoir and etre auxiliaries. Also includes some irregular past participles, translation, and thinking skills. Ideal to practise in class or as a homework. Past tense, perfect tense, for higher ability Y9 or KS4, may be useful in Y12 as a reminder when revising past tenses.
L’automne et la Toussaint
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L’automne et la Toussaint

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Culture based worksheet to teach and/or reinforce the autumn season and holiday topic - SOLID BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE. This is a whole lesson’s worth of resources which will easily keep your students going for a couple of hours - maybe even with homework if they need more time to finish the writing task. La Toussaint is a series of exercises to teach all the necessary vocabulary for this time of year, from chataigne right through to feux d’artifice. Included: translation, pair task, research skills, reading and writing (there is even a short selection of songs to listen to!). This is an all-rounder, hope you like it! Document written by a native French, with all answers provided. Key words; holidays, half term, lifestyle, culture, october, autumn, automne, fall, preferences, translation, writing skills, Toussaint
ER verbs ending practice / test
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ER verbs ending practice / test

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20 ER verbs to conjugate in the present tense, two tests on each page to save the trees! Easy sentences, perfect for your KS2 or KS3 beginners, high frequency verbs and easy vocabulary with plenty of cognates.
Studio 1 Chapter 1 revision activities
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Studio 1 Chapter 1 revision activities

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For Studio Edexcel Higher GCSE (9-1) French This is a good way to round off chapter 1, with a variety of translations to and from French. Perfect for a homework before an end of chapter test.
Egalite des chances (intermediate)
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Egalite des chances (intermediate)

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Conversation starters in the form of statements in French. Ask your students o translate them into English first, then discuss in pairs. This activity fits in perfectly within the curriculum, especially when discussing job opportunities, feminism etc. equal opportunities
un régime équilibré KS4
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un régime équilibré KS4

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Reading and translation activities on the topic of healthy / balanced diet for your KS4 classes. The reading focuses on il faut / on doit / on devrait expressions . Translations are focused on authentic, cultural French foods - some students may need to do a bit of research!
Meteo - higher GCSE level
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Meteo - higher GCSE level

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Great for your more able groups in KS4, this worksheet covers more advanced weather forecast expressions and will stretch your learners. They may need to use a dictionary to look for some of the expressions. There is a translation exercise, a gap-fill activity, and suggested examples of how to use weather phrases in three time frames. For those who complete their worksheet first, I’ve added an extension too. All answers provided on the second page.
Ma valise - holidays
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Ma valise - holidays

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Perfect if you are teaching about summer holidays, this activity sheet has 3 exercises, each focusing on a different skill: writing (spelling practice with a list of holiday vocabulary), listening (gap fill with a song) and translation. It’s ideal for KS4 but would work with younger or older depending on ability.
20 ways to celebrate European Day of Languages 26/09
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20 ways to celebrate European Day of Languages 26/09

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Not sure what to do to celebrate European Day of Languages? Having done it a few times, I have compiled my top 20 ideas for you, and even thrown in a Powerpoint presentation on the foreign origins of some words used in the English language, a short presentation I did in assembly. Enjoy!
Song lyrics quiz - translation skills
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Song lyrics quiz - translation skills

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“N’arrête pas de croire, accroche-toi aux sentiments”…if you can do some basic French to English translation, then you will know which song those lyrics belong to! (but just to make sure, it was Journey with Don’t stop believing) Another fun, musical activity for your older or gifted and talented pupils to get their teeth stuck in and test not only their translation skills but also their musical knowledge!! There are 20 famous song lyrics to translate, decipher and recognise. It’s always been a hit with my classes, and I hope your students will love it too. (Answers included on the second page) quiz, songs, music, translation, tenses, pop culture, pop, fun, gifted, end of term, intro to music, lyrics
Grammar practice booklet (main tenses, GCSE level)
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Grammar practice booklet (main tenses, GCSE level)

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You need this resource! With over 20 pages of verb-based exercises, this comprehensive booklet covers the present, future, two past tenses (passé composé and imparfait) and the conditional mood. For each tense, you will find an explanation, tables with endings, irregular verbs and exceptions, followed by gap fill exercises and extension translation work for each tense. This booklet is ideal for KS4 but could easily be introduced in Y9 too. I also always ask my students to translate the 100+ sentences in the gap-fill tasks. Perfect companion to the GCSE course! grammar, paradigms, conjugate, past, present, future, imperfect, booklet, translation, practice
Movie names
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Movie names

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This is a fun activity to introduce the topic of cinema, or to set your older students as an end of term treat! I’ve compiled a list of 30 super famous (mostly American) movies…but not under their original name, rather how they are known in France. Your students will have to use their knowledge to work out the original title.
Kirikou
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Kirikou

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Worksheet with 12 questions in French to support watching Kirikou. This is ideal for Key Stage 3 but can be used for all ages.