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.

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.

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

Two introductory sheets for your very beginners - perfect for primary and/or Year 7. Includes: Basic words and introductions (first page) Four short activities (second page) answers to the mini French quiz on the last page

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.

Get your pupils reading a real French TV program and looking for details. Scanned TV program included, as well as answers.

Detailed reading aid for the first six chapters of Voltaire’s Candide ou l’optimisme. What you get: an introduction exercise, with gaps to fill about Voltaire and his life, and key ideas a worksheet for each new chapter with short summary, comprehension questions, grammar exercises, translations, quotes etc. answers to all questions Written by a native speaker for advanced / A-level students of all countries and languages (as a reference, the translations answers are provided in English, but all other answers are in French) Next chapters coming soon!!

Suitable for both KS3 and KS4 students, this is a great Christmas pack to get your pupils working on Christmas in France. Activities include: Vocabulary searches, translation, looking words up and drawing them, reading about French Christmas, and puzzles. This activity pack will easily last a whole lesson and students will tick the cultural box needed for GCSEs. Bonus - includes a list of Christmas presents with extra ideas on to make full use of the document ALL ANSWERS provided on last page

Two amazing resources included!! The ultimate TIME SAVER A student-friendly booklet contains all of the 80 questions ** suggested by Edexcel in the back of their Studio Higher textbook. It is colour-coded **to each unit and each question is translated into English. Pupils fill in their answers as they go through the course. It will save you a lot of time typing typical questions for each unit. Students keep their copy for 2 years, helps build up their confidence in the course. A comprehensive example of 80 answers to all the 80 questions, again aimed at higher level. Written in detail by a native (that’s me!) and including higher level vocabulary, tenses and expressions. All colour-coded to each unit. That’s 80 questions with blanks, and 80 detailed answers. Two documents that will save you a lot of time. You can use the answers as translations activities, mix-and match, verb searches etc. Endless possibilities.

Perfect as a follow-up homework or class work once you’ve introduced the near future, this worksheet has three comprehensive activities which really engage students in their learning: exercises include translation, jumbled-up sentences, colour-coding, time markers, and writing. Ideal for beginners , this worksheet also allows your more gifted students to use complex sentences in their writing.

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.

“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

Ideal for setting extra work for your students to boost their thinking skills in French during study leave or to sum up the end of the year, this pack includes some top selling resources. You will get: a French culture quiz a lyrics game (excellent for 6th formers to work on their translation skills) a movie titles game The quiz can be used from beginner level (questions are in English) but the song and movie resources are more for intermediate to advanced levels. ALL ANSWERS PROVIDED. Written by a native.

This cultural pack is ideal to set work for students to do remotely and/or as extension. You will find some of my top-selling resources such as the Christmas activities and of course, the French culture quizz. Your students will gain a much better understanding of the main French celebrations. Each worksheet or activity is full of games, reading tasks and writing prompts. Put together this is hours of French learning, or you could just select a few worksheets to target your needs. Included in the pack is: cultural quiz French calendar explanation and mini activities new year resolutions for KS3 and KS4 Valentine’s day Toussaint worksheet Noel worksheets Almost all worksheets come with answers. Perfect for beginners to intermediate. Perfect to set work remotely.

All your Christmas needs in one place! This bundle caters for all your class needs from beginners to advanced levels (KS3 to KS5). Includes a range of resources: a cultural text about a typical French Christmas, vocabulary activities, word searches, sentence builders, pros and cons of Christmas, two levels of New Year Resolutions, as well as a list of resolutions, ideas for presents, and a higher level text with exercises on eco-friendly Christmas. Bonus - a list of French Christmas songs (with Youtube links) to listen to as you work. Written by a native, answers included.

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.

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.

50+ easy starters to get students engaged and settled quickly at the strat of the lesson. Super easy to use - copy and paste the content of a box and get your class thinking while everyone gets ready. Alternatively project all on your screen and use as a quick revision before your end of year exams. Topics covered include: animals, food and drink, town, family, colours, numbers, possessive adjectives and many more. Suitable for Year7, Year 8 and Year 9

Covering most French cultural events and celebrations, this document is the ideal handout for both beginners and intermediate. The summary calendar is in English with some French words - it details the main festivals pupils need to know about, and represents an excellent foundation for those who will continue with French studies at GCSE level. There are two short activities to reinforce learning, and a link to a French website dedicated to young learners. A more in-depth document with reading exercises for more confident students. Includes a wordsearch, pictures and gap-fill / multiple choice exercises.

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!