French Lesson 3: Numbers 0-20

A complete, ready-to-teach French lesson on numbers 0-20 - counting, hearing numbers said aloud, and writing them correctly. Everything is planned, timed and answered, so you can print it and teach it with no preparation.

WHAT’S INCLUDED (23 pages, one PDF)

• A single 60-minute lesson plan, minute by minute, cross-referenced to page numbers
• Two warm-up activities using fingers and a listening chain, no printing needed
• All numbers 0-20 with French spelling and pronunciation written for English speakers
• A dedicated page on why 17-19 are built differently from 11-16, with a side-by-side comparison table
• Picture-matching, dice and sequencing activities
• A pair speaking task in two rounds, pairing each confusable number with its counterpart
• A closing number bingo game with four printable cards
• Number dictation, exit ticket and homework
• Word search, letter scramble, odd-one-out, logical sequences and an arithmetic crossword
• Full answer keys for everything

WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT

English invents a new word for every number up to twenty. French stops inventing at sixteen, then switches to a different system - seventeen becomes “ten-seven”, eighteen becomes “ten-eight”. Learners keep listening for a word that never comes, and miss the number when a French speaker says it.

This lesson makes that switch the centre of the whole hour. The warm-up is built so learners feel the problem - most classes stumble counting backwards through 17 - before the grammar page explains it. The dictation, the pair task and the bingo game are all built around the numbers learners actually confuse: 7 and 17, 6 and 16, 2 and 12.

PRACTICAL DETAILS

• No prep beyond printing and cutting the bingo cards
• Suitable for KS2, KS3, Year 7 starters, adult beginners and one-to-one tuition
• Follows Lessons 1-2 but works as a standalone numbers lesson
• No prior French assumed (CEFR Pre-A1)
• Teacher-only pages are clearly marked so you know what not to photocopy
• Works as an emergency cover lesson

Lesson 3 of a complete 30-lesson beginner French course.