A list of 16 French TV programmes and film genres with the English vocab in a jumbled list alongside. Use as a worksheet for a vocab test or revision task, or put on your screen for a lesson starter: one pupil gives a matching pair, another pupil says if it's correct or not. Could be extended by asking pupils to give opinions of each thing.
A French worksheet consisting of a grid which is partially filled with verbs in perfect/present/near future tenses. Pupils have to complete missing conjugations for je and on, in French and in English. Irregular forms are provided, with opportunity for pupils to follow patterns for regular verbs when completing the French.
A poster showing a set of French idiomatic phrases on the topic of healthy lifestyles, mainly to do with eating and fitness levels. All in the first person present tense. Useful for helping higher ability pupils to produce more elaborate language.
A two-page worksheet with 6 different tasks for using werden to form the future tense in German. The theme of holidays is the focus. Pupils have to list the personal pronouns, then conjugate arbeiten to practice the verb endings. Then there are tasks including translation, correcting word order and reading comprehension. Answers are provided on pages 3 and 4. Suitable for use when introducing the future tense, or for revision.
A set of 30 sentences written in German perfect tense, a range of subjects and verbs used, including some questions. None of the sentences have spaces between the words, so pupils must write them out correctly with spaces in. They must also translate the sentences into English. Some English translations are given below the sentences, to provide assistance. The first page has capital letters on the nouns, making it slightly easier. The second page has no capitals - you could also remove the English assistance on this page to make it harder again. Answers are provided on the third page. This is a straightforward and fairly simple task, suitable for those just learning the perfect tense, or needing a quick revision task.
A short French worksheet to practise using the superlative. Pupils choose from a list to complete the sentences with the most difficult subject/most violent sport, etc, in their opinion. They are asked to translate their sentences and invent more of their own. Look out - you may want to adapt q6 to your own choice of teacher name!
A list of 16 items of vocab in French. Pupils decide whether each is a type of TV programme or film (or both). Instructions in English ask for pupils to write answers in lists. Could equally be used as a speaking task: one pupil says item of vocab, another says whether it's TV or film. Easy to extend into a task where pupils give opinions. Good revision task.
This French worksheet has grammar notes on the formation of regular -er verbs, then has a task to correctly conjugate regular -er verbs which are in sentences on the topic of school.
A colourful grid to complete on your board with the French masculine colours provided; pupils must add the feminine spellings and English. Accompanied by 2 differentiated grids for pupils to complete independently.
A 2-sided worksheet which introduces French reflexive verbs in the present tense with grammar notes and task, then a reading comprehension and writing task.
A set of sentences in present tense, saying what time I do daily routine activities. Pupils read the sentences and sort into the correct order by their times. First page has more sentences, second page is easier with fewer sentences. Easy to photocopy, with 2 sets of sentences on each page.
A detailed but fairly straightforward text in French about Christmas Day, all in present tense. Use it for a reading comprehension, get pupils to ask each other questions about it to check each other's understanding. Could use for reading aloud, or adapt to create own description of the day.
An imaginative activity in French: pupils read the recipe for a good teacher (subject knowledge, sense of humour, etc) and then use this as scaffolding to create their own recipes for other things like a good party.
A detailed text written in French in the present tense, with detailed and varied sentences. Make your own questions to use this as a reading comprehension - or ask pupils to make up questions to ask their partner. Use as a script for a listening task, ask pupils to note specific details such as which rooms or which furniture are mentioned. Would make a challenging translation task.
A grid for pupils to complete with countries listed in French and some nationalities provided. Pupils write the countries in English and then complete the masculine and feminine spellings of the corresponding nationalities, then the English words for the nationalities. Makes a good homework. Could be extended by asking pupils to add more countries and nationalities of their own choice, or to build short sentences using the vocab.
A French worksheet with sentences in French and English about Halloween, with some words missing. Pupils have to translate the sentences correctly, to complete the missing words. Whilst the sentences contain Halloween-specific vocab, the missing words are more common-place. A straight-forward introduction to translation tasks, with opportunity to link with work on word order in particular.
A set of cards in French for pupils to sort into categories (time marker, near future tense, details). This builds up into sentences which describe plans for a trip to Paris in the future. Can be extended by adding own information and more details. Also works as a vocab-learning task in pairs or small groups. The cards fit on one side of A4 and there's a grid to place the cards on if your pupils like visual sorting grids like this.
A French activity to practise using imperfect and perfect tense in the same sentence (I was ... when ...). There are 3 examples in French and English, then a set of phrases in each tense with visuals to match. Pupils can create their own sentences, some more likely to be true than others. Could be used as whole class or small group speaking work, leads into written work.