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I am a secondary and adult education French and ESL teacher and I love creating resources that help my students have fun with languages! You'll see many speaking games, grammar games, and task cards in my shop.
I am a secondary and adult education French and ESL teacher and I love creating resources that help my students have fun with languages! You'll see many speaking games, grammar games, and task cards in my shop.
French Jeopardy Game: L'imparfait - French Imperfect Tense
You're going to love this powerpoint IMPARFAIT jeopardy game with all the bells and whistles. It even has the JEOPARDY music, A DAILY DOUBLE and FINAL JEOPARDY.
This is a version that I’ve worked out the kinks on for the last 15 years of playing it with my students. The answers don’t have to be given in the form of a question unless you want to play that way. My students absolutely love this game, and so do I. They get very excited about it and always look forward to JEOPARDY DAY.
This game focuses on conjugating verbs in the imperfect tense. As the categories suggest, there are just as many easy verbs to conjugate as there are difficult ones.
I have included detailed directions, rules and tips for game playing.
This game would be wonderful after having spent time learning the imperfect tense. I've spent years working out the best way to play this game in a classroom setting, and it works so well that I went into a lot of detail in the instructions. The game includes 6 categories, a daily double, and a final jeopardy question. If you have any questions at all about the game, please do feel free to write to me: french@lovelearninglanguages.com
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French Adverb Exercises - La Formation des Adverbes et Les Adverbes de Manière
These French adverb worksheets can also be used as a quizzes.
There are 3 worksheets included with answer keys.
Exercise 1: In the first section, students read a sentence and fill in the blank with the adverbial form of one of three adjectives they see in parentheses. In the second section, students transform adjectives they see in French to the adverbial form. In the third section, students must translate adverbs they see in English to French.
Exercise 2: Rewrite sentences replacing underlined adjectives with adverbs.
Exercise 3: Rewrite sentences using the adverb in parentheses placing the adverb correctly in present tense and passé composé sentences.
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French future tense crossword puzzles - Le futur simple - Mots croisés
Five futur simple crossword puzzles for practicing the conjugations of common irregular and regular verbs. Clues are written in French (ex. je - aller). Students fill in the blanks with the correct conjugation indicated. Answers keys are provided. With five different versions your students will have lots of ways to practice.
Use these puzzles for early finishers, homework, substitute teacher resources and more.
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Here are ten intermediate level French dictations to use with your students. They are a little bit longer than my beginner and beginner + level dictations (see links below). Each dictation is a separate audio file. Answer key and translation provided for each dictation.
Sample:
TITRE : Un joli endroit
TEXTE : Nous aimons notre quartier. On y trouve un parc, une boulangerie et une école
maternelle. Les rues sont toutes nommées en l'honneur de personnes célèbres. La rue
où nous habitons a été nommée en l'honneur d'un homme politique très connu. Mes
parents, eux, habitent une rue qui porte le nom d'un chanteur qui est né dans notre ville.
"Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is dictating speaks and another who is taking dictation writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world."
These printable handouts accompany a video about French airports and vocabulary on YouTube. The video is not my property and is not downloadable with this resource. You will need to watch it online. The video is about 8 minutes long, and this resource includes one page with 12 questions in English to share with your students for discussion about flying and airports prior to watching the video. The questions do not assume that everyone has had the experience of taking a plane. The second page includes 12 questions written in English to be answered while watching the video. There is a vocabulary list in French and English of all 28 French words introduced in the video. Finally, to wrap up the lesson there is a fun crossword puzzle to complete. The clues are given in English and the answers are in French.
These resources make it easy to transform a short 6 minute video into a comprehensive cultural lesson that you’ll feel good about using with your students. The video is presented by Géraldine from Comme une Française. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hEzbcrVRTU.
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French Irregular Verbs Battleship Game - Bataille Navale
Use this classic game format to have your students practice irregular French verbs. This is a NO PREP activity, just print and go. This set of battleship games features 5 versions with 40 verbs. Your students can play this game to practice conjugating in any tense. There is not an answer key due to the number of possible responses.
A list of subject pronouns is written in the left column, and infinitives of irregular verbs or verbs with spelling changes are written on the top. Students randomly match subject pronouns with infinitives to conjugate. Scroll down to see the list of verbs that is used in this set of games.
Students randomly place ships on their grid at the top of the sheet by drawing filled in circles. The number of circles for each of their six battleships is indicated at the top of the page. As they try to discover the location of their opponent’s ships, they use the grid on the bottom of the sheet to keep track. Instructions are provided in English on each page. Have a look at the preview to see what these games look like.
Growing Bundle of Bataille Navale Games
How to play:
Print out one page per student of the version that you want to use. Students prepare the game by drawing circles to represent their boats on the grid at the top of the game board. Students play against each other to try to find and eventually sink their opponent’s boats.
Subject pronouns are written in the vertical column and infinitives of irregular or spelling change verbs are written in the boxes at the top. To choose a square, the player must say a pronoun on the left and conjugate a verb at the top.
All of the vocabulary they’ll need is written right on the game sheet. Each game sheet includes two battleship grids, one for the student and one for keeping track of guesses.
The following verbs are used:
être
aller
avoir
faire
pouvoir
vouloir
devoir
dire
voir
savoir
venir
croire
prendre
boire
mettre
lire
ouvrir
courir
partir
sortir
dormir
servir
souffrir
apprendre
comprendre
promettre
devenir
manger
nager
voyager
commencer
payer
acheter
préférer
appeler
French Subject Pronouns - Pronoms Personnels - French Board Games
These French board games for practicing and mastering subject pronouns - les pronoms personnels include 37 numbered boxes. The first player to reach box 37 wins. There are several trick boxes along the way, so getting to the end isn’t always so easy!
Two board games are included. One requires translating from French to English, and the other requires translating from English to French.
Each box has a subject pronoun written in it either in French or in English. Students say the word and then translate it. Lots of repetition will really help them to memorize subject pronouns.
In groups of two to four, players take turns rolling a die to move their pieces forward. Spaces are numbered to keep track of which way they’re moving. There are some spaces with special instructions:
Départ - Start
Avance de 5 cases - Move forward 5 spaces
Recule de 5 cases - Move backward 5 spaces
Rejoue - Play again
Tu perds ton tour - Lose a turn
Fin - End
For an extra challenge and to extend playing time, you can tell your students that they have to land directly on the last square and answer it correctly to win.
This resource includes the following:
➯ 1 page printable game board
Not included:
➯ 1 die per group
➯ Game tokens, 1 per player
This is an easy to play 30 minute dice game to practice French reflexive verbs in the present tense.
My high school and middle school students love this game, and it can get very competitive if you decide to play it as a race (details are explained with the activity).
Students divide up into teams and play a dice game, the dice determining which subject and infinitive to conjugate in the present tense.
Included with this activity:
How to play
Six different versions of the game with answers
Student response and scoring sheet
This dice game is an especially fun way to practice while learning about reflexive verbs. More advanced students also benefit from the review.
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French 20 questions games - Small group or whole class no prep activities
The game of 20 questions is a fun and effective way to practice forming French questions and in these 5 versions of the game, students will learn over 250 nouns that go beyond what they learn from a textbook chapter theme or every day classroom vocabulary.
Included:
5 versions with vocabulary written in French and English
5 versions with vocabulary written in French only
Have students work in small groups of 2-4 or project the version of the game that you want to use and do a whole class activity.
Each version includes 52 words. Many of the words will be new to your students as this game is meant not only to practice forming questions, but also to build vocabulary. I like to allow my students to look at the game chart while they play until they’re somewhat familiar with the words.
One student in the small group or class chooses a word on the chart. Other students ask up to 20 questions trying to guess the secret word.
EST-CE QUE…….
… tu es une personne?
… tu es un animal?
… tu es un minéral?
… tu es un endroit?
… tu es un aliment?
… tu es une plante?
… tu es un objet?
The student who has chosen the secret word can answer using the following responses: OUI - NON - PARFOIS - RAREMENT - GÉNÉRALEMENT - PEUT-ÊTRE - CELA DÉPEND - PROBABLEMENT
Alternative game play:
To change up the game and to make it more challenging as well as practicing other skills, have the student who chooses the secret word describe it to others in the group. Instead of asking questions about the secret word, other students listen to the description and guess it.
**French Stress Pronouns - Disjunctive Pronouns
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50 cards to practice using French stress pronouns in three different ways. All of the cards have a question written on them. In the answer there are two blanks to fill in. One of the blanks requires a disjunctive pronoun, and the other requires students to change the verb conjugation to agree with the subject of the answer sentence. All of the cards are written in the present tense.
Verbs to be conjugated in present tense: être (10 cards), aller (14 cards), avoir (5 cards), faire (5 cards), regular -er verbs (12 cards), vouloir (1 card), partir (2 cards), prendre (1 card).
QUESTION:
Vous allez dîner chez nous demain?
RÉPONSE:
Oui, nous ___ dîner chez ___ demain.
Oui, nous allons dîner chez vous demain.
QUESTION:
C’est toi qui va apporter le gâteau?
RÉPONSE:
Oui, c’est ___ qui ___ apporter le gâteau.
Oui, c’est moi qui vais apporter le gâteau.
QUESTION:
Tu ne vas pas à la piscine? Et Marc et Jules?
RÉPONSE:
___ non plus. Ils ne ___ pas à la piscine.
Eux non plus. Ils ne vont pas à la piscine.
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Le futur simple - French simple future worksheet
Worksheet to practice using the French futur simple tense with regular and irregular verb stems. This exercise includes 15 fill in the blank sentences. Answer key provided.
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Want your French students to use their AÉROPORT et GARE vocabulary? This NO PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your intermediate to advanced students to speak more and is a perfect resource to use in immersion, core or homeschool curriculums.
You can use these cards after teaching specific vocabulary for L'AÉROPORT et LA GARE or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way. Read on to find out 9 ways I like to use these cards including the very popular SCOOT game. Instructions and recording sheet are included.
Available in a BUNDLE: 20 Sets of French themed vocabulary speaking questions
Topics used in these cards:
* Different kinds of situations in airports and planes
* Different kinds of situations in trains and stations
* Descriptions
* Preferences
All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a keyring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities.
Included:
30 black and white speaking cards
30 color speaking cards
9 ways to use these cards
Scoot game instructions
Scoot recording sheet
There are many ways you can use this set of task cards:
➤ Print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and attach on a ring for small groups to ask and answer questions. Answer key is provided for small group work or centers.
➤ Use as a warm-up speaking activity with a conversation partner. As students enter the classroom have them choose 2-3 cards from a box.
➤ Students who finish their work earlier than others can choose a few of the cards and write out correct answers to false statements.
➤ Use as exit tickets. Give each student a card before the end of class and as they walk out of the room they tell the teacher their answer.
➤ Stations: Put students into groups and divide the cards amongst them. Have groups rotate to a new station as they finish the cards.
➤ Scoot: Put one card on each desk in the classroom. Give each student a response sheet and set a timer to give them just enough time to answer true or false and to correct the false statements. When the timer rings students move on to the next desk and the next question. All cards are numbered so it is simple to stay organized. Full instructions are included.
➤ Use the cards with board games. Students must answer a question in order to move.
➤ Use the cards as an icebreaker activity at the beginning of the school year or right after school holidays.
➤ Great resource for tutoring sessions and vocabulary building.
Everyone loves a good game of BATTLESHIP, and the French classroom is a better place than any! You can use this classic game format to have your students practice the imperfect tense. This game is perfect for both core and immersion curriculums and everything written on the games is in French.
*There is not an answer key included with this resource due to the number of responses possible. I encourage you to allow your students to use a resource that you choose for them to check your answers. If you're not sure what to use I can highly recommend verb2verb.com.
This resource includes 40 regular and irregular verbs. 5 different versions of the game are included.
ust print out one page of the version of this game that you want to use per student. Students place boats (which are squares on the game sheets that they will have darkened with a pencil) on the game board. Students play against each other to try to find and eventually sink their opponent’s boats.
Subject pronouns are written in the vertical column and infinitives are written in the boxes at the top. To choose a square, the player must say the subject and correct verb form in the imperfect tense. Another idea is to have students make simple sentences using the subject pronoun and verb of choice.
All of the vocabulary they’ll need is written right on the game sheet and it is all in French. Each game sheet includes two battleship grids and a line separating the two. Students can fold the paper on the line if they want to. One of the grids is for a player to place his boats and the other is to mark and keep track of his opponent.
This resource includes 5 versions of the game with both black and white and color copies.
Irregular French Verbs Conjugation Practice Charts - Present Tense
This set of present tense conjugation practice charts is for practicing irregular French verbs, and three versions are included covering 30 verbs (see list below). Check out the preview to see exactly what you get with this French conjugation resource.
Students practice conjugating each of the 30 irregular French verbs provided in the present tense. There is a space where they have to write what the verb means in English. The translations are omitted so that students will retain their meanings better by looking up the French verbs they don’t know and writing them on the charts.
Each page has plenty of space for writing. There are 5 pages with charts for 4 French verbs and space for taking notes, 3 pages with charts for 8 verbs leaving out space for notes, and one page with all 20 verbs listed and ready to be conjugated. The last page is perfect for self testing and checking progress.
Included:
8 Pages of irregular French verb conjugation tables + Space for notes - 4 per page
4 Pages of irregular French verb conjugation tables - No notes - 8 per page
2 French Verb Conjugation Practice Sheets - All 30 verbs are listed
Verbs included:
être
aller
avoir
faire
prendre
apprendre
lire
dire
écrire
voir
savoir
recevoir
croire
boire
mettre
ouvrir
couvrir
offrir
conduire
traduire
courir
partir
sortir
dormir
servir
venir
tenir
vouloir
pouvoir
devoir
Spanish Verb PODER Worksheet - Present Tense - 6 Activities - One Page Printable
This literacy center or independent work worksheet includes 6 activities, and is a fun, hands-on way for your students to practice conjugating PODER in the present tense.
Includes subject pronouns: yo, tú, él, ella, nosotros, vosotros, ellos, ellas
Activities:
Conjugate
Palabras escondidas
Crucigrama
Sudoku
Match the words
Write a sentence in Spanish using PODER in the present tense
Includes the following:
➯ One-page worksheet
This is an easy to play 30 minute dice game to practice the French plus-que-parfait tense with regular, irregular and reflexive verbs using both être and avoir as helping verbs.
My high school students love this game, and it can get very competitive if you decide to play it as a race (details are explained with the activity).
Students divide up into teams and play a dice game, the dice determining which subject and infinitive to conjugate in the plus-que-parfait.
Included with this activity:
How to play
Five different versions of the game with answers
Student response and scoring sheet
This dice game is an especially fun way to practice while learning about the plus-que-parfait. More advanced students also benefit from the review.
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This is an easy to play 30 minute dice game to practice the French simple future tense - le futur simple. This game focuses on the common verbs that have irregular stems.
My high school students love this game, and it can get very competitive if you decide to play it as a race (details are explained with the activity).
Students divide up into teams and play a dice game, the dice determining which subject and infinitive to conjugate in the futur simple.
Included with this activity:
How to play :
Five different versions of the game with answers
Student response and scoring sheet
This dice game is an especially fun way to practice while learning about irregular verbs. More advanced students also benefit from the review.
Be sure to visit my shop and browse through 500+ resources like grammar games, speaking activities, listening comprehension, worksheets, and much more. Just click here!
Free French School Menu #3
Have a look at what’s on the menu at my kids’ school in France. Cheese every day!! I’ll be adding more menus weekly as I receive them. There are so many things a French teacher could do with these in class.
It would be a fun cultural study to look up images of some of these menu items to show students what they look like and if they eat anything similar at their schools or homes. This could lead to a discussion on the length of time French students typically have to eat and rest as compared to students and teachers in your school.
Free French School Menu #7
Have a look at what’s on the menu at my kids’ school in France. Cheese every day!! I’ll be adding more menus weekly as I receive them. There are so many things a French teacher could do with these in class.
It would be a fun cultural study to look up images of some of these menu items to show students what they look like and if they eat anything similar at their schools or homes. This could lead to a discussion on the length of time French students typically have to eat and rest as compared to students and teachers in your school.
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COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.
Free French Mardi Gras Sudoku Games
Use these 2 sudoku games to have some fun and practice French Mardi Gras vocabulary. 2 versions with answer keys are included. Students place a word in each empty box so that each row, column and nine box square contains each of the words.
LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.
COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.