This 3-page file includes:
~A Spanish biography on the fascinating life of Queen Isabel I of Spain who lived at the end of the 15th and beginning of early 16th century. With her husband Ferdinand she formed present day Spain and funded the voyage of discovery of Christopher Columbus. This reading includes a full glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet with 10 true/false reading comprehension section and a short writing assignment.
~Answer Key.
Level: Mostly Past Tenses
This worksheet allows students to review the most common German prepositions in the Accusative, Dative and Genitive. The worksheet is comprised of four sections:
Matching section plus recognizing if the preposition is accusative or dative
Fill in the blank sentences with the correct preposition
Matching genitive prepositions with the English meaning
Fill in the blank to complete sentences with a genitive preposition
Serves as a great general review of German prepositions.
Word file.
This reading is in the present tense and features a family from Colorado traveling back to France to visit family. It describes how the family spends time at the airport and on the flight.
Students are introduced to a lot of travel related vocabulary through an extensive glossary. After completion, students are required to answer 7 questions in English to ensure reading comprehension.
Editable word doc.
Answer key included.
Vocabulary includes:
vol direct
l’escale (f)
la douane
le décollage
la porte
l’hôtesse (f)
le retard
This French reading is a dialog between three people - two of which are interviewing another for a job. This interactive script is preceded by a full glossary of relevant vocabulary. A great way for students to see work-related vocabulary in context.
The reading is followed by 5 reading comprehension questions in English and a French writing prompt.
Activity ideas: Students can work in groups of two or three to read through the script before moving on to conduct their own interviews using a resume in French they prepare for class.
Level:Mostly present tense with some conditional
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This reading is about a birthday party for Celine who is turning 12. Her family is from Haiti and they are preparing traditional dishes for the celebration. The reading talks about what every member in the family is doing to contribute to the day: cooking, decorating, playing music etc. It also talks about all the gifts she receives.
Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a reading comprehension section.
Level: French I (present tense)
Editable Word file.
This worksheet features 16 fill in the blank exercises in the present tense.
ALL the verbs are irregular in some way: first-person irregular (conozco), stem-change (mueren/sirve) or totally irregular (es/tiene).
Includes answer key.
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This worksheet focuses on adjective agreement. Students are required to fill in the missing words by translating it from English into the correct form in Spanish being mindful of the number and gender!
This worksheet has a total of 18 exercises including descriptive adjectives (rojo), limiting adjectives (mucho) and adjectives which shorten (primero, bueno).
Editable word file
Includes answer key.
This Spanish worksheet focuses on the pluperfect subjunctive. It features 16 fill in the blank sentences with both regular and irregular verbs.
Example sentences:
Yo no habría conocido a mi esposo si …hubiera… …ido… a Perú. (ir)
Yo no …hubiera… …visto… el mensaje de texto sin las gafas. (ver)
Ideal for upper level courses.
Includes answer key.
Editable word file.
This Spanish verbs worksheet includes 2 parts:
A. Matching section for irregular verbs vocabulary
B. Short writing section where students need to fill in the conjugated form of the verb to complete the sentence in the present tense
Editable Word file.
Includes answer key.
Vocab includes:
tener
ser
venir
poder
ir
servir
preferir
jugar
ver
decir
pedir
dormir
estar
querer
This beginner level worksheet helps students:
~to learn the present tense conjugation of ‘estar’
~ to learn common expressions of emotion and condition
~ to learn to match adjectives with the subject
This worksheet includes 10 sentences where students must fill in the correct form of the verb estar as well as the correct ending on the adjective.
This worksheet includes:
aburrido
contento
curioso
enfermo
enojado
orgulloso
relajado
sorprendido
Answer key included.
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In this beginner level Spanish reading, three students discuss their favorite classes and subjects and why they like them.
The reading is followed by 8 reading comprehension questions.
Editable word file.
Answer key included.
Activity idea: have students write a short paragraph about their own favorite classes and why they like them.
Vocab includes:
escuela
biblioteca
historia
literatura
inglés
español
asignaturas
drama
maestro
ciencias
matemáticas
química
biología
música
This beginner Spanish worksheet/quiz includes four separate sections for students to review subject pronouns:
Fill in the blank to complete the subject pronouns chart
Matching section between English and Spanish
Identifying pronouns as singular or plural
Short answer translation English to Spanish
This beginner Spanish worksheet/quiz includes four separate sections for students to review subject pronouns:
Fill in the blank to complete the subject pronouns chart
Matching section between English and Spanish
Fill in the blank with Spanish pronouns to complete sentences
Short answer translation English to Spanish
NOTE: There are two versions of this worksheet: with and without vosotros.
Level: Beginner
Editable Word file
Answer key included.
This worksheet includes three parts to help your students get comfortable with colours in Spanish:
matching 14 expressions (English to Spanish)
placing colors on a chart in the female and plural forms
a short writing section where students need to fill in the colours in the correct form to finish the paragraph (also includes school supplies)
Editable Word file
Answer key included.
This beginner level German reading is all about music! First paragraph is about a teenager who is in a rock band loves to play various instruments, the second paragraph is about a music teacher and the third paragraph is about a singer.
Includes eight short answer reading comprehension questions.
Great way for beginner level students to see music vocabulary in context.
Level: German 1 (present tense only)
Answer key included
This Spanish worksheet helps students familiarize themselves with the numbers 0 to 20. The worksheet contains four parts:
*10 short answer Spanish to English
*10 write out Spanish numbers in full
*6 miss in the filling letters to complete the number
*8 short translations such as (three books = tres libros)
Answer key included.
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This 4-page file includes:
~A beginner German reading in which Kurt phones his friend Ramona to make plans to go out to a movie. The reading includes a lot of vocabulary with telling time. It also includes a glossary of new vocabulary and 6 true/false comprehension questions in English.
~The same reading with the comprehension questions in German.
~Answer key (2 pgs)
Editable word file.
Answer key included.
Activity idea: have students read this script in pairs and then come up with their own script to perform for the classwork to hand in whereby they made plans with a friend to go out somewhere.
A beginner German reading on hobbies where four people talk about the sports they like, the instrument they play and other pastimes. The reading includes a glossary of hobby vocabulary and 5 reading comprehension questions.
Level: Beginner
Answer key included.
Editable word file
Note: A version of this reading is also found in my Beginner German Workbook.
This French worksheet features 16 missing forms of the verb avoir in the present tense with special avoir expressions. Students must conjugate the verbs correctly to complete the sentences while reviewing these idiomatic expressions.
Includes answer key.
Editable word file.
This 3-page file includes: (100% in German)
~A simple German reading including 20 German English cognates for beginner students to learn to recognize them. The story talks about all the members of the Schneider family their likes and dislikes, appearance, hobbies etc. The reading includes 12 comprehension questions.
~The same reading but with the cognates highlighted for context.
~Answer key
Level: present tense only
In this reading three friends are asking each other various questions on what experiences they have had in their life. The focus is on the present perfect tense with irregular participles: leído, caído, visto, ido, escrito, dicho, hecho, roto etc.
NOTE: There are two versions of the story, with and without the verbs underlined for students to see in context.
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and seven short reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included