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GRAMMAR
PERFECT TENSE (passé composé)
See also the Year 8 page for many other perfect tense exercises.
AVOIR VERBS
POWERPOINT - regular -er verbs
POWERPOINT - irregular past participles
Perfect tense revision Updated with answers
Insert the right verb
Insert the right verb (2)
Insert the right verb (3)
Insert the right form and change an element
Insert the right form and add an element
Regular -er ( avoir) - translation sentences
Regular -ir/re ( avoir) - translation sentences
Irregular( avoir) - translation sentences
Sentence builder frame - irregular pps ending in u
Sentence builder frame - irregular pps ending in s and t
Translate into French (reg -er verbs)
Translate into French (reg -ir -re verbs)
Translate into French (irreg past participles)
Two question-answer board games
Two translation board games (irreg. pps.) NEW 5.6.23
ETRE VERBS
Sentence builder frame
Questions to practise perfect tense (être)
Perfect tense (être)
Perfect tense ( être) - translation sentences
Perfect tense (être) - agreements correction exercise
Visit to Paris - focus on past participles agreements
As above - focus on full verbs
Translation sentences
Two translation board games
Two question-answer board games NEW 31.5.23
REFLEXIVES
Perfect Tense POWERPOINT introduction
Sentence builder frame
Gap-fill and translation
Translation sentences
MIXED
POWERPOINT - various verbs
POWERPOINT - describing a holiday
POWERPOINT - a weekend in Paris
POWERPOINT - a visit to Brussels
Two translation board games
A 'do now' to a time limit. 5 gapfill slides.
Last weekend - 'sentence chaos' reading aloud game
Visit to Paris - 'sentence chaos' reading aloud game
Perfect tense (avoir and être) - agreements correction exercise
Perfect tense (various) - board game
Passage completion and translation
Crossword
Crossword - gap fill - mixed past participles
Crossword - gap fill
Answers to the above crossword
Crossword - phrases to translate
Perfect tense - translation sentences
Perfect tense - visit to Paris pictures
Perfect tense (avoir/être) info gap task
Paired dictation (avoir/être)
Questions in perfect tense
Questions in perfect tense with est-ce que
Oral drill to practise negatives and perfect tense
NEAR FUTURE
(futur proche)
Information gap pair task
Two board games (QA/translation)
See also the lesson plan down the right hand column.
FUTURE TENSE
(futur)
A 'do now' to a time limit. 5 gapfill slides.
POWERPOINT: regular future
POWERPOINT: describing a holiday
POWERPOINT lesson: present contrasted with future
Sentence builder - regular stems
Sentence builder - irregular stems
Two board games (QA/translation)
Set of 6 retrieval "do now" grids (PPT)
Sentence chaos reading aloud game
Future tense questions
Paired dictation - future tense
Future tense sentences - insert the right verb
Moi en 2080 (Future)
Crossword
Crossword (regulars)
Battleships grid - regular future
Battleships grid - irregular stem future
Battleships grid - mixed future
Battleships grid: Next weekend - aller and jouer in whole sentences
Battleships grid: Holidays - various verbs in whole sentences
Next weekend battleships- mixed future
Graded translation sentences Eng-Fr
IMPERFECT TENSE
(imparfait)
POWERPOINT introduction
POWERPOINT lesson - present v imperfect
Sentence builder frame
Two board games (QA + translation)
Imperfect Tense - drill
Imperfect tense - drill (2)
Imperfect tense gapfill
Imperfect tense gapfill (harder)
Ecole primaire - imperfect tense model
Imperfect tense crossword
Imperfect tense text and exercises
Imperfect tense homework task
Worksheet for oral and written practice
3 TENSES TOGETHER
POWERPOINT - 3 tenses together
Sentence builder frame
A tense recognition listening exercise
Two board games (QA + translation)
Simple stick-in tense guide
Past, present and future tenses (1)
Past, present and future Tenses (2)
Past, Present and Future Tenses (3)
Three tenses crossword
Tarsia puzzle
Past, Present and future with daily routine
Battleships grid for present, perfect, imperfect, near future and future
Easy dominoes for perfect, present and future tenses
OTHER GRAMMAR
POWERPOINT il faut/il ne faut pas with school rules.
Sentence builder frame il faut/il ne faut pas with school rules.
Sentence builder frame: negatives pas/plus/jamais
You're so negative! - easy drill
Graded aller + infinitive translation sentences.
Superlatives
Superlatives crossword
Present tense
Negatives - present tense
Negatives - perfect tense
Yes/no game to practise negation
GRAMMAR NOTES FOR HANDING OUT
Irregular present tense verbs table
Imperfect tense
Future tense tense
Venir de + infinitive
See the Year 8 page for many more present tense exercises and other grammar topics (pronouns, adjectives etc).
MOSAIC TRANSLATIONS
Ideas for further developing the mosaic translation tasks below NEW 2.7.23
School NEW 23.6.23
Health NEW 25.6.23
Last weekend NEW 26.6.23
Next weekend NEW 2.7.23
Pastimes NEW 25.6.23
Environment NEW 26.6.23
Family NEW 24.6.23
Social media NEW 26.6.23
Films and TV NEW 26.6.23
Friends NEW 24.6.23
My town/city NEW 23.6.23
VIDEO LISTENING
Please check any links to online videos before you print off or use a listening worksheet. Check that videos play on mobile devices. Please do not share login details with students.
Oumou – portrait of a child in Mali
Zico – portrait of a child in Libya
Hass Srey- portrait of a child in Cambodia
The five major rivers in France
Clémence talks about her five favourite objects (use of ce/cette/ces)
Clémence talks about her future journey to Cambodia (use of near future)
Clémence talks about her future journey to Belgium (use of future)
Peppa Pig – Polly va en vacances
Peppa Pig – La soirée pyjama
Peppa Pig video – La fête de l’école
Peppa Pig – Maman travaille
Peppa Pig – A la plage
Peppa Pig – Le grand aquarium
Trotro – Trotro fait de la peinture
Trotro – Trotro part en vacances
Guided tour of Lyon
Describing a film – DekiruFrench/Youtube
Funny talking animals
STARTERS
15 sentence making grids
‘Change one thing.’ 20 sets of 4 sentences
Odd one out. 20 sets of 4 sentences
10 short gap-fill paragraphs (with options)
5 short gap-fill paragraphs (no options)
‘Make a 10-word sentence. 15 slides.
‘Change one phrase.’ 20 slides.
Quick translation into French. 20 slides, 2 sentences per slide
7 guessing games
10 fluency tasks (oral or written)
Tonguetwisters
‘Listen and draw’. 7 images.
‘Finish the sentence’. 10 slides.
‘False facts dictation’. 10 slides.
‘Yes/no game’. 10 slides.
‘Mini battleships’. 10 games (Word).
‘Mini battleships translation’. 10 games (Word).
‘Mini battleships 3 chunk translation’. 10 games (Word).
‘Start the sentence’. 20 slides. Focus on verb retrieval.
‘Opinions and reasons’. 20 slides.
‘Ever-changing sentence’. 10 slides.
‘Possible or unlikely?’ 20 slides.
‘Find five facts.’ 10 slides, each with a short reading.
‘What happened next?’ 20 slides.
‘Word cloud challenge.’ 1 slide.
‘What’s the sign?’ 40 slides.
‘Match up’ (focus on grammar) 20 slides.
‘Which answer?’ (focus on tenses) 20 slides.
‘Tense spotting.’ 20 slides.
‘What’s the question?’ 15 slides.
‘Vocab recall challenge.’ 15 slides.
‘Comparisons.’ 10 slides.
Paired sentence completion (Word)
‘Which time phrase?’ 15 slides.
‘Sentence creation.’ 20 slides.
‘Sentence challenge.’ 10 slides. NEW 22.7.23
‘Disappearing text.’ 5 slides.
‘Instant chat.’ 10 slides. NEW 13.8.23
‘Finish my sentence.’ Listening – 36 sentences.
‘Start my sentence.’ Listening – 36 sentences. NEW 19.8.23
‘Two truths and a lie.’ NEW 31.8.23
PARALLEL READING
Girl abandoned at motorway services
Mosquitoes
Why can’t kangaroos walk?
An amazing and generous publicity stunt
Surfing
Ocean level rise NEW 10.8.23
Fair trade
French overseas territories
Louis Pasteur
Heroic charity walk
Drunk man falls from third floor balcony
NARROW LISTENING WITH EXERCISES
The teacher reads aloud four short texts, each quite similar, while students do the activities (matching and true/false)
More ideas for exploiting narrow listening and narrow reading resources
Healthy living
Family NEW 20.8.23
My best friend NEW 21.8.23
A visit to Paris (past)
A visit to Paris (future)
TV
My school trip
Last weekend
Social media
Pastimes
School
What I did yesterday
Future holidays
Future plans
Environment
Favourite cooking
NARROW READING WITH EXERCISES
Eiffel Tower Tripadvisor-style comments
Parc Astérix Tripadvisor-style comments
Mont St Michel Tripadvisor-style comments
Futuroscope Tripadvisor-style comments
Pets for sale
Holidays (easy)
Pastimes (easy)
A best friend (easy)
Healthy lifestyle (easy)
Fashion (easy)
School (easy)
My future (easy)
Where I live (easy)
What I did yesterday (easy)
What I did last weekend (easy)
Next weekend (easy)
Favourite food (easy)
LESSON PLANS
Translate-transcribe: La Rochelle
Daily routine – easy communicative activity
Talking about next weekend NEW 16.7.23
Talking about last week NEW 18.7.23
Daily routine NEW 24.7.23
A holiday in the past NEW 25.7.23
A holiday in the future NEW 25.7.23
Protecting the environment NEW 28.7.23
Healthy living NEW 11.9.23
TEXTS WITH EXERCISES
These texts and exercises have been chosen or adapted to suit lower intermediate students. They are usually short and contain many cognate words.
The three little pigs
The three little pigs – easier sheet
The Camargue
Men’s beards have more germs than a dog’s coat
Meerkats
Are Christmas trees bad for the planet?
Ariana Grande
The basenji: a dog which doesn’t bark
An amazing archeological discovery
Taskmagic gap fill on above
Forum post from momes.net
Guy Fawkes and bonfire night
Lionel Messi
Gareth Bale
DNA – questions in English
Greenhouse effect
Astronomy – super-Earths!
Healthy eating
Oceans under threat
Global warming
Chat rooms
Becoming a vet
VOCABULARY
Stick-in vocab lists – just print off and cut out Updated 11.8.23
Clothes bingo – 10 cards NEW 27.9.23
Baccalaureat vocab game
Vacances – déchiffrez le code
Valise de vacances – déchiffrez le code
Shopping online for a walking holiday
Weather crossword
Expressions of time crossword
Kitchen equipment – code-breaker
Restaurant crossword
Kitchen equipment – definitions
Hobbies crossword
Sports crossword
Physical descriptions – powerpoint
Quel métier?
Quel métier? (2)
Jobs crossword
Jobs Tarsia puzzle
Clothes Tarsia puzzle
Character adjectives
Guess the job pair game
OTHER
POWERPOINT – The Price is Right game
20 reasons to learn a language
Tennis pairwork game
Web task: renting a gîte Updated with answers 15.5.23
10 standby dictations/translations – quite hard
Y9 oral questions Updated 13.8.23
Hotel reservation role-play
Pupil survey sheet – good for self-evaluation!
Ecole – gapfill/writing frame
Restaurant dialogue and notes
Describing my school template
Campsite dialogue and vocabulary
En vacances – template for written and oral work