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, Y7 (Beginner)

Two guided translations for beginners. Daily routine and free time. Gapped translation into English, plus correct sentences to tick and completion tasks.

, Y10-11 (Intermediate)

Web task. Men's clothing vocabulary. Students search the jules.com website to identify men's clothes vocabulary. Jules is a popular, moderately priced men's clothes store. Nice 20-30 minute browsing activity for the computer room or iPad.

, Y7 (Beginner)

Guided translation task called Mon chien. This is like partial parallel reading with an easy text in French and gapped English version to complete. True/false and gapped French sentences also provided to keep emphasis on target language.

, Y7 (Beginner)

Translation into French worksheet on prepositions for near beginners. I would use this for revision and possibly work through it orally at first, depending on the class.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

Text and exercises on overcrowding in French prisons. Article, vocabulary list to complete, questions about the text, general questions on prison and law and order.

, Y8 (Very low intermediate)

Video listening for near beginners: Trotro fait un bonhomme de neige. Linked video with sentences to recognise, gapped translation and a mini story in French to complete. By the way, if you didn't know, Trotro is a cute little donkey much loved by toddlers in France. Fortunately, unlike most donkeys, he speaks French slowly and clearly.

, Y10-11 (Intermediate)

Parallel reading passage and exercise on the organisation Islamic State. Some useful background knowledge for students.

, Y10-11 (Intermediate)

Parallel reading. The story of three Mexican fishermen rescued after drifting 8000km across the Pacific. True/false/not mentioned exercise and an idea for written exploitation.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

A French to English translation on the subject of the cartoon book market in France. Model answer provided as for all the translations on the site.

, Y10-11 (Intermediate)

Two parallel readings for intermediate level. Weird hotel complaints and phobias. Parallel French-English text, true/false/not mentioned and other exercises.