Parallel reading for near beginners. "My friend". Simple description with English translation based on a 10 year old. True/flase/not mentioned exercises and simple writing task. I have done two versions, one for a male friend, the other female. This should simplify adjective use. The tasks can be used with primary or Y7.

Parallel reading for near beginners: daily routine. Pupils tick off the true sentences in French and complete sentences to decribe their own routine at a very basic level. The routine fits primary (elementary) children best.

A list of variations on traditional number bingo. All of these require little or no advance preparation. Note that I have been building up the beginners' resources with primary French teachers in mind.

Telling the time matching task. Digital time on left, sentences in French on the right to match. 24 hour clock.

Parallel reading task for near beginners or primary children. Spiders. Did you know that the tarantula ("mygale") can be 30cm long? Yikes!

Parallel reading task for near beginners. Asking directions - a slightly annoying tourist.

Parallel reading for beginners: "The boy who cried wolf". Find the true French sentences and vocabulary list to complete.

Parallel reading task for beginners (primary or Y7). A simple weather forrcast with true sentences to identify and a word list to complete with key weather words and points of the compass. Good pupils could write their own forecast based on this model. Also provided as a free sample.

Parallel reading for beginners about Brazil. Short parallel texts, find the true sentences, highlight the cognates and complete a word list.

Parallel reading task about dolphins. Twin texts, find the true sentences and vocabulary list. Plenty of cognates. They say dolphins are intelligent, but it's all relative, isn't it? Available as a free sample on the samples page in Free Resources.