This set of sentence combining exercises is for GCSE Higher Tier (Level A2/B1). The topic is healthy living.

Another set of sentence combining exercises to help develop complex senetnce construction. Useful for refining written and oral expression at advanced level. This is based on Truffaut's Les 400 Coups for teachers using that film. Level B2.

Another resource in the series "complex grammar building" for A-level. This one is based on the film Au Revoir les enfants. The aim is to combine three short sentences into one longer, more complex one. There are 20 examples. This should help refine essay writing and oral expression. Level B2.

This is a narrow listening task based on the topic "An evening at the cinema". Matching and true/false. Lots of recycling of high-frequency chunks of course. Level A2.

This is an easy narrow reading worksheet on the topic "An evening at the cinema". Vocab to find, matching, gap-fill and a short writing task. Level A1/2.

Video listening. This is a France TV report on how couples are getting married older than in the past. Questions in French with answers provided. Optional captions, though there is a delay with them. Level B2. Best for Y13. Good for advanced adults too.

This is a set of 15 slides, each one with two true statements and one false one. Use as a starter or filler. ChatGPT designed this for me. Level A1.

I have added a Higher Tier GCSE Readng paper, done in the Edexcel style. There are now several such papers on the site as Foundation and Higher Tiers. Level A2.

A pairwork task to practise common present tense verbs while talking about a typical weekend. Partner A has 20 questions. Partner B has the 20 answers, scrambled. After tring to match questions and answers, the pairs try to answer the questions again without access to the answers. Other suggestions are offered to teachers, and an optional gap-fill is provided. Level A1.

A pairwork task to practise using the perfect tense with être auxiliaries. I've called it 20 Questions. Lots of reading aloud and recall. Other suggestions for exploitation are provided, as well as answers. Level A1/2. Good for Y9-10.