A starter (or otherwise) called 'paired sentence completion'. Each pupil has 20 incomplete sentences to read to their partner. Pupils take turns completing the sentence they hear with a suitable word or phrase. CEFR A1.

A text and exercises about single-parent families in France. Text, vocabulary to find and questions in French. Answers to questions given. CEFR B1. A good challenge for Y12, or use with Y13.

A pairwork starter (or longer task). Each student has a set of 20 sentence starts in the perfect tense. They read aloud the start and their partner has to complete with a suitable word or phrase. If the reply is thought incorrect, they ask for an alternative. This would suit a Y9 class working at a good level. You can't monitor the accuracy of answers, but the activity still uses a lot of meaningful input and interaction, since partners need to understand what their partner said to complete the sentence. If you use this as a starter, just set a time limit. It's unlikely students will get through all 40 sentences in ten minutes.

A dialogue for reading aloud and adapting. 'Telling a French speaker what you did last Sunday.' Alternative responses suggested, plus a translation of the dialogue into English. For adult near-beginners or above. there are many similar dialogues on the site, also for Y8 and Y10-11 in schools.

A text with exercises. This is about a French nurse, Rachel Muller, who realised a dream by piloting a microlight (ULM) across Africa. There is vocab to find, questions in French to answer and some translation into English. This would make a good classroom or homework reading/writing task for Higher Tier GCSE students (CEFR A2). Scroll down the left column to 'miscellaneous'.

A starter for Y9 (or maybe Y8). 10 slides showing pairs of items with pictures to compare. A slide of adjectives to use (masculine and feminine) is given, plus three models sentences and teacher notes.

A Y8 starter, which could be used with Y9,. 25 slides. each slide has a sentence with a missing noun. Students identify what the missing word(s) could be. Very good for - wait for it - retrieval practice.

Some grammar exercises on the conditional perfect tense. Identify the verb, form the verb, fill gaps. Old school! Goof for Y12 if introducing, or for Y13 revision.

A simple sentence builder called Un voyage en train. There is a gapped version of the same on the second page. I adapted this from a similar sentence builder called Un voyage en avion. A1.

'Vocab recall challenge'. A simple starter. Students, individually or in pairs, come up with as many words as they can per category. One minute per slide, one point per correct word. 15 slides to choose from. Editable as usual. Teacher notes included.