I have updated the page on vocabulary learning in the Teacher's Guide section of the site. This is free to view for anyone. I have added a section on why and how you might use sentence builders (substitution tables) to set vocab learning in class or for homework. This would apply to learners from beginner up to low-intermediate level, in my opinion.

Video listening. A very easy geography video about the major rivers of France. Gap-fill with options.

Two 'sentence chaos' reading aloud games using the future tense. Dans vingt ans... Instructions given on the slides.

Another two 'sentence chaos' reading aloud games, these on mon weekend dernier and une visite à Paris. Lots of mixed perfect tense verbs, first person. Instructions given on the PowerPoint slides. Zero prep! Good for Y8-Y10, depending on the class.

Video listening. This is a 4 minute illustrated video about De Gaulle's call to arms on the 18th June 1940. The video has optional captions in French. The task is a vocab building one - to identify words and expressions heard in the video.

A 'sentence chaos' reading aloud game for beginners. All instructions given on the PowerPoint. A zero preparation competitive game.

Three 'Sentence Chaos' games to practise simple, regular perfect tense verbs and the near future (aller + infinitive). Sentence Chaos is reading aloud game devised by Gianfranco Conti and which we described in our book Breaking the Sound Barrier. Instructions are given on the PowerPoint slides. You can adapt the idea for other areas of grammar, vocabulary or lexicogrammar.

A set of 'likely/unlikely' sentences to read aloud, each one with a common first person present tense verb. You could then display the 25 sentences for reading aloud practice or to focus on the verb forms. Pupils could then make up their own.

A "Spot the nonsense" activity called "Possible, impossible ou peu probable", featuring use of common first person perfect tense forms. You read 25 sentences, pupils note or show on a mini-whiteboard if the sentence is possible, impossible or unlikely. There are not always right answers, which may give an opportunity to add some extra input/discussion! You can make these up on the spot of course. You can then display the sentences for reading aloud or focusing on perfect tense forms, if you like.

A parallel reading text about surfing. Twin French and English texts. With a true/false/not mentioned exercise, starts and ends of sentences to match and a memory exercise.