French Teaching Resources. Dominoes Starter Activity revising a Range of Tenses.

I use this dominoes activity at the beginning of the school year and throughout the year to revise a range of tenses: Present, Perfect, Negatives, Future, Near Future & Conditional. The expressions are in French and English.

Expressions:

J’habite ici depuis toujours
Je suis allé(e) aux Etats-Unis.
Je suis resté(e) aux Emirats Arabes Unis.
J’ai lu un roman.
Je n’ai pas fait de natation.
Je mange du pain et de la confiture.
J’ai travaillé à l’hôtel de ville.
Je lisais des BD.
Je voudrais voyager autour du monde.
Je ne suis jamais allé(e) en Grèce.
Je ne vais plus faire de yoga.
Les gens étaient sympa.
J’irai à Londres cet été.
Je ne bois que l’eau.
C’était génial !
Ce n’est pas marrant.

All: Student line up the dominoes and discuss the pronunciation.
Most: See above and identify the tenses.
Some: See above and quiz each other: French to English and English to French.

Following checking you could play a game I learnt in Japan called Karuta. In Karuta the students spread out the cards in front of them. I then say the English and the students compete to touch the correct French card first. Whoever touches it first wins the card. The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins. The students love this game!