Preparation time: 30 minutes - 1 hour (introducing new vocabulary and also the transcript for the listening activity) Lesson length: 1 hour Here is the 5th resource for introducing French to adults at beginner's level! I have compiled this resource using an adult approach who are learning French for the very first time. This activity focuses on the time only on the hour and it also incorporates regular verbs ending in '-er' in the present tense. This resource also incorporates all the four keys skills such as reading, listening, speaking and writing. This resource includes the worksheet, a handout on the conjugation of 78 different '-er' verbs, the sound file for the listening task and the listening transcript. Happy teaching and learning!

This resource exclusively looks at the distinction between ‘jouer à’, ‘jouer de’ and ‘faire de’ and it is geared towards Key Stage 3 level or it can be great revision at GCSE/IGCSE level. Students can either become acquainted with musical instruments and sports for the very first time or consolidate their previous knowledge by looking at the vocabulary and reading the cartoons. There is a follow-up game and differentiated activities. Also attached, is a list of various sports and musical instruments. Happy teaching and learning!

This resource exclusively explores which items can be found in which shops, as well as the preposition ‘de’. There are lots of follow-up differentiated activities and attached, is a vocabulary sheet. This resource is geared towards Key Stage 3 and it is compatible with Tricolore 2. Happy teaching and learning!

I have designed this puzzle where students will have the opportunity to exercise the use of 'venir de' followed by an infinitive by spotting the 10 differences in picture 2. This would be ideal as a starter after having taught its concept in the previous lesson and this is geared towards students who are studying IGCSE French, A-Level French and adults who are studying French as a foreign language. There is a list of vocabulary available at the bottom of the puzzle to assist unfamiliar vocabulary. For the stronger students / gifted and talented: Try to encourage them to point out the differences using a reflexive verb as the infinitive. Students are more than welcome to come up with alternative answers to the answers I have displayed on the subsequent slide.

This is the fourth installment of the test papers series which I have devised following my teaching from Tricolore 1 text book which I use to teach my year 7 students. The content of the test is as follows: Pets and animals Colours and gender agreement Adjectives describing pets Differences between the use of ‘tu’ or ‘vous’ This pack contains the following: One listening test paper One reading, grammar and writing test paper The audio file for the listening test A copy of the listening transcript The mark scheme This resource is designed for students of Key Stage 3 (primarily year 7 students) (First form in Northern Ireland) or learners of post-Key Stage 3 age who are learning French for the first time. Pleas note that this resource is linked to the 5th Edition of the Tricolore 1 textbook and not the former ones. Happy teaching and learning!

This is the fifth installment of the test papers series which I have devised following my teaching from Tricolore 1 text book which I use to teach my year 7 students. The content of the test is as follows: Numbers 1-100 Months of the years and dates Various festivals in France Expressing cost Various birthday gifts Clothes Use of the ‘avoir’ and ‘être’ in the present tense Plurality of nouns This pack contains the following: One listening test paper One reading, grammar and writing test paper The audio file for the listening test A copy of the listening transcript The mark scheme This resource is designed for students of Key Stage 3 (primarily year 7 students) (First form in Northern Ireland) or learners of post-Key Stage 3 age who are learning French for the first time. Pleas note that this resource is linked to the 5th Edition of the Tricolore 1 textbook and not the former ones. Happy teaching and learning!

This powerpoint presents possessive adjectives for ‘mon’, ‘ma’ and ‘mes’ in the context of family members. It is a good introduction for Key Stage 2-3 learners as there are follow up activities which follow. Happy teaching and learning!

Here is an interactive powerpoint which demonstrates the use of ‘avant de + infinitive’ in the theme of making a greek salad. There is also a quiz which follows where students put the sentences into the correct order. This activity is geared at IGCSE level and A-Level French where it is more common for the concept ‘avant de + infinitive’ to make an appearance. Happy teaching and learning!

I know irregular verbs can be very difficult to master at a young age as it is a highly dynamic concept and there are so many, however this resource explicitly looks at them at all. The following irregular verbs which are explored are as follows: etre avoir recevoir savoir faire mettre croire vouloir connaitre prendre dire lire voir ouvrir devoir pouvoir boire Get the students to read through the cartoons about Xavier’s week. Ask the students the follow up questions and ask what their thoughts are. Reveal the answers to them on the next slide. Upon completion of reading the text, get the students to complete the follow-up activities. This resource is geared towards learners at Key Stage3 level and in preparation for IGCSE level. Happy teaching and learning!

Here is a resource which outlines the use of ‘apres avoir/etre/s’etre + past participle’ construction and there are many activities which reinforce this. This activity is geared at IGCSE level. Happy teaching and learning!

Welcome to the tenth installment of months of the year, weather and seasons. This resource is geared towards learners of Key Stage 2 level and it focuses on the month of September and associated weather and season. Present the numbers from 1-31 in French first of all and then ask the children if their birthday is in October. Ensure you tell the students that the first of the month is ‘le premier’. Ask them the question, ‘c’est quand, ton anniversaire’. Encourage them to reply ‘mon anniversaire, c’est le ____ octobre’. Present the story and vocabulary to them. They are also available in the workbooks. The children can look at their workbooks as the story is presented on the board. If there are gifted and talented students in the class or native French speakers, present the more complex vocabulary to them which is ‘il ne fait plus chaud’, ‘il est orageux’ and ‘il y a une inondation’. Get the students to complete the classwork such as the mix and match activity and the listening activity. When completing the listening activity, be sure to alternate between the lower level and the higher level questions. Next, the students can colour in the autumn picture in their workbook and then cut out the pictures and the labels from the sheet overleaf and label the colouring in sheet by sticking the correct pictures and labels together. Play the quiz with the students. There are differentiated levels on the quiz and each student should select which level they feel most comfortable with. There is also differentiated homework which revises the weather vocabulary from January to October. Happy teaching and learning!

Welcome to the fourth installment of indirect object pronouns when using both the present tense and the perfect tense. Indirect object pronouns are widely covered in the IGCSE syllabus. There are plenty of examples in the target language in a cartoon format with follow-up checkpoint questions in English. There are many differentiated activities for consolidation. Do keep an eye out for the fifth sequel installment. This will be available soon. Happy teaching and learning!

Hello everyone! This resource ultimately explores the use of the question words ‘lequel’, ‘laquelle’, ‘lesquels’ and ‘lesquelles’. There are plenty of examples and subsequent follow-up differentiated activities such as speaking practices, quizzes and written activities. It also revises and reinforces other grammatical concepts such as demonstrative adjectives and demonstrative pronouns. This resource is specifically geared towards learners of IGCSE or IB level where such concepts are featured on the programmes. Happy teaching and learning!

This classroom displays depicts 105 different places in the town in French from A-Z!! YES, that’s right, 105!! Each poster is very informative as it contains the place in the town in French with the name in English using both the definite and indefinite article as appropriate, alongside the preposition ‘à’ with its meaning in English. You don’t need to necessarily put up all 105 posters, but the classroom would look absolutely bright, engaging and colourful if you did! You can of course be very selective and put up the most common ones but it is of course up to you!! Also included in this resource, are 20 different things that can be found in the town, such as the bus stop, telephone box, level crossing, etc. Feel free to put those up as well! Happy teaching and learning!

This powerpoint teachers numbers from 1-30 in French. It also reinforces or introduces age and (for the gifted and talented) years in French, in addition to how to express one’s age and when one was born in French, but of course, this part is optional. If you don’t wish to introduce the numbers in the context of age, this is absolutely fine and you can just introduce them non-contextually, i.e. 'Répétez après moi - ‘un’, ‘un’, ‘deux’, ‘deux’, etc. After having introduced the numbers, try out the listening comprehension and it is differentiated into two different levels. For level 1 (lower level), the students choose the correct answer according to the number they hear. For level 2 (higher level), they have a choice of 30 answers to choose from and they can simply colour in the box according to what they hear. There are also follow up activities in this powerpoint such as picture pairs, French mathematics and a wordsearch. There is also a handout available with this resource that you cna print and distribute to the class. There are also four differentiated quizzes on kahoot based on French calculations which reinforces numbers 1-30 and they are defined as follows: Level 1 - Choose the correct answer and they have a minute to answer Level 2 - Choose the correct answer and they have 30 seconds to answer Level 3 - Choose the correct answer and they have only 10 seconds to answer Level 4 - Type the answer in words and they only have 20 seconds to answer The links to all of the quizzes are provided at the end of the powerpoint. When you have finished teaching the numbers and when you feel the students have sufficiently mastered them, get them to complete the reflection slip which is also attached to this resource, so they can reflect on how much they have mastered the numbers. It is titled as ‘Numbers 1-30 - Reflection’. Happy teaching and learning!

This powerpoint explicitly outlines the function of ‘ne … ni … ni’ and other uses of this concept both in the present tense and the perfect tense. There is a wealth of good examples demonstrated in this presentation with follow up differentiated activities and also revises previously learnt negatives in French. This is ideal for learners of IGCSE French and AS/A2 level French. Happy teaching and learning!

Welcome to the twelfth installment and the final installment! If you are looking to introduce Christmas cultural elements at IGCSE French level in your lesson, look no further!! This installment explores the weather associated with December in France and it looks at some sport and introduces four different countries with the capitals and their prepositions. The contained vocabulary is as follows: Weather Quel temps fait-il? C’est quel mois? / Quel mois nous sommes? C’est août C’est quelle saison? / Quelle saison nous sommes? C’est l’hiver En hiver Il gèle Il est glacial / Il y a de la glace Il y a une tempête de neige Il tombe de la neige fondue (There is sleet) Telling the temperature Il fait combien de degrés? Il fait moins dix degrés Il fait moins quinze degrés Cities à Luxembourg / à Luxembourg-Ville à Reykjavik à Taipei Countries Feminine l’Islande / en Islande Masculine Le Luxembourg / au Luxembourg l’Antarctique / en Antarctique Other Taïwan Landscapes Le lagon bleu Sport and activities Faire des sports d’hiver Other vocabulary Un manchot Un ascenseur Le rez-de-chaussée Un gérant d’hôtel Un marché de Noël Un renne Le père Noël Blotti(s) au chaud La grotte de père Noël Verbs followed by a preposition before an infinitive Oublier de faire Refuser de faire Se plaindre The verb ‘pouvoir’ in the conditional tense and reflexive verbs in the imperative form in all three forms (i.e. tu, nous and vous) The powerpoint contains a story with questions in French with follow-up reinforcement activities and a translation quiz. There is also an accompanying workbook which also contains the story with various different activities in the workbook. This powerpoint contains the following materials: Powerpoint Accompanying workbook Vocabulary handout with various sports, activities and countries The verb 's’amuser’ in the perfect tense Wordsearch on the countries and capitals with the prepositions Battleships game worksheet in order to reinforce learning Transcription of the listening activities Audio file of the listening comprehension A bingo sheet to review the vocabulary Happy teaching and learning!

Worksheet based on forming etre verbs as the auxiliary verb. Students look at the pronouns and the verbs and then write sentences in the perfect tense. They may require assistance in forming past participles before attempting this exercise.

This worksheet gives students the opportunity to build up on their vocabulary and also further practise these new words. A very useful tool when developing learners' writing in preparation for the exam. This worksheet is geared towards learners of a weaker ability.

Test on the imperfect tense, based on random verbs studied in Stage 3 and also further examines the present and perfect tense. There are thirty questions based on the imperfect tense and also ten supplementary questions on the present and perfect tense. (This is a very good way not to forget tenses previously studied!). Answers are available for this test at a cost of £2. Whatever time limit you set your students to complete this test is totally up to you, but I would recommend 15-20 minutes. I would also recommend obtaining at least 32 correct answers before proceeding onto test 'Stage 3-9a' which is a more comprehensive test.