A 3-page worksheet / activity sequence explaining how to use the pronouns en and y in set phrases for the topic of free time / hobbies / les loisirs / le temps libre. Ideal for helping pupils to integrate these into their writing to score higher marks for complexity / use of ‘complex structures’. The principles for how en and y work are briefly explained, but the pronouns are mostly practised in the context of useful phrases on the topic, including with negatives and time phrases. There is also a stage combining them with the present tense with depuis to enhance the complexity of students’ sentences. Activities include a brief grammar explanation to read, a matching task, a teacher-led listening, multiple-choice, translations and a writing task. All answers included. Suitable for KS4 French or very able KS3 pupils as extension work. See below a similar resource for using ‘en’ in the topic of school, but this time the practice is purely translations: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12967353

A 3-page worksheet to introduce the use of the pronoun ‘en’ in different set phrases for talking about food. Very little prior knowledge is assumed other than some basic opinions on food items, and some time phrases like souvent and jamais, so this lesson should appear in a sequence after pupils have acquired those. It is practised mainly in the present tense, but extension tasks are provided in other tenses, Activities include a match-up, grammar explanation, teacher-led listening, translation into English, sentence unjumbling task and a short, guided sentence-writing task. Answers included.

A selection of 3 detailed sentence builders for KS4 or KS3 French for talking about le temps / la météo. Includes how to talk about the weather in three tenses, past present and future, and how to combine weather with your favourite saison - quelle est ta saison préférée, and examples of how to link it to free time activities. See ideas for how to exploit sentence builders at this link below https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12281180 or at my blog.

A sentence builder modelling plenty of examples of how to explain cause and consequences in in the past in French across different topics. Ideal for encouraging pupils to incorporate more complex grammar and structures into their work by scaffolding extended sentences with causal markers, as well as containing lots of verb + infinitive structures and complex opinion phases. In addition to the sentence builder, there is a list of 24 example sentences that can be exploited as a quiz quiz trade activity, or you could use them in other ways eg. oral translation into English, or as a teacher-led listening - read some of the sentences and pupils translate on mini whiteboards using the sentence builder.

A worksheet explaining in detail how to use the pronoun ‘en’ in the context of the topic of school / my studies / mon école/mon lycée. Ideal for helping pupils to integrate these into their writing to score higher marks for complexity / use of ‘complex structures’. The principles for how en works are explained and several different examples are given, and then there is a 10-sentence translation task with Fr-En and En-Fr translation. Answers included. Suitable for KS4 French or very able KS3 pupils as extension work. See below a more detailed resource with more activities to practise ‘en’ and ‘y’ in the topic of free time: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12967317

A sentence builder on the topic of what subjects you study and giving opinions on them. See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180

Sentence builder on family relationships, saying if you get on well or not with family members an why. See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180

A sentence builder on the topic of future studies to answer the question ‘qu’est-ce que tu vas étudier l’année prochaine?’ See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180

2 sentence builders on the topic of describing a true friend and describing good parents / un vrai ami / les bons parents / family relationships / friendships. See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180

4 pages of activities on worksheets (1-2 lessons’ worth) introducing the rooms in the house and key verbs and structures for describing them and giving opinions. Activities include: Vocab matching task to introduce rooms short reading with vocab-finding task to identify core verbs and structures listening gap-fill bad translation exercise based on listening transcript reading exercises - reordering a text and filling gaps writing - translation sentences and then a free writing task Answers all included. Suitable for KS3 or KS4.

See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180 Sentence builder and listening comprehension for my area / là où j’habite topic. Worksheet with variety of activities and link to a site that explains how to use sentence builders if you’re not entirely familiar with them.

See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180 A short lesson on describing the location of your house in French - includes a small sentence builder and listening comprehension activity.

Two versions of the same sentence builder (a more ambitious one and a simpler one) to talk about your dream job and what qualities are necessary for this job / le travail / les professions / les métiers. See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180 Here is a free set of vocab activities to go with the sentence builders https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dream-jobs-vocab-exercises-12453224

A sentence builder and short translation task to learn to describe your ideal house using the conditional & imperfect subjunctive. See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180

Two sentence builders and an oral ‘mosaic translation’ activity to help answer the questions ‘Où est-ce que tu passes tes vacances?’ and ‘Comment tu voyages?’ - describing where you go on holiday and why, and the transport you take. See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180

See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180 A mini sentence builder on topic of parler des professeurs, including vocab to describe people’s hair and eyes as well as opinion phrases and school subjects. French school topic, with some translations, list of possible teaching ideas, and mosaic translations à la Conti! Answers included, of course. Enough work for 1-2 lessons depending on ability.

Basic text on topic of mi colegio with vocab activities and translation. Once you have completed the vocab-finding activity, you can do true or false statements tailored to your group, OR comprehension questions. A more interesting and challenging activity is to get students to come up with a list of their own true or false statements to ask others - a great way to get them to study the text in detail. Finish with the translations. Answers included, of course.

A worksheet of vocab activities and short reading comprehension on topic of school system in France. Answers included.

An aural sentence puzzle followed by a vocab activity to introduce reflexive verbs for describing relationships with family members / les relations familiales / se fâcher contre / se disputer avec / s’entendre bien avec / les verbes pronominaux

A big quiz of 30 questions on the Spanish-speaking world - can be used for beginners, done aurally in class or as a research task. Answers are included in the document. Great for starting off beginners in Spanish to get them interested in Hispanic world, or as an end-of-term fun activity!