A ‘bad translation’ listening activity to practise vocab on physical descriptions such as hair and eyes - les cheveux et les yeux. Transcript and answers included - teachers read the sentences and students listen and correct the ‘bad’ English translation - this requires ‘thorough processing’ and not superficial listening.

For a lesson on physical descriptions, either use for LISTENING: pupils have scrap paper and pen or a mini whiteboard. You give a short or long sentence in Spanish describing one of the people 1-6 on the images. You can therefore adapt the language to your group. Pupils then write down the number of the person it could be - you could even do a sentence that could describe 2 or 3 of the people to make it harder. To make this activity a bit easier, you could go through each photo from 1-6, and for each one give 2 short phrases, one that is true, one false, and pupils write the correct one. SPEAKING: assuming pupils have had plenty of practise with the vocab, get them to give a short or long sentence describing each person.

A brief set of activities for saying how long you have been playing a sport using present tense with depuis

This is a revision mat of ‘complex structures’ for GCSE French writing, but all on non-verb grammar topics. I have also made a double-sided verbs one available at this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12498822

This is a double-sided mat of ‘complex structures’ for GCSE French writing. This is only verb-related structures. A non-verb related one is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12501391

Worksheet to practise Spanish verbs in preterite and imperfect using the Toy Story song Cambios extraños ‘strange things’ - if pupils have already had plenty of receptive practice with these tenses, you could do this as a conjugation practice exercise - pupils complete the conjugations and then listen to the song and check their answers. Or, you could use this during the receptive processing stage of practice - by this point, they are familiar with the endings and this provides an opportunity to practise them through listening, they listen, and using their knowledge of endings and phonics, write what they hear. You could also ask them a few comprehension questions on the song or get them to find specific vocab or phrases, based on their level. Song available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmLInAm_u_k

A selection of resources for teaching regular verbs in Spanish, including: ‘all about verbs’ worksheet to teach the basics of what a verb is and how it works in a sentence, with reference to English and Spanish Quick drills worksheets - these can be done as a race/game in writing or projected onto the board and done orally, agian as a competition to make it less dull. Answers included. Ppt. with quick oral drills / memory game Gap-fill worksheet using verbs in sentences, answers included Listening consolidation task for regular verb endings Homework sheet extensively practising the endings to dirll them in Ppt. memory game (another version) Translation test (could also be used as practice worksheet) Recap starter task to recall learning from previous lesson or plenary for same lesson

A 5-page worksheet / activity sequence on the topic of Les tâches ménagères: matching exercise to introduce new vocab listening and reading tasks translations to practise key complex structures provided brief tense exercise sentence builder and writing task about giving opinions on household chores / why young people should help at home Could be used for 1-2 lessons depending on how much it is exploited.

A quiz in French on the Geography of France based on a fun video (in English) from the ‘Geography Now’ YouTube channel - the quiz is cut into two parts and is aimed at KS4/KS5. Answers included. Good for a cultural lesson. Link to video is in the word doc.

A visual handout to demonstrate time phrases used in French - a good scaffold for help in translations.

This is a document for students to keep for reference when studying the film Julieta by Almodovar. It can be used in conjunction with these questions https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/julieta-almod-var-scenes-analysis-questions-for-students-12169297

Short activity that can be used as a starter before introducing how to describe someone in the imperfect tense (for teaching these imperfect words as vocab rather than grammar - early stages)

Consolidation work to practise vocab on descriptions of people - simply read each sentence slowly and pupils have to translate into English on blank sheet or mini whiteboards, can be done in pairs as quiz. Alternatively, you could read the sentences and pupils write them in Spanish, dictation-style to practise recognising vocab and spelling correctly. Answers included.

A multiple-choice ‘this or that’ listening activity with images of different rooms in the house and vocab for teacher to use for the activity. You can read more about ‘this or that’ listening tasks here if you scroll down to no. 3 https://mflclassroommagic.com/2019/08/05/quizlet/

A ‘song challenge’ worksheet on the topic of school - put on a French song in the background and students have the duration of the song to fill out the vocab table. This is designed as a recall activity, revising all vocab previously covered.

An aural sentence puzzle to introduce the topic of direct object pronouns. This activity allows you to introduce this grammar point through listening and reinforces the differences between French and English word order. Fits well into the topic of family members or friends. les descriptions / la famille / les descriptions

Imparfait ou passé composé practice - a worksheet of exercises that can be completed orally or in writing

A worksheet for a lesson on the different vowel sounds in French (including the nasal vowels) - exercises practising pronunciation, then a minimal pairs listening task (transcript and answers included), followed by a gap-fill for the song dernière danse by Indila focusing on the vowel sounds only.

A lesson with differentiated activities to accompany the French version of the Justin Bieber song ‘sorry’, covered by ‘Sara’h’, a French YouTuber. Activities include multiple-choice listening, gap-fills, rearranging the sentences in the correct order, translation / vocab-finding and matching. If you’re looking for something a bit more challenging, here is a KS4 lesson based on the same song https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/d-sol-e-justin-bieber-french-version-ks4-lesson-12284463