French & Spanish resources for KS3, GCSE & A Level. Questions, issues or feedback? Get in touch via email: secondarymfl@gmail.com. I hope you find my resources useful and please leave a review if you can!
French & Spanish resources for KS3, GCSE & A Level. Questions, issues or feedback? Get in touch via email: secondarymfl@gmail.com. I hope you find my resources useful and please leave a review if you can!
A translation worksheet on the topic of Christmas. Six different translation exercises which recycle the same key language and introduce new linguistic items in a scaffolded way. The exercises are ramped in terms of difficulty and final activity is a plenary translation task into Spanish.
Answers included. Preview the quality of this resource with this free sample here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-mi-barrio-mi-ciudad-town-and-my-area-translation-worksheet-12398469
Consider purchasing a bundle of these resources for £3 here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-translation-worksheets-various-topics-12392700
A standalone worksheet on the topic of traditions of Christmas in Spain. This is a worksheet which looks at different traditions in Spain with different A Level task: vocabulary match up, gap fill, true or false statements, synonym hunt and translation into English.
Format: Word document and PDF with answers.
A standalone two-page worksheet to support a KS3 class to talk about what they do to celebrate Christmas. The exercises include vocabulary activities, reading comprehensions, a sentence builder and translation. They assume some prior knowledge of basic opinion phrases (‘me gusta’ ‘me encanta’).
Format: Word Document & PDF with answers
Christmas Translation Worksheet for GCSE. A festive Christmas-themed lesson which links to examination skills and practice.
A standalone translation worksheet for pupils to develop their understanding of vocabulary and grammar linked to Christmas and festivals. The worksheet is scaffolded and provides pupils with key vocabulary for talking and writing about how they celebrate Christmas as well as honing translation skills into French and English.
There are three pages of exercises: vocabulary match up, translation into English, gap-fill, finding errors in translation, mosaic translation and translation into French using all the previous activities for support.
Format: PDF and Word Document with answers.
A standalone resource on the topic of ‘la navidad’ with vocabulary, reading and translation activities. The resource introduces key vocabulary on this topic and includes some exercises with the immediate future too.
Format: Word and PDF document with answers.
A bundle of 9 worksheets on the topic of Food for French GCSE/KS3 which will support pupils to talk about the food they like and eat in the present, past & future tenses.
Resource 1: Introducing types of food and the partitive article
Resource 2: Food routine and adverbs of frequency
Resource 3: Food and the immediate future tense
Resource 4: Types of food & cuisine and preferences
Resource 5: Adjectives and describing food
Resource 6: Food and le passé composé
Resource 7: A scaffolded writing task and model answer on food (past, present and future)
Resource 8: A revision worksheet on all aspects of this topic.
Resource 9: 4 pages of writing activities on food and fast food and a longer GCSE writing question with a model answer.
Format: Word and PDF documents with answers.
Resources to use on the topic of school subjects, teachers and opinions for GCSE and advanced KS3. There are also two PowerPoints with ready to use sequenced lessons which accompany Resource 1 and Resource 3 below.
Resource 1: An introduction to key vocabulary and building simple justified opinions & a sentence builder. (PowerPoint 1 accompanies this resource).
Resource 2: An advanced writing mat with scaffolded exercises to build confidence with the core vocabulary and to practise giving justified opinions on this topic.
Resource 3: Quelle est ta matière préférée? What is your favourite subject worksheet & saying I am good/bad at. (PowerPoint 2 accompanies this resource).
Resource 4: a translation plenary activity, into English and French, to test understanding of this topic.
Resource 5: a reading comprehension task on subjects and teachers.
A 25 page GCSE French verb workbook with detailed revision notes on all key tenses, with conjugation practice & answers. This can be used in class, for homework, for revision or independent study.
The booklet covers:
regular present tense
reflexive verbs
modal verbs
key irregular verbs
‘faire’ expressions
irregular present tense verbs
immediate future tense,
pure future tense
conditional tense
conditional phrases
past tense verbs
past tense verbs with ‘être’
reflexive verbs in the past tense
irregular past past participles
the imperfect tense
the gerund
Format: word document and PDF with answers.
Two sets of standalone resource to introduce, or recap, clothes and colours to a KS3 group using opinion phrases such as ‘me gusta/me encanta/ prefiero llevar’ and the immediate future tense.
Resource 1: Introduces key vocabulary and contains lots of practice with vocabulary tasks, reading comprehensions, translation practice and a sentence builder.
Resource 2: Recaps items of clothing and types of weather and introduces ‘voy a llevar’ and conditional sentences with ‘si’. There is lots of reading, vocabulary and translation practice and sentence builder.
Format: Word and PDF document with answers.
A whole unit including Fifteen standalone resources for GCSE on the topic of my town/region and where I live. There are enough tasks and worksheets here for a full unit of work.
Resource 1: Describing what there is in my town (il y a/ negatives/ des installations en ville)
Resource 2: Describing my town (adjectives, opinions, a sentence builder & reading task)
Resource 3: What I am going to do in my town next weekend (a future tense review, a sentence builder, translation practice and a writing question).
Resource 4: A revision/ retrieval worksheet on the vocabulary and structures in Resources 1 & 2.
Resource 5: The imperfect tense - a worksheet comparing my town in the past with my town now.
Resource 6: Consolidation & wider practice on the imperfect tense on this topic.
Resource 7: More practice on talking about where I used to live - the imperfect tense translation & sentence builder
Resource 8: Improving my writing skills - a writing question with a model answer and complex structures translation
Resource 9: An exam style reading comprehension in French on ‘ma ville’ - coche la bonne case
Resource 10: A resource for comparing life in the town and countryside.
Resource 11: A GCSE writing question (4 bullet points) on my town with model answer gap-fill and complex structures to find.
Resource 12: A conditional tense sentence builder with translation practice. Si j’étais riche, je voudrais…
Resource 13: A revision sheet on Ma ville with a short writing task & support.
Resource 14: A reading comprehension on my town (Text with answers in French).
Resource 15: A knowledge organiser of key vocabulary on this topic.
Format: PDF and word documents with answers.
I have also made a Quizlet to review key vocabulary from these resources: https://quizlet.com/_8g1o5j?x=1qqt&i=2syx7b
5sets of resources to allow GCSE pupils to talk confidently about their family and relationships in French.
Resource 1: introduces key verbs to talk about family relationships, structures, reflexive verbs and recaps adverbs of time with translation activities.
Resource 2: recaps key verbs and practices conjugation of -ER verbs in present, past and future. There is then a GCSE style reading task and a final activity on reflexive verb formation.
Resource 3: a sentence builder to help pupils to describe members of their family.
Resource 4: a worksheet of practice exercises on family member descriptions.
Resource 5: a worksheet with three grammar gap fill activities which require pupils to write the correct form of a verb/adjective based on the context of the passage.
Answers included.
11 standalone resources comprising a whole unit on the topic of technology, music, TV and free time activities. These resources will support pupils to talk about what they use their phone/tablet for, music and TV preferences and what they did in their free time yesterday.
These are standalone resources which could also accompany Unit 2 (Todo sobre mi vida) in Viva.
Resource 1: ¿Qué haces con tu móvil?
Resource 2: Mi vida, mi móvil
Resource 3: ¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?
Resource 4: A mi amigo le gusta el rap
Resource 5: Worksheet revising technology & music preferences
Resource 6: Prefiero las comedias
Resource 7: Me gustan los realitys
Resource 8: TV programmes - opinions and comparisons
Resource 9: ¿Qué hiciste ayer? - past tense verb
Resource 10: Revision of this unit: technology, music & TV opinions, past tense
Resource 11: A translation speaking game to revise this topic
Format: Word document and PDF with answers.
Save** 91%** with this bundle of 17 translation worksheets on 17 different topics.
Each worksheet has six different translation exercises which recycle the same key language and introduce new linguistic items in a scaffolded way. The exercises are then ramped in terms of difficulty and final activity is a plenary translation task into Spanish.
To preview the quality, take a look at this free example worksheet here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-mi-barrio-mi-ciudad-town-and-my-area-translation-worksheet-12398469
Topics:
El medio ambiente
La pobreza y los sin techo
El transporte
Las tareas domésticas
Mi rutina cotidiana
Mi asignatura preferida
En mi infancia/ cuando era joven
El tiempo
Las vacaciones
Mi familia
Mis planes para el futuro
Mis próximas vacaciones
Mis vacaciones ideales
Mis últimas vacaciones
La Navidad
Mi barrio / mi ciudad
La tele
A 16 page GCSE Spanish verb workbook with detailed revision notes on all key tenses, with conjugation practice & answers. This can be used in class, for homework, for revision or independent study.
There is a free sample here to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-verb-revision-pack-free-sample-present-tense-regular-and-irregular-practice-with-answers-11913580
The grammar topics covered include:
Regular Present Tense Verbs,
Irregular Present Tense Verbs
The Gerund
Root-changing Verbs
Immediate Future Tense
The Pure Future Tense
The Conditional Tense
The Regular Preterite
The Irregular Preterite
The Imperfect Tense
Answers included.
Two standalone worksheets to support pupils to talk about holidays in the past tense.
Resource 1: Introduces key past tense verbs and recycles key language with a sentence builder, gap fill reading and translation practice. There is also a summary of how to form past tense verbs with avoir and a grammar gap fill task.
Resource 2: Review of key past tense verbs with a GCSE reading comprehension task (a note taking question with a vocabulary search).
Format: Word document and PDF with answers.
A four page revision booklet of key complex phrases & structures that pupils should include in their speaking & writing to achieve Grade 9.
This is a definitive list of complex and higher structures that I encourage my pupils to use in their work. The phrases are split into 22 sub-groups across four A4 pages, each with some translation practice too, so as pupils can see how easy it is to manipulate these themselves in a variety of topics. Suggested answers are included and the document can be downloaded in .doc and .pdf.
**The structures are grouped in 22 mini-sections: **
Shiny phrases + infinitives
Opinion phrases
Structures of obligation
Conditional sentences
Imperfect constructions
Before/ after
Past tense phrases
Key past tense verbs
Pasar + gerund
Future tense constructions
Conditional constructions
Past conditional constructions
Subjunctive constructions
Acabo de + infinitive
Soñar con + infintive
Desde hace + present tense
Lo (adjective) es que constructions
Introducing someone else’s opinion
Interesting adjectives
Conjunctions
Adverbs
Opinions
A similar resource is available here in French too: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-gcse-complex-and-idiomatic-phrases-full-revision-list-with-translation-practice-12173311
Eight standalone resources on the topic of past holidays. These resources will support pupils to talk about where they went on their holiday, who they went with, how they got their, simple activities and opinions.
Resource 1: Worksheet to introduce ‘fui’ with countries, people and transport and fue with opinion adjectives.
Resource 2: This worksheet reviews the language in worksheet 1 and introduces holiday activities.
Resource 3: A translation recall game reviewing all the language above.
Resource 4: A worksheet to learn and practise the -AR verb endings in the preterite tense.
Resource 5: A worksheet to introduce -IR verbs in the past: vi, conocí, salí, comí, bebí etc.
Resource 6: A scaffolded writing task with model answers, based on resources 1-5
Resource 7: ¿Cómo te fue? Ir and Ser in the past tense and opinions.
Resource 8: A reading comprehension with questions in English on a text which recycles all the language in the previous resources.
Format: Word document and PDF with answers.
A set of sentence builders in a PowerPoint on a range of topics: school, home, hobbies, health, media, family, holidays & more. Lots more GCSE French resources available here in a discounted bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-french-writing-and-translation-support-and-revision-12-resource-packs-11872756
A revision resource for KS3 to recap days of the week, months of the year, numbers 1-31 and how express the date, your age and your birthday.
A resource to keep the pupils working actively and to revise these basic concepts.
Also available in Spanish here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-ks3-days-of-the-week-months-numbers-age-and-birthday-repaso-resource-11728862