A long list (41!) of short sentences in English for pupils to translate into French. Equally you could switch the instructions and ask pupils to translate the other way. Sentences are mostly transactional speech, the kinds of phrases needed in a role play. Answers are provided but jumbled up - this could also be used as a reading matching task, or as speaking/listening pairwork.

A French text with detailed descriptions of meals, almost all in the present tense. Reading comprehension task and 'find the French for...' task beneath. Fits on a sheet of A4. Varied sentence structure and many different foods and drinks included.

This French worksheet has grammar notes on the formation of regular -er verbs, then has a task to correctly conjugate regular -er verbs which are in sentences on the topic of school.

A list of phrases containing French sports: pupils must complete the spellings of the sports correctly. Easy to photocopy 4 lists on a page of A4.

Bright and colourful set of posters showing a French word for each letter of the alphabet.

A grid suggesting a sentence structure to describe the weather in French in the different seasons, in your part of the country. This version encourages pupils to include adverbs of frequency and connectives to extend their sentences. Could use as a true/false activity, or I went to market -style task.

A colourful grid to complete on your board with the French masculine colours provided; pupils must add the feminine spellings and English. Accompanied by 2 differentiated grids for pupils to complete independently.

French worksheet suitable as homework task: match the vocab for the countries and nationalities and add the English vocab.

A photo-copiable set of 32 dominoes with French and English vocab to match up, including numbers, greetings and classroom items. Cut up along the lines as shown to make a set which works well in small groups.

A set of short sentences in French about the school day, using regular -er verbs. All spaces and punctuation have been removed, so pupils have to re-write the sentences accurately. You could then ask pupils to extend the sentences, e.g. with times, opinions or other details.

French worksheet with short and simple texts about presents (birthday/Christmas etc). Each short text is followed by a few reading comprehension questions.

A 2-sided worksheet which introduces French reflexive verbs in the present tense with grammar notes and task, then a reading comprehension and writing task.

A worksheet with several tasks to practise the present tense of faire, aller, lire and sortir. Starting with a task to complete the English for the conjugations, then a sentence gapfill exercise and finally a more open-ended writing task.

A set of 10 pairwork cards with role plays to practise giving personal information and using perfect tense. One partner can see English prompts only (the 'test' side); the other can see the French script to complete the dialogue, including some unprepared questions.

A set of 10 different pairwork cards for role plays about arranging to go out. One partner's card has prompts in English (the 'test' side); the other partner has the French script to complete the role play, including an unprepared question.

A quick task to put the words for the weather in French into the correct order to form short sentences, including some adverbs of frequency. Makes a good starter. Easy to photocopy: 10 sets fit on one page of A4.

A set of sentences in present tense for pupils to sort into school day or weekend. Each daily routine sentence is written with a time it would happen on a school day, and again with a time it could happen on a weekend. Sentences are listed together in pairs, but you could make it harder by jumbling them, or printing out and chopping up. Pupils could write their own sentences about a school day or the weekend, using these as prompts.

There are 4 pages with this resource: page 1 is a set of sentences in the perfect tense which are used throughout the resource. You could use them as a matching activity (you say the English, pupils find the French) or a translation task. Page 2 is a gap-fill with the past participles missing: the sentences run in order from morning to bedtime, pupils choose the correct past participle from the box beneath. Page 3 has the answers to the gap-fill, but can also be used as an ordering task (chop up or shuffle first!). Page 4 has guidance for pupils to prepare their own sentences about their daily routine in the past tense.

A set of sentences in present tense, saying what time I do daily routine activities. Pupils read the sentences and sort into the correct order by their times. First page has more sentences, second page is easier with fewer sentences. Easy to photocopy, with 2 sets of sentences on each page.

A detailed but fairly straightforward text in French about Christmas Day, all in present tense. Use it for a reading comprehension, get pupils to ask each other questions about it to check each other's understanding. Could use for reading aloud, or adapt to create own description of the day.