Suitable for beginners in French, a set of questions to elicit personal information. This is the second set, which build on the first set I have also published. A slightly different format, there are 2 versions on this sheet: the French questions with the English translations shown and a second page with the English jumbled for a matching activity.

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

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 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 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.

A photo-copiable sheet of 32 dominoes to practise French numbers up to 40. Cut up along the lines shown to create a set which works well in a small group.

A "cluedo" style task, could be used as a starter: one pupil chooses a person, a house and a detail from the list and the others (whole class/small group) must say different combinations of the vocab until they work out which one was chosen. Make it more complicated with a system to say if any of the guesses have any correct elements ("un/deux points") or give no clues, which just makes everyone get more practise at the phrases!

French worksheet which builds up in stages, ready to construct the near future tense: write the English for some time markers, some infinitives and finally some phrases which could complete sentences. You would then practise using the aller paradigm to put it all together.

A set of 8 sentences in French about "where I live", for pupils to translate into English. Opinions and perfect tense included. Could be a homework task or revision activity. Make into a pair work game or team competition with numbers 1-8 on the board for pupils to choose as a lottery, set a timer and challenge pupils to translate as much of a sentence as they can in a limited amount of time.

A French activity to practise using imperfect and perfect tense in the same sentence (I was ... when ...). There are 3 examples in French and English, then a set of phrases in each tense with visuals to match. Pupils can create their own sentences, some more likely to be true than others. Could be used as whole class or small group speaking work, leads into written work.

A simple French crossword, suitable for a quick starter task, for pupils to practice vocab about physical descriptions. Clues consist of short French sentences with missing words and the missing word in English. Easy to photocopy with 3 on a page of A4. Answers provided on the second sheet.

A list of 16 French TV programmes and film genres with the English vocab in a jumbled list alongside. Use as a worksheet for a vocab test or revision task, or put on your screen for a lesson starter: one pupil gives a matching pair, another pupil says if it's correct or not. Could be extended by asking pupils to give opinions of each thing.

A long list of vocab to match French and English on the topic of accommodation. Useful prep for role plays in particular.

French list of vocab to match to the English, which is provided. All parts of sentences to do with healthy living, present tense. Would make a good starter, pair work or revision task. Could also lead on to pupils building their own sentences from the vocab provided.

A task for pupils to sort a long list of short French weather sentences into present or past tense. The past tense sentences are all imperfect tense. Each weather is in both tenses and listed together in a pair - you could make this harder by separating the pairs of weathers and jumbling them up more. A good introduction to the imperfect tense for weather, as pupils see the repetition of il faisait and il y avait.

A crossword puzzle using French vocab on the theme of Christmas. Saved in excel, answers included.

A quick activity where pupils have to choose the correct words to complete the gaps in the two short texts. The first text is missing its past participles or imperfect tense, the second is missing a variety of words. Each text has the missing words listed beneath it. Could be extended by asking pupils to create their own text, then removing words for a partner to work out how to fill the gaps.

This wordsearch has a set of food and drink vocab written in English; pupils find the German translations hidden in the wordsearch grid. There are 25 words to search for. This is an Excel spreadsheet, set up so you can print two copies per A4 sheet. Answers are provided on sheet 2.