GCSE FRENCH: French Imperfect Tense - Quel Dommage Game

When you are teaching or reviewing the French IMPERFECT - IMPARFAIT tense your students will have a great time practicing with this hands on game: QUEL DOMMAGE!! This is a review game in which students play by filling in the blanks with the correct form of the indicated verb in the imperfect tense. Most sentences on the cards include imperfect clue words like: d'habitude, souvent, toujours, etc. There is an answer key that students can use to check their work. Perfect supplement for core French, French immersion and homeschool curriculums.

Using the imperfect tense is essential to forming a strong base knowledge of French, yet it can be difficult to master without lots and lots of practice and review. You can pull this game out time and time again over the course of the years as a no-prep activity. Detailed instructions on how to play are included so that even subs can have your students play this fun game when you need to be away.

How to play QUEL DOMMAGE:

All you have to do is print the game cards on heavy paper or card stock and cut them out. If you laminate them you'll have a no prep activity ready to go for years to come! Put all of the game pieces in a box and divide your students into small teams. Give each team gets a box of questions and a copy of the answer key.

Students fill in the blanks with the correct conjugation of the indicated verb in the imperfect tense and say the sentence correctly. When they are correct (their opponents or team members can verify responses on the provided answer key), they get to keep their game card. However, when they draw a QUEL DOMMAGE card they have to put all of their game cards back in the box. The student with the most game cards at the end is the winner.

Included:

5 QUEL DOMMAGE cards - You don’t have to include them all in the game if you feel there are too many.

30 numbered game cards - Black and white and color versions provided.

Numbered answer key

How to play

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