Role-Play Practice Theme 1- GCSE French

In this digital product: You will find resources to practise the Role-Play (Part 1) of the GCSE (2026) Speaking Examination (AQA). The topics covered are the 3 topics from Theme 1: People and Lifestyle.

Topic 1: Identity and Relationships with others
Topic 2: Healthy living and Lifestyle
Topic 3: Education and Work

There are 3 practices for each Topic:

Practice 1: Prepare the Role-Play. Fill in the gaps to complete the candidate’s script. (This is an intermediate practice to help students build up their Role-Play skills).

Practice 2: Prepare the Role-Play by responding to the 5 tasks. Students need to give one detail per task and can use the present tense throughout.

Practice 3: Prepare the Role-Play by responding to the 5 tasks. Students need to give two details for 3 of the tasks and may have to use a range of tenses.

You can use this resource in the classroom:

• Student’s booklet (with Candidate’s roles)
• Teacher’s booklet (with Candidate’s roles, Teacher’s role and model role-plays)
• PPT presentation (including an easier mark scheme for self/ peer assessment in the classroom)
• Audio files (embedded to the PPT and also available as individual files)

Or for independent use:
Student’s booklet, including QR codes for access to audio files and answer booklet.

Note that:

• Practice 2 and Practice 3 follow the AQA Speaking Paper closely: number of details and tenses required, phrasing of the questions.
• Practice 2 corresponds to the Foundation Role-Play.
• Practice 3 corresponds to the Higher Role-Play. (but can still be useful to Foundation students to review the topics content)

The first 5 files are a preview of what is included in the .zip folder: Role-Play-Theme1.zip. After downloading, save the .zip file in your computer (in “documents” for example), then right-click and select “extract all” to access all the resources.

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