A set of exercises with a model answer and general tips on scoring a high mark in the CIE IGCSE writing question 3.

Activities to practise vocab for describing hair and eyes - oral translation, then memory task, speaking, grammar practice of ser and tener and unjumbling sentences.

A quick true or false quiz on healthy eating - can be done as a listening or a reading to consolidate the vocab on this topic.

Thanks to Christopher Pye for the awesome excel spreadsheet used to make this. Oral ping pong translation on the topic of holidays to consolidate all vocab and practise speaking.

A task to practise describing why you like or dislike certain foods using expressions pupils have learned in class.

A quick activity to practise recognising the gender of different nouns using the ending of the word. The table summarises some of the main rules and has a selection of food items at the bottom - pupils look at each word and sort it into the correct column.

A powerpoint of oral activities to do with a worksheet to follow it. Answers included.

A very simple, low-prep listening task for French - once pupils are quite familiar with the vocab on prepositions, rooms in the house and items of furniture, you can do this fun sorting task. You can either prepare a list of vocab in advance or just do it off the cuff as I do - read out a short list of vocab items that fit into one of the categories, and pupils write the number in the correct column. eg. if you say ‘Numero 1, la buanderie’ pupils write ‘1’ under ‘places in the house’ etc. you could then do a recall task after marking it where pupils have to make a list of the words in French that were mentioned in each category!

A short worksheet with a reading and listening exercise to practise distinguishing between the present and perfect - good to do once students have just learned the perfect tense, to go back to the present and consolidate the differences between them

Some short & snappy vocab activities for students to complete orally on the topic of transport in town.

Consolidation work to practise vocab on descriptions of people - simply read each sentence slowly and pupils have to translate into English on blank sheet or mini whiteboards, can be done in pairs as quiz. Alternatively, you could read the sentences and pupils write them in Spanish, dictation-style to practise recognising vocab and spelling correctly. Answers included.

This is a template for a multiple-choice lesson activity (could be used as a starter or plenary, or a short recap exercise). I have included examples of how I have used it in the past with Spanish, in a gap-fill style to consolidate vocab previously learned. You could keep the gap-fill aspect or get rid of it and just put questions.

A short speaking activity to practise the vocab for saying which school subjects you like/dislike and why. Students have to unjumble the sentences orally in pairs. Uses a variety of different opinion phrases and adjectives.

A lesson of various activities based on a French cover of ‘sorry’ by Justin Bieber. Activities include vocab-matching (high frequency verbs in the infinitive), listening and filling in the blanks, vocab-finding, and translation both into L1 and L2 with a focus on certain aspects of grammar. Answers included. If you prefer an easier version, here is a KS3 lesson I made on the same song: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/d-sol-e-sorry-justin-bieber-french-version-ks3-lesson-12284272

A listening gap-fill exercise using the song ‘je me tire’ followed by several mini grammar exercises - short grammar tasks based on some of the grammatical aspects of the transcript.

A good end-of-topic exercise to practise writing about the topic of food and drink, with a follow-up checklist of things to focus on to upgrade your answers.

A selection of activities focusing on the rules for adjective agreement on the topic of food and drink. Activities include a video to watch, table to fill in, gap-fill and translation.

A table to help students practise writing on the topic of money for the Q2 on the CIE IGCSE writing paper.

A short worksheet matching up personal qualities with definitions to build vocab.

This is a document for students to keep for reference when studying the film Julieta by Almodovar. It can be used in conjunction with these questions https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/julieta-almod-var-scenes-analysis-questions-for-students-12169297