A ‘disappearing text’ oral and memory task to practise using direct object pronouns to describe people and say how long you have known them - this activity helps to reinforce word order. Topic of family / friends / les relations familiales / les descriptions.

A parallel text gap-fill in French to learn the vocab for different members of the family / Décrire la famille / les membres de la famille. Answers included.

A brief set of activities for saying how long you have been playing a sport using present tense with depuis

This is a revision mat of ‘complex structures’ for GCSE French writing, but all on non-verb grammar topics. I have also made a double-sided verbs one available at this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12498822

This is a double-sided mat of ‘complex structures’ for GCSE French writing. This is only verb-related structures. A non-verb related one is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12501391

Two worksheets on the topics of ‘Est-ce que tu reçois de l’argent de poche’ and ‘Qu’est-ce que tu fais de ton argent’. Exercises include reading, listening match-up, oral mosaic translation into French, listening gap-fill, vocab-finding and oral conversation.

A 5-page worksheet / activity sequence on the topic of Les tâches ménagères: matching exercise to introduce new vocab listening and reading tasks translations to practise key complex structures provided brief tense exercise sentence builder and writing task about giving opinions on household chores / why young people should help at home Could be used for 1-2 lessons depending on how much it is exploited.

Short activity that can be used as a starter before introducing how to describe someone in the imperfect tense (for teaching these imperfect words as vocab rather than grammar - early stages)

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.

Worksheet to practise Spanish verbs in preterite and imperfect using the Toy Story song Cambios extraños ‘strange things’ - if pupils have already had plenty of receptive practice with these tenses, you could do this as a conjugation practice exercise - pupils complete the conjugations and then listen to the song and check their answers. Or, you could use this during the receptive processing stage of practice - by this point, they are familiar with the endings and this provides an opportunity to practise them through listening, they listen, and using their knowledge of endings and phonics, write what they hear. You could also ask them a few comprehension questions on the song or get them to find specific vocab or phrases, based on their level. Song available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmLInAm_u_k

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

A visual handout to demonstrate time phrases used in French - a good scaffold for help in translations.

An aural sentence puzzle to introduce the topic of direct object pronouns. This activity allows you to introduce this grammar point through listening and reinforces the differences between French and English word order. Fits well into the topic of family members or friends. les descriptions / la famille / les descriptions

A worksheet for a lesson on the different vowel sounds in French (including the nasal vowels) - exercises practising pronunciation, then a minimal pairs listening task (transcript and answers included), followed by a gap-fill for the song dernière danse by Indila focusing on the vowel sounds only.

These ‘verb helpers’ can be printed double-sided and laminated to keep on students’ desks as extra support to refer to independently when they complete writing or speaking tasks. Tenses included are present, perfect, imperfect and simple future.

A paired translation activity to practise adjective agreement rules in French in the context of personality. The game and answers are included along with a set of instructions on how it could be played as a translation race / an oral one pen one dice game / or a trapdoor game. Suitable for KS3 French after introducing adjective agreement rules, or for KS4 French as revision.

A worksheet introducing basic comparisons in French within the context of places / your area / where you live. Includes meilleur, pire, plus, moins, aussi. Answers included. Suitable for KS3 to introduce or KS4 for a recap.

A ‘song challenge’ worksheet on the topic of school - put on a French song in the background and students have the duration of the song to fill out the vocab table. This is designed as a recall activity, revising all vocab previously covered.

A quiz in French on the Geography of France based on a fun video (in English) from the ‘Geography Now’ YouTube channel - the quiz is cut into two parts and is aimed at KS4/KS5. Answers included. Good for a cultural lesson. Link to video is in the word doc.

A lesson with differentiated activities to accompany the French version of the Justin Bieber song ‘sorry’, covered by ‘Sara’h’, a French YouTuber. Activities include multiple-choice listening, gap-fills, rearranging the sentences in the correct order, translation / vocab-finding and matching. If you’re looking for something a bit more challenging, here is a KS4 lesson based on the same song https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/d-sol-e-justin-bieber-french-version-ks4-lesson-12284463