My name is Christopher Palmer and I am a languages practitioner. I am now in my sixteenth year of teacher and I have a wealth of experience of liaising with the standard EdExcel GCSE French, Cambridge International GCSE French, EdExcel A-Level French, beginner's Mandarin courses and I am starting to become acquainted with IB French. I have published a vast array of resources which span Key Stage 2-5.
My name is Christopher Palmer and I am a languages practitioner. I am now in my sixteenth year of teacher and I have a wealth of experience of liaising with the standard EdExcel GCSE French, Cambridge International GCSE French, EdExcel A-Level French, beginner's Mandarin courses and I am starting to become acquainted with IB French. I have published a vast array of resources which span Key Stage 2-5.
Welcome to Part 1 of the subjunctive.
As you know, mastering the subjunctive is tricky business and it is more geared towards A-Level French. This activity basically describes one function of the subjunctive in a nutshell and it contains step by step methods as to how to form it.
Part 1 solely focuses on how to form regular ‘-er’ verbs in the subjunctive mood alongside expressions of outbursts of emotion.
Accompanied with this resource, is a unique workbook, in which the expressions using bursts of emotion are incorporated in the form of a cartoon story where the students search for the expressions used. Before reading the story, I would recommend teaching the vocabulary in the powerpoint and get students to write out sample sentences. There are also subsequent activities, very similar to the ones in the powerpoint.
Parts 2-12 of the subjunctive are also available on my online shop, however I still have yet to modify the resources for parts 5-12 and install the workbooks for these parts. The powerpoint lesson in these parts are only available at the moment.
I have also created a quiz on Kahoot. Feel free to try out the quiz. Here is the link:
https://create.kahoot.it/details/7af4eb1c-5fde-4fe8-b39e-c7a1db01c7a7
Happy teaching and learning!
The subjunctive can be briefly introduced at IGCSE French level as students can be encouraged to implement more complex grammar structures in their writing in order to boost their marks further and is widely used as A-Level. Because the subjunctive can be used in so many different contexts and situations, I have devised its concept into various installments. This bundle includes the whole set consisting of the twelve installments of the subjunctive which are as follows:
Part 1: Regular ‘-er’ verbs and expressions of emotion
Part 2: Regular ‘-ir’ verbs and expressions of obligation and desire
Part 3: Regular ‘-re’ verbs and certain conjunctions
Part 4: Irregular primary verbs ‘aller’, ‘etre’, ‘avoir’ and ‘aller’ with hypothetical expressions
Part 5: Irregular ‘-re’ verbs and possibility and necessity
Part 6: Irregular ‘-ir’ verbs - fear, anxiety and forbidding
Part 7: Connaitre and savoir with superlatives and extremity
Part 8: More irregular ‘-ir’ verbs and other conjunctions
Part 9: Reflexive and impersonal verbs + hypothetical state
Part 10: The past subjunctive using ‘avoir’ verbs + miscellaneous expressions which require either the subjunctive or the indicative
Part 11: The past subjunctive using ‘etre’ verbs + inverted questions such as ‘pensez-vous que …’, ‘crois-tu que …’
Part 12: The past subjunctive using reflexive verbs + a revision of all expressions which either require the subjunctive or the indicative.
Happy teaching and learning!
The subjunctive can be briefly introduced at IGCSE French level as students can be encouraged to implement more complex grammar structures in their writing in order to boost their marks further and is widely used as A-Level. Because the subjunctive can be used in so many different contexts and situations, I have devised its concept into various installments. This bundle includes the first four installments of the subjunctive which are as follows:
Part 1: Regular ‘-er’ verbs and expressions of emotion
Part 2: Regular ‘-ir’ verbs and expressions of obligation and desire
Part 3: Regular ‘-re’ verbs and certain conjunctions
Part 4: Irregular primary verbs ‘aller’, ‘etre’, ‘avoir’ and ‘aller’ with hypothetical expressions
The subjunctive can be briefly introduced at IGCSE French level as students can be encouraged to implement more complex grammar structures in their writing in order to boost their marks further and is widely used as A-Level. Because the subjunctive can be used in so many different contexts and situations, I have devised its concept into various installments. This bundle includes the first eight installments of the subjunctive which are as follows:
Part 1: Regular ‘-er’ verbs and expressions of emotion
Part 2: Regular ‘-ir’ verbs and expressions of obligation and desire
Part 3: Regular ‘-re’ verbs and certain conjunctions
Part 4: Irregular primary verbs ‘aller’, ‘etre’, ‘avoir’ and ‘aller’ with hypothetical expressions
Part 5: Irregular ‘-re’ verbs and possibility and necessity
Part 6: Irregular ‘-ir’ verbs - fear, anxiety and forbidding
Part 7: Connaitre and savoir with superlatives and extremity
Part 8: More irregular ‘-ir’ verbs and other conjunctions
Welcome to the ninth installment!
This installment explores the weather associated with Sepember in France and it looks at some sport and introduces four different countries with the capitals and their prepositions.
The contained vocabulary is as follows:
Weather
Quel temps fait-il?
C’est quel mois? / Quel mois nous sommes?
C’est août
C’est quelle saison? / Quelle saison nous sommes?
C’est l’automne
En automne
Il fait moins chaud
Il est nuageux
Il y a des nuages
Il fait des éclaircies
Telling the temperature
Il fait combien de degrés?
Il fait quinze degrés
Il fait dix degrés
Cities
à Amsterdam
à Génève
à Manille
à Papette
Countries
Feminine
la Polynésie française / à la Polynésie française
la Suisse / en Suisse
Plural countries
les Pays-Bas / aux Pays-Bas
les Philippines / aux Philippines
Landscapes
Le canyon
Sport and activities
Faire des randonnées
Jouer au baseball
Jouer au billard
Jouer aux quilles
Jouer au volley
Other vocabulary
Une flaque d’eau
La rentrée
Verbs followed by a preposition before an infinitive
S’amuser
Venir de faire
The verb ‘s’amuser’ in the perfect tense (a sample reflexive verb in the perfect tense
The powerpoint contains a story with questions in French with follow-up reinforcement activities and a translation quiz.
There is also an accompanying workbook which also contains the story with various different activities in the workbook.
This powerpoint contains the following materials:
Powerpoint
Accompanying workbook
Vocabulary handout with various sports, activities and countries
The verb 's’amuser’ in the perfect tense
Wordsearch on the countries and capitals with the prepositions
Battleships game worksheet in order to reinforce learning
Transcription of the listening activities
Audio file of the listening comprehension
A bingo sheet to review the vocabulary
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the twelfth installment and the final installment!
If you are looking to introduce Christmas cultural elements at IGCSE French level in your lesson, look no further!!
This installment explores the weather associated with December in France and it looks at some sport and introduces four different countries with the capitals and their prepositions.
The contained vocabulary is as follows:
Weather
Quel temps fait-il?
C’est quel mois? / Quel mois nous sommes?
C’est août
C’est quelle saison? / Quelle saison nous sommes?
C’est l’hiver
En hiver
Il gèle
Il est glacial / Il y a de la glace
Il y a une tempête de neige
Il tombe de la neige fondue (There is sleet)
Telling the temperature
Il fait combien de degrés?
Il fait moins dix degrés
Il fait moins quinze degrés
Cities
à Luxembourg / à Luxembourg-Ville
à Reykjavik
à Taipei
Countries
Feminine
l’Islande / en Islande
Masculine
Le Luxembourg / au Luxembourg
l’Antarctique / en Antarctique
Other
Taïwan
Landscapes
Le lagon bleu
Sport and activities
Faire des sports d’hiver
Other vocabulary
Un manchot
Un ascenseur
Le rez-de-chaussée
Un gérant d’hôtel
Un marché de Noël
Un renne
Le père Noël
Blotti(s) au chaud
La grotte de père Noël
Verbs followed by a preposition before an infinitive
Oublier de faire
Refuser de faire
Se plaindre
The verb ‘pouvoir’ in the conditional tense and reflexive verbs in the imperative form in all three forms (i.e. tu, nous and vous)
The powerpoint contains a story with questions in French with follow-up reinforcement activities and a translation quiz.
There is also an accompanying workbook which also contains the story with various different activities in the workbook.
This powerpoint contains the following materials:
Powerpoint
Accompanying workbook
Vocabulary handout with various sports, activities and countries
The verb 's’amuser’ in the perfect tense
Wordsearch on the countries and capitals with the prepositions
Battleships game worksheet in order to reinforce learning
Transcription of the listening activities
Audio file of the listening comprehension
A bingo sheet to review the vocabulary
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello everyone and welcome to the very first installment of the series.
This series explores individual months of the year at Key Stage 2 (or KS3 level if desired).
In this series, the month of January is explored, alongside dates in January and typical events which occur in France during that month.
Enclosed in this resource is a powerpoint with the story and a quiz and a workbook.
The accompanied workbook is outlined as follows:
Pages 2-3 - The same story in the powerpoint which the children can follow
Pages 4-5 - The children can colour in the pages with any colour they wish
Page 6 - The children answer the questions on the story and explain why the answers are false in English
Page 7 - The children copy and write the word ‘janvier’
Page 8 - Reading comprehension on the month January 2025
Pages 9-10 - The children answer the questions based on the calendar and explain why the answers are false in English
Page 11 - Wordserach on the vocabulary associated with January in France
Page 12 - Crossword where the children write in the dates in French according to the clues, i.e. 01/01 - le premier janvier
Page 16 - The children colour in, cut out and stick the labels on the appropriate dates on the calendar on pages 13 and 14
Page 18 - The children cut out and colour in the greetings card
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello everyone and welcome to the third installment of the series.
This series explores individual months of the year at Key Stage 2 level (or KS3 if desired).
In this series, the month of March is explored, alongside dates in March and typical events which occur in France during that month.
Enclosed in this resource is a powerpoint with the story and a quiz and a workbook.
The accompanied workbook is outlined as follows:
Pages 2-3 - The same story in the powerpoint which the children can follow
Pages 4-5 - The children can colour in the pages with any colour they wish
Page 6 - The children answer the questions on the story and explain why the answers are false in English
Page 7 - The children copy and write the word ‘mars’
Page 8 - Reading comprehension on the month March 2025
Pages 9-10 - The children answer the questions based on the calendar and explain why the answers are false in English
Page 11 - Wordsearch on the vocabulary associated with March in France
Page 12 - Crossword where the children write in the dates in French according to the clues, i.e. 03/01 - le premier mars
Page 16 - The children colour in, cut out and stick the labels on the appropriate dates on the calendar on pages 13 and 14
Page 18 - The children cut out and colour in the greetings card
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello everyone and welcome to the second installment of the series.
This series explores individual months of the year at Key Stage 2 (or KS3 if desired).
In this series, the month of February is explored, alongside dates in February and typical events which occur in France during that month.
Enclosed in this resource is a powerpoint with the story and a quiz and a workbook.
The accompanied workbook is outlined as follows:
Pages 2-3 - The same story in the powerpoint which the children can follow
Pages 4-5 - The children can colour in the pages with any colour they wish
Page 6 - The children answer the questions on the story and explain why the answers are false in English
Page 7 - The children copy and write the word ‘février’
Page 8 - Reading comprehension on the month February 2025
Pages 9-10 - The children answer the questions based on the calendar and explain why the answers are false in English
Page 11 - Wordsearch on the vocabulary associated with February in France
Page 12 - Crossword where the children write in the dates in French according to the clues, i.e. 02/01 - le premier février
Page 16 - The children colour in, cut out and stick the labels on the appropriate dates on the calendar on pages 13 and 14
Page 18 - The children cut out and colour in the greetings card
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello everyone and welcome to the fourth installment of the series.
This series explores individual months of the year at Key Stage 2 level (or KS3 if desired).
In this series, the month of April is explored, alongside dates in April and typical events which occur in France during that month.
Enclosed in this resource is a powerpoint with the story and a quiz and a workbook.
The accompanied workbook is outlined as follows:
Pages 2-3 - The same story in the powerpoint which the children can follow
Pages 4-5 - The children can colour in the pages with any colour they wish
Page 6 - The children answer the questions on the story and explain why the answers are false in English
Page 7 - The children copy and write the word ‘avril’
Page 8 - Reading comprehension on the month April 2025
Pages 9-10 - The children answer the questions based on the calendar and explain why the answers are false in English
Page 11 - Wordsearch on the vocabulary associated with April in France
Page 12 - Crossword where the children write in the dates in French according to the clues, i.e. 04/01 - le premier avril
Page 16 - The children colour in, cut out and stick the labels on the appropriate dates on the calendar on pages 13 and 14
Page 18 - The children cut out and colour in the greetings card
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello everyone and welcome to the fifth installment of the series.
This series explores individual months of the year at Key Stage 2 level (or KS3 if desired).
In this series, the month of May is explored, alongside dates in May and typical events which occur in France during that month.
Enclosed in this resource is a powerpoint with the story and a quiz and a workbook.
The accompanied workbook is outlined as follows:
Pages 2-3 - The same story in the powerpoint which the children can follow
Pages 4-5 - The children can colour in the pages with any colour they wish
Page 6 - The children answer the questions on the story and explain why the answers are false in English
Page 7 - The children copy and write the word ‘mai’
Page 8 - Reading comprehension on the month May 2025
Pages 9-10 - The children answer the questions based on the calendar and explain why the answers are false in English
Page 11 - Wordsearch on the vocabulary associated with May in France
Page 12 - Crossword where the children write in the dates in French according to the clues, i.e. 05/01 - le premier mai
Page 16 - The children colour in, cut out and stick the labels on the appropriate dates on the calendar on pages 13 and 14
Page 18 - The children cut out and colour in the greetings card
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello everyone and welcome to the sixth installment of the series.
This series explores individual months of the year at Key Stage 2 level (or KS3 if desired).
In this series, the month of June is explored, alongside dates in June and typical events which occur in France during that month.
Enclosed in this resource is a powerpoint with the story and a quiz and a workbook.
The accompanied workbook is outlined as follows:
Pages 2-3 - The same story in the powerpoint which the children can follow
Pages 4-5 - The children can colour in the pages with any colour they wish
Page 6 - The children answer the questions on the story and explain why the answers are false in English
Page 7 - The children copy and write the word ‘juin’
Page 8 - Reading comprehension on the month June 2025
Pages 9-10 - The children answer the questions based on the calendar and explain why the answers are false in English
Page 11 - Wordsearch on the vocabulary associated with June in France
Page 12 - Crossword where the children write in the dates in French according to the clues, i.e. 06/01 - le premier juin
Page 16 - The children colour in, cut out and stick the labels on the appropriate dates on the calendar on pages 13 and 14
Page 18 - The children cut out and colour in the greetings card
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello,
This is a very colourful classroom display depicting the numbers from 1-105, which would be useful to put up in your classroom as 2024 is drawing to an end and as we welcome 2025!!
Each page expresses the year each person was born and their age in French, taking 2025 to be the current year. Alongside these details, translation of the numbers into English and Chinese are also featured.
Depending on the size of your classroom, but you can print out the pages in A4 size and put them up along the breadth of the classroom.
Just to reiterate, this resource is 2025 themed.
Happy teaching and learning!