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I have over 25 years language teaching experience in UK secondary schools and 12 years as a Curriculum Leader. I was also a GCSE examiner for many years. I love languages and have enjoyed creating these resources. I am working on lots of resources for the GCSE new specifications.

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I have over 25 years language teaching experience in UK secondary schools and 12 years as a Curriculum Leader. I was also a GCSE examiner for many years. I love languages and have enjoyed creating these resources. I am working on lots of resources for the GCSE new specifications.
The Imperative in French - A Complete Guide.
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The Imperative in French - A Complete Guide.

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This PowerPoint introduces pupils to the imperative in a step-by-step format. The slides contain grammar notes that pupils can note in their exercise books and use as a reference for all future work using the imperative. The regular forms of the imperative, irregular forms, negatives and reflexive verbs are all introduced. There is also a lengthy worksheet, which accompanies the PowerPoint. This is a tried and tested method to ensure comprehension and check the ability to confidently form the imperative, through a wide range of exercises.
Adverbs in French - A Complete Guide.
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Adverbs in French - A Complete Guide.

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This PowerPoint introduces pupils to adverbs; what they are, how to recognize them, and how to form them. The slides contain grammar notes that pupils can note in their exercise books and use as a reference for all future work using adverbs. The ways to form regular adverbs are demonstrated and also irregular forms are introduced. There is also a worksheet, which accompanies the PowerPoint. This is a tried and tested method to ensure comprehension and check the ability to confidently recognise and form adverbs.
Clothes in French and Colour Adjectives - A Complete Guide.
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Clothes in French and Colour Adjectives - A Complete Guide.

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Easily adaptable for home learning. This PowerPoint introduces pupils to a total of 36 items of clothing. The clothes are introduced in 3 sets of 12 items of clothing. In each set there is plenty of practice of each item. Pupils are able to practice answers to question about what they wear and what other people wear/ are wearing (present tense only). There are various activities for them to complete and a lengthy worksheet that accompanies the PowerPoint. Also enclosed in the pack is a word search document. After practicing all of the clothes, the PowerPoint revises colours and goes on to explain adjectival colour agreements with lots of examples. There is a table that pupils can copy or it can be printed, as a reference for all future work with colour adjectival agreements. There is then a range of exercises for pupils to practice talking about clothes and colours. This is a tried and tested method to ensure and check the comprehension throughout.
Reflexive Verbs in the Perfect Tense/ Passé Composé - A Complete Guide.
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Reflexive Verbs in the Perfect Tense/ Passé Composé - A Complete Guide.

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This resource introduces students to reflexives verbs in the past perfect tense and gives a step-by-step method of how to form the perfect tense of reflexive verbs. The slides contain grammar notes that students can note in their exercise books and use as a reference for all future work using these verbs. There are a wide range of exercises to complete, as well as a reading comprehension and a writing task. There is a worksheet that accompanies the PowerPoint. There is also a separate worksheet with translation exercises into English and into French. This is a tried and tested method to ensure comprehension and the ability to confidently form the perfect tense with reflexive verbs.
Possessive Adjectives in French - A Complete Guide.
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Possessive Adjectives in French - A Complete Guide.

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This is a step-by-step guide to using possessive adjectives in French. The PowerPoint slides can be used for pupils to record grammar notes in their books about the use of possessive adjectives. There are 37 slides and it goes through all possessive adjectives and there are lots of exercises to complete as you go through to check comprehension. Exercises include gap fill, reading comprehension and translations. There is a worksheet that accompanies the PowerPoint and a second worksheet that pupils could work on individually, in class or for homework.
German GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications Translation Exercises.
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German GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications Translation Exercises.

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This document is in the format of worksheets/ a booklet that can be given to all GCSE students. It is broken down into themes and then into the topics within each theme. For each topic there are 10 translation exercises, as on the Reading Exam. It is contains in total 120 translations of varying lengths and levels of challenge. The translations have been created carefully and are in line with exam board exemplar materials. This could be used by pupils at the end of teaching each topic/ sub-theme in order to test/ check understanding and to practise translation skills or used for wider translation purposes.
German – Telling the Time. Wie spät ist es?
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German – Telling the Time. Wie spät ist es?

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This is a set of resources to introduce and practice telling the time in German, both with the 12 and 24-hour clock. The PowerPoint initially introduces the o’clock times with practice opportunities and then goes on to minutes past the hour. There are plenty of speaking practice activities, true/false activities and writing practice. The PowerPoint then goes on to minutes to the hour with practice and then further practice of all the 12-hour clock and some O/X games that can be played in two class teams. The 24-hour clock is then introduced with a whole range of practice activities, as with the 12-hour clock. To accompany the PowerPoint there is a worksheet for all the 12 activities, which are easily editable. Pupils will gain a good knowledge of telling the time in German, and will be able to both recognise time and tell the time.
School Subjects in German - A Complete Guide.
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School Subjects in German - A Complete Guide.

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Easily adaptable for home learning. This resource introduces 15 school subjects with many practice activities. It introduces questions and answers about likes and dislikes as well as opinions/ reasons. It goes on to introduce talking about favourite subjects. There are pair work speaking activities, reading activities and writing activities. The reading activities include texts with richtig/falsch exercises as well as activities with open-ended questions. There is a school timetable that pupils could replicate and questions to answer about the timetable they see. Answers for all activities appear on the PowerPoint. By the end of the PowerPoint (68 slides) pupils will be able to write a paragraph about their school subjects (likes/dislikes, opinions and so on), either by using a given German template or by only English prompts. There is a lengthy worksheet, which accompanies the activities on the PowerPoint and a separate word search document.
French Colours - Les Couleurs.
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French Colours - Les Couleurs.

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Easily adaptable for home learning. This PowerPoint introduces 11 colours (rouge, rose, orange, jaune, bleu, vert, blanc, noir, gris, violet, brun) and there are lots of practice activities. The colours are introduced with the words and then there are lots of practice activities without the words. Slides 31 – 33 can be printed as these are colour by number activities. There are match up exercises, find the missing colours, unjumble the words, fill in the missing letters, very short sentences to copy and complete and so on. There is also a separate word search document.
French GCSE A Complete Guide to Theme 1, Topic 4 – Customs & festivals in French-speaking countries
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French GCSE A Complete Guide to Theme 1, Topic 4 – Customs & festivals in French-speaking countries

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Easily adaptable for home learning. This covers the whole of Theme 1, Topic 4 – ‘Customs & festivals in French-speaking countries/ communities’. The PowerPoint is very lengthy (57 slides) and contains work for six or seven lessons. The PowerPoint is broken down into four sections: 1) Grammar; 2) Listening; 3) Reading and Writing; and 4) Speaking. There are several different worksheets to accompany exercises on the PowerPoint, as well as a transcript for the listening and answer sheets also appear on the PowerPoint. The exercises include: vocabulary match-ups; verb and tenses exercises; a listening comprehension with different tasks; several reading comprehensions with different types of exercises to complete; translations in English and into French; photo stimuli for written tasks; blog writing tasks (foundation and higher); two role-play cards (foundation and higher); five photo cards for speaking activities and finally questions related to the general conversation section of the speaking exam.
German – Places in the Town/ In der Stadt.
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German – Places in the Town/ In der Stadt.

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This is a set of resources to introduce and practice 22 places in the town and lots more. The PowerPoint initially introduces places in the town items in 2 sections, each with practice exercises, along with their plural forms. The resource is easily adaptable if you want to introduce less. There is a wide range of activities on the PowerPoint and on an accompanying worksheet. ‘Es gibt einen, eine, ein’ is introduced and ‘es gibt keinen, keine, kein’ with practice activities. There are reading comprehensions, translations, true/ false activities, match ups, fill the blanks. The idea of what you can do with ‘man kann’ is also introduced and practiced. Pupils will gain a good knowledge of a wide range of places in the town, and will be able to recognise and use them in a range of situations. The work in this pack of resources will certainly cover several lessons.
Spanish –  Food & Drink - A Complete Pack.
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Spanish – Food & Drink - A Complete Pack.

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This is a set of resources to introduce and practise food & drink items. The PowerPoint initially introduces food and drink items in categories, with practice exercises to follow each set. In total there are over 70 food and drink items and the resource is easily adaptable if you want to introduce less. The work in this pack of resources will certainly cover several lessons. There are a range of activities on the PowerPoint and an accompanying worksheet. Also included in the pack is a word search and an odd one out activity. The PowerPoint introduces a café conversation and then an activity for pupils to make their own conversations in pairs; reading comprehension exercises; and a ‘design your own menu’ activity in a step-by-step format. The PowerPoint goes on to introduce quantities with examples and practice activities as well as a dialogue ‘au marché’ that pupils can then replicate in pairs. Pupils will gain a good knowledge of a wide range of food and drink items, and will be able to recognise and use them confidently in a range of situations.
The pluperfect Tense / Le plus que parfait in French - a complete guide..
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The pluperfect Tense / Le plus que parfait in French - a complete guide..

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This resource is a comprehensive pack to ensure students can understand and successfully form the pluperfect tense. There are two lengthy Power Points, which will take several lessons in order for pupils to grasp and successfully conjugate the pluperfect tense of avoir verbs, both regular and irregular, as well as all être verbs, including reflexives. The Power Points can be used for pupils to use or copy to form accurate grammar/ resource notes in their books, which they can then refer back to when working individually to form this tense. On each PowerPoint there are lots of exercises for pupils to complete to check comprehension. The exercises are mainly translation, which are in line with the new GCSE specifications. There are worksheets to accompany each PowerPoint. There is also a further worksheet to complete after the two Power Points and this is aimed at higher tier students.
French – Sports / Leisure Activities. Les Sports et Loisirs.
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French – Sports / Leisure Activities. Les Sports et Loisirs.

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This is a set of resources to introduce and practice 30 different sports/ leisure activities. The PowerPoint initially introduces the sports/ leisure activities with practice exercises. It includes grammar notes about the verbs jouer and faire, the use of au, du, de la, de l’ etc. There are also grammar notes about the negative form of the verb. There is a wide range of activities including match-ups, gap-fills, reading comprehensions, translations into English and French, a listening exercise, choosing the grammatically correct sentence, writing activities including one describing photos. The resource is easily adaptable. To accompany the PowerPoint there is a worksheet for all the activities, which are easily editable. Pupils will gain a good knowledge of a wide range of sports and leisure activities, and will be able to recognise and use them in a range of situations. The work in this pack of resources will certainly cover several lessons.
German Christmas Traditions
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German Christmas Traditions

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This is a fun cultural resource that goes through various German Christmas traditions, in English, including some German words. This is aimed at pupils in both KS2 and KS3. There are 16 slides of information and pictures. After that, there is a multiple-choice quiz to check what pupils have understood and/or information they have retained. The quiz is on the PowerPoint (as are the answers) but there is also a separate worksheet version of the quiz. There is a writing / drawing activity for pupils to do at the end and then a separate word search document which has words from the activities.
German – Conversation Cards – Questions and Answers.
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German – Conversation Cards – Questions and Answers.

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This is a set of 28 question cards and 28 answer cards to get your pupils speaking to each other in German and great to use as starters for target language practice. They include questions about name age, likes, favourites, preferences, family, daily routine, and many more. These fun colourful cards can be printed and cut into individual question and answer cards to be used in several different ways, depending on the ability and confidence of your students: Both question and answer cards can be given to students in pairs to practice a conversation. (Easier level) Question cards only given to pairs to practice a conversation. Students will need to form their own answers. (Middle level) Students are only given the answer cards and need to use these to form the relevant questions. (Harder level) It is essential that pupils can ask questions (not just answer them). Regular practice of these question and answer sessions will allow them to get used to asking questions and be able to formulate further questions independently.
Spanish – Conversation Cards – Questions and Answers.
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Spanish – Conversation Cards – Questions and Answers.

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This is a set of 28 question cards and 28 answer cards to get your pupils speaking to each other in Spanish and great to use as starters for target language practice. They include questions about name age, likes, favourites, preferences, family, daily routine, and many more. These fun colourful cards can be printed and cut into individual question and answer cards to be used in several different ways, depending on the ability and confidence of your students: Both question and answer cards can be given to students in pairs to practice a conversation. (Easier level) Question cards only given to pairs to practice a conversation. Students will need to form their own answers. (Middle level) Students are only given the answer cards and need to use these to form the relevant questions. (Harder level) It is essential that pupils can ask questions (not just answer them). Regular practice of these question and answer sessions will allow them to get used to asking questions and be able to formulate further questions independently.
French GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications - Role Plays - Theme 1.
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French GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications - Role Plays - Theme 1.

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This is a set of 30 role-plays in a printable format to use for mock/ preparation/ class practice for speaking exams. These are all based on Theme 1 – Identity and Culture and have been compiled by studying exemplar materials given by all exam boards. There are 15 foundation tier and 15 higher tier role-plays. There is a teacher’s pack for each set of role-plays, giving the teacher’s part for each conversation. There are also two PowerPoints, one for the foundation role-plays, one for the higher set. Each PowerPoint starts with an explanation of the role play section of the exam and then shows each role play card, followed by showing the (!) unknown question so that students can also prepare for that/ start to predict what the unknown question could be.
French GCSE (9 - 1) Theme 2 – Topic 1 - Home, town, neighbourhood and region.
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French GCSE (9 - 1) Theme 2 – Topic 1 - Home, town, neighbourhood and region.

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French New GCSE Theme 2 – Local, national, international and global areas of interest, Topic 1 - Home, town, neighbourhood and region. This covers the whole of Theme 2, Topic 1. The PowerPoint is very lengthy (69 slides) and contains work for certainly six or seven lessons. The PowerPoint is broken down into four sections: 1) Grammar; 2) Listening; 3) Reading and Writing; and 4) Speaking. There are several different worksheets to accompany exercises on the PowerPoint, as well as a transcript for the listening and answer sheets also appear on the PowerPoint. The exercises include: vocabulary match-ups; verb and tenses exercises; grammatical terms exercise; a listening comprehension with different tasks; several reading comprehensions with different types of exercises to complete; translations in English and into French; photo stimuli for written tasks; blog writing tasks (foundation and higher); four role-play cards (foundation and higher); five photo cards for speaking activities and finally questions related to the general conversation section of the speaking exam.
French GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications - Role Plays - Theme 2.
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French GCSE 9 - 1 Specifications - Role Plays - Theme 2.

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This is a set of 30 role-plays in a printable format to use for mock/ preparation/ class practice for speaking exams. These are all based on Theme 2 – Local, national international and global areas of interest. They have been compiled by studying exemplar materials given by all exam boards. There are 15 foundation tier and 15 higher tier role-plays. There is a teacher’s pack for each set of role-plays, giving the teacher’s part for each conversation. There are also two Power Points, one for the foundation role-plays, one for the higher set. Each PowerPoint starts with an explanation of the role play section of the exam and then shows each role play card, followed by showing the (!) unknown question so that students can also prepare for that/ start to predict what the unknown question could be.