Covering most French cultural events and celebrations, this document is the ideal handout for both beginners and intermediate.
The summary calendar is in English with some French words - it details the main festivals pupils need to know about, and represents an excellent foundation for those who will continue with French studies at GCSE level. There are two short activities to reinforce learning, and a link to a French website dedicated to young learners.
A more in-depth document with reading exercises for more confident students. Includes a wordsearch, pictures and gap-fill / multiple choice exercises.
You need this resource! With over 20 pages of verb-based exercises, this comprehensive booklet covers the present, future, two past tenses (passé composé and imparfait) and the conditional mood. For each tense, you will find an explanation, tables with endings, irregular verbs and exceptions, followed by gap fill exercises and extension translation work for each tense.
This booklet is ideal for KS4 but could easily be introduced in Y9 too. I also always ask my students to translate the 100+ sentences in the gap-fill tasks. Perfect companion to the GCSE course!
grammar, paradigms, conjugate, past, present, future, imperfect, booklet, translation, practice
Get practising both future tenses with your top ability Y9 all the way to Y11, or even Y12 as a quick reminder.
This worksheet encourages students to think note down the rules of both future tenses first - works well as a pair activity - before practising with 5 different exercises.
For Studio Edexcel Higher GCSE (9-1) French
This is a good way to round off chapter 1, with a variety of translations to and from French. Perfect for a homework before an end of chapter test.
Includes:
*Introduction to French basics “pense bete” - basic vocab, colours, opinions and greetings with follow up short activities
A Year in France - explains in English festivals and important French events throughout the year, with short months and festival- related activities.
More advanced French calendar activities all in French
perfect grammar mega pack for your KS4 classes to revise their tenses and verb endings
includes NOT ONLY my bumper mega tense booklet BUT ALSO several other worksheets on past tenses, translation practce (with answers) and exam listening and reading tips.
this would work very well if you need to set homework or revision work to do at home during study leave, for example
Ideal as an end of term treat for your secondary classes, this French culture quiz covers several topics from sport to geography among others. There are 30 questions altogether, all in English. Some of the quiz may be challenging for KS3 but will work perfectly for Years 10 to 13. Answers provided in the last page.
40 sentences to translate from French to English, with suggested answers provided at the end. This is an ideal introduction to KS4 for your Y9s who will be continuing with French next year, or used as a revision tool during KS4.
Most sentences are in the present tense and focus on vocabulary. They are organised into four main topics or strands: socialising, town and community, making choices and travelling abroad.