Here is a compilation of 45 practice speaking cards to for A Level AQA on the 12 topics that , there are 3 to 6 cards per topics and they follow the format of the exam:
Q1.Describing the card
Q.2 Opinion on the issue
Q.3 Knowledge question
Some cards have a few extra questions.
This resource consists of a PPT and a Word Booklet on all Tenses from the A Level syllabus.
_ The extensive PPT presentation, 60 slides, covers all tenses in a structured way and its aim is to review verb conjugation and practise translation with a range of tenses. it takes 5 hours minimum to complete.
Each section starts with a recap of the formation and verb ending of the tense with some verb tables with the regular and main irregular verbs. It is followed by a range of conjugation and translation tasks. Answers are provided on the next slide.
Tenses and modes covered:
Présent
Futur proche
Passé composé
Imparfait
Futur simple
Conditionnel
Subjonctif
Plus-que-parfait
Conditionnel passé
Futur antérieur
la voix passive
Subjonctif passé
le passé simple
The Word booklet provides 11 long exercises to practice all the indicative tenses. It is divided into 5 parts:
• présent
• passé-composé, imparfait, plus que parfait,
• futur simple, futur proche, futur antérieur
• All indicative tenses including conditionnel présent, conditionnel passé.
Conjugation exercise with 100 sentences in all tenses. Students conjugate the verb in bracket in the right tense. Answers are provided when to select Review tab, then Final: show up.
Most of the exercices consists of gap fill exercises with the correct conjugation to insert or multiple choice with the right verb or time word to insert. Exercises are graded in difficulty.
The booklet takes between 3 and 4 hours to complete and is ideal for home learning, homework and end of Year Revision for As and A2 Students.
My students find these resources useful to manipulate various tenses and improve their translation skill.
These 2 resources can be used for independent learning or in class, and are fully editable.
Attached are 2 long sample essays in French on the novel No et Moi suitable for the new French A Level exam.
The first essay, 700 words, looks at whether the novel can be seen as a study of homelessness, while the second one, 1134 word examines whether Lou and No get on well because they have similar lives. Each essay includes quotes.
My students found these essays very useful to write their own essays on the novel.
Revision booklet covering various topics and grammar points for Beginners/ Intermediate students.
It contains 9 chapters, each one covering a few topics / grammar points. Each area contains 4-5 worksheets for practice and more than 30 worksheets are provided overall.
This booklet is suitable both for teenagers and young professionals as there is a focus on business French. It can be done either in class using a projector or at home . I wanted to show my students that the language can be used in real work life situation. They enjoyed this work and found it a nice change from the usual exam practice.
Below is a list of the topics covered:
• Greetings and introductions
• Basic sentences
• Basic questions
• Spelling
• Numbers up to 20
• More personal information
• The negative form
• Introducing a third person
• Masculine and feminine
• Numbers
• Date and time
• Telling about the weather
• Talking about your daily routine
• Ordering at the bar
• Identifying objects
• “avoir”
• Shopping and paying
• Conjugating regular verbs
• Identifying food
• Saying what you like to eat
• Saying where you go, how and why
• Saying what you like doing
• At the restaurant
• Grammar: basic rules and verbs
• Vocabulary: countries
• Geography: France
A company profile and history
Talking about your education and career
Comparing company performances
Describing people
This resource consists of 14 documents, including:
A comprehensive Introduction to the film in a 48 slide PPT including a biography of Kassovitz, the historical & social context of the film, the actors, the plots and some recap actvities
in-depth and informative booklets mostly in French on La Haine :
A complete plot summary
Reviews and analyses of the movies
In-depth Analysis of Key Scenes
4 study guide & Character studies
In-depth Analysis of the main themes
Analysis of Techniques used in the film
The documents can be used at various stages of the film study.
This bundle includes 14 resources to introduce and reinforce the A Level topic Integration & Discrimination.
It consists of:
_ a comprehensive PPT with 73 slides exploring the issues of immigration, integration and racism in France through the ages with lots of facts, but also quizzes, film extracts, study cases and testimonies.
_ 5 Reading Comprehensions with questions or True/False tasks,
_ 2 Summary Tasks: 1 Reading and 1 Listening
_5 Audio and 2 Video questionnaires
_ Comic Strips and pictures to illustrate the topic of racism
_ 2 Vocab sheets with illustrations and definitions of words related to Racism, Secularism and Discrimination.
_ A translation activity French to English
_ 10 Exams Questions with possible answers
Attached is a comprehensive PPT Presentation in French of 61 slides on the A Level topic of Immigration & Integration. It includes a wide range of factual information aiming at dispelling misconceptions and prejudices related to this issue:
_ It describes the various waves of immigration since 1850 and the reasons behind them.
_It also explains simply and clearly the evolution of immigration in France since the Industrial Revolution, and the challenges of integration and the benefits of immigration for France
_ Some facts about Racism and
_ the demographics of immigrants (origins, nationalities, age)
_ It contains 8 graphics which require students to describe and interpret the figures related to immigration, a quiz and a True/ False exercices. Answers are provided.
_ A link to a film and a song dealing with this issue
Attached is a bundle of four End of Unit tests for the NEW AQA As FRENCH.
The topics are:
1. Les nouveaux types de familles et les relations.
2. Les nouvelles technologies
3. Le bénévolat
4. Le patrimoine
Each end of unit tests assesses 5 skills: Translation, Reading , Listening, Grammar and Writing
All the language is taken from the activities and vocab lists in the textbook.
Each test starts with a Translation activity with 10 sentences to translate from French to English and 10 from English to French. This is followed by :
_ a Reading Section made up of up 1 or 2 exercises,
_ a Listening Section with the audio tracks provided
_ a Grammar Section to test the points covered
_a Writing Section with some questions
This can be done at the end of each unit or for exam revision. It is suitable both for As and A2 students.
Powerpoint exploring Direct and Indirect Speech aimed at A Level and adult students so you may need to adapt to suit your class.
PPT includes a tutorial and a range of activities.
Comprehensive and interactive multi choice grammar quiz (72 slides) to revise a range of grammar points: tenses, adjectives, gender etc …in a fun way.
Also included is a 15 slides PPT with gap-fill tasks to practice conjugation and adjectival agreement.
Both PPT are Suitable for As and A2 students, this is a very effective resource to revise a range of grammar points in 30mn.
This resource consists of 3 Study booklet on la Famille Belier suitable for A Level / Higher GCSE.
One is a 40 slides PPT presentation and brings you:
• A complete plot summary
• Character studies with characterisation task
• Some comprehension questions & exercises
• Activities on the trailer
• An extract from the film and a gap filling task on the famous song from Michel sardou, and a portrait of the main actress.
• Useful quotes
The second booklet is a 11 pages booklet in Word format with lots of interactive activities. It must be used in conjunction with the PPT presentation.
The third booklet is a 10 pages long, also in Word format, with other activities.
Booklet can be be done after watching the movie.
Attached are 10 speaking games, a mixture of fun vocab, translation and grammar tasks and quizzes, to facilitate oral conversations for GCSE students. Each activity takes between 10-20 mn, and can be used as a starter or a revision task. It is suitable for Foundation and Higher candidates.
It’s useful at the start of term when their French is a bit rusty.
The little words in French often confuse the students so this bundle of resources should help them.
This resource includes 3 comprehensive PPT tutorials on articles ( definite, indefinite, partitive) followed by lots of practice and 2 editable worksheets in Word format and one PDF doc to provide further practice on this tricky grammar point.
This is suitable for GCSE and A Level students and can easily be adapted to the required level.
The first PPT includes a tutorial on partitives followed by a millionaire game to practice the various uses and rules of partitives. The second PPT is a tutorial on definite, indefinite articles and determiners followed by some translation practice, ideal for preparation to the New GCSE exam.
Also attached are 2 worksheets with 4 gap-filling exercises and answers are provided. The titles of the docs indicate the appropriate level.
My students found the tutorial and gap-filling tasks very useful to improve their knowledge of these “little words” that are among the most common types of errors at GCSE and A Level.
I noticed that articles is a grammar point that always needs revision. These worksheets will help students to apply the rules regarding articles and are also a good way to revise gender, number and prepositions.
You can spend a whole lesson with this resource and some of the worksheets can be used for homework.
Two worksheets on Prepositions in French, one with countries and nationalities and another one to practise the following prepositions:
du ; de la ; des ; à ; au ; aux ; en ; sous ; sur ; dans ; avec ; de et pour .
It is suitable for KS3 and KS4 students, but could be used as a refresher at As Level.
Comprehensive and interactive PPT presentation (90 slides!) on the topic School. It includes a tutorial with some activities on the following sub-topics:
_ School subjects
_Opinions on subjects, teachers, school uniform, homework
_ Extra-curricular activities
_ Routine activities at school
_ Time and timetable
_ School equipment
_School system in France
This can be used for KS3 and 4 for a whole lesson either to reintroduce or reinforce this important GCSE topic.
Attached is also a worksheet to practise the structures of opinions on school-related matters
This resource consists of a Study booklet on the Film Joyeux Noel and is aimed at A Level / Higher GCSE.
The booklet comes in PPT and Word format. The PPT is made of 20 slides and brings you:
• A complete plot summary
• Character studies with characterisation task
• Some comprehension questions & exercises
• Gap-filling Activiy on Synopsis
• Vocab activities around Christmas amd vocab from film
• Gap-filling Activities on Synopsis
The second booklet is a 11 pages Word booklet with the same activities . It can be used in conjunction with the PPT presentation.
Booklet can be be done after or before watching the movie.
A ttached are 4 comprehensive PPT presentations, as well as homework tasks to revise the following topics:
Saluer
les mois et les jours
Dire: ton nom, ta nationalité, Où tu habites, ton age, La date de ton anniversaire, Les langues que tu parles, d’ou tu viens
L’alphabet
les professions
les couleurs
Verbes etre/avoir
Les nombres de 1-30
This bundle consists of 4 separate Folders, each containing activities to revise and practice a specific aspect of the perfect tense :
_ 1 folder with 3 Comprehensive tutorials in PPT with some practice exercises on the perfect tense. These interactive presentations show the various patterns and a thorough list of the past participles of regular, i rregular verbs, VanDer Tramp and reflexive Verbs.
_ 1 folder on Regular Verbs, with worksheets and games
_ 1 folder on Irregular Verbs, with
_ 1 folder with tests
This is useful both for GCSE and A Level students to revise and practice all the forms of the perfect tense.
Attached are 2 docs: a PPT Tutorial on the Future tense, and a Practice booklet.
The PPT explains the formation of both tenses. It includes regular, irregular verbs as well as some practice exercises and a song in the future tense.
The Practice booklet in Word format offers with 10 exercices to practise the future tense using all skills, It includes gap-fill with regular/ irregular verbs, 2 audio and video tasks, writingfull sentences and a Reading comprehension.
Both documents are fully editable
this bundle contains more than 15 resources to teach the New GCSE /IGCSE Topic Mon quartier, Ma ville, Les magasins et Le shopping . It includes :
4 Interactive PPT to present and practice shops and places in town, prepositions and directions
4 worksheets for Core Vocabulary and extension tasks
Tutorial and Practice on the prepositions to go with shops
Questions with Model answers
A domino game
GCSE Questions with Model answers
2 sample essays on My area with Translation
A Test with Reading Comprehensions and grammar points.
It is suitable for Year 10-11 Foundation/Higher students to revise, consolidate and practice this topic.