5 topic folders each containing 12 worksheets: 3 each of crosswords, multiple choice, word searches and matching activities. A word list for home study is included in each folder. Answer sheets supplied.

The presentation contains karaoke-style scrolling text with sound , plus two slides showing how ‘avoir’ is used to talk about age and about animals. These slides have optional sound to assist with pronunciation of the text.). The song is good for learning as a two or four part round (see teacher notes). A copy of the printed music is included, indicating entry point of each group of singers. There are two fill-the-gap worksheets for follow up written work - one on age and the other on animals. The task in each is to complete a sentence by supplying the correct form of ‘avoir’.

For KS2 or KS3. An upbeat melody to a song with several verses incorporating key vocabulary for buying fruit and d veg at the market. Several files are included: the music score, lyrics, mp3 file, two pages of colour picture cards for games or speaking activities, and a questionnaire grid for whole class speaking activity.

This group of resources is ideal for staff training and for older / more able classes. There are 5 folders in all: 3 containing presentations and supplementary materials, and 2 containing worksheets. Each of the presentation folders contains a PowerPoint show with animated slides, a PDF alternative which is great for classroom posters, and a set of presentation handouts. The vocabulary of verbs is introduced in the first presentation (infinitive, finite/non-finite, conjugation, inflection etc), and the two simple tenses (present simple and past simple) are covered. The second presentation is about the auxiliary verbs to be and to have, and how they are used with participles to form compound tenses (present and past progressive, and present and past perfect). The third presentation is about the uses of the auxiliary to do. (negatives of simple tenses, question formation, contradiction and emphasis.) The worksheets are at two different levels (3 versions of each). They are both about verb identification. The task is to write out the verb and give its tense. The easy set are all lines from well known nursery rhymes, with the verb in either the present simple or the past simple. The second set is much more difficult, and contains a mix of tenses, and includes compound verbs where the two elements are separated by adverbs or negatives. The answer sheet gives brief explanations in cases where there is potential difficulty.