A quick starter activity where pupils have to spot the difference between the present and perfect tenses. Each line has 3 options, the odd one out could be either tense. Could be extended by asking for more verbs which follow the same pattern, or by asking for complete sentences using each verb.

A quick activity: 10 countries in French as anagrams. Easy to photocopy with 4 on a sheet of A4. Answers provided on second page. Could be a starter or a little worksheet, good way to revise countries if you haven't seen them in a while.

A task for pupils to sort a long list of short French weather sentences into present or past tense. The past tense sentences are all imperfect tense. Each weather is in both tenses and listed together in a pair - you could make this harder by separating the pairs of weathers and jumbling them up more. A good introduction to the imperfect tense for weather, as pupils see the repetition of il faisait and il y avait.

A set of cards in French, each giving a simple sentence about the weather in a certain place in France. Locations have been chosen to be evenly spaced around a map of France. I have used these as a class speaking activity, where pupils in the class read from the cards and one pupil must attach or draw a weather symbol onto a map of France for the class to check. Could also be a quick starter - print them out large enough for all to see, stick on a map as a true/false reading for the geographical locations, or ask pupils to draw the weather on their own maps (a simple hexagon works fine).

A set of 10 questions about holidays, colour-coded for past/present/future. Pupils can use as practice for a speaking test: they could write and then say their own answers, ask a partner, use as a group listening task, or ask you the questions and note your answers.

A pair of French texts, very similar in content but one using more elaborate language and more detail. Reading comprehension questions are on separate sheets. You could use this as a running competition, where the texts are stuck on the wall and pupils must take turns in a group to run to find an answer. Also can be used as scaffolding to support a piece of writing - the underlined vocab can be replaced with pupils’ own choice.

A French worksheet about holidays, with five short texts written in the first person and using three time frames. Pupils are asked to complete a grid in French to show they can identify the location of each holiday, the type of accommodation and any other details they can.

A French worksheet with 3 tasks on the topic of camping/campsites. First is a set of anagrams - mainly things/places to be found on a campsite. Second is an odd-one-out vocab task with more touristy vocab included. Finally pupils are asked to design and label their own campsite, using the vocab from the previous tasks.

A long list of vocab to match French and English on the topic of accommodation. Useful prep for role plays in particular.

A detailed text about one person's eating habits, suitable for a reading or listening task. Comprehension questions in French (and answers) provided. Two copies of the text fit on one side of A4.

A poster showing a set of French idiomatic phrases on the topic of healthy lifestyles, mainly to do with eating and fitness levels. All in the first person present tense. Useful for helping higher ability pupils to produce more elaborate language.

This provides pupils with an example of a brochure about a health farm. It was made to support lower ability pupils - they had to adapt my document by swapping in their own vocab, I set each pupil a target of how many words of their own they had to put in.

An easy French worksheet with several tasks about healthy lifestyle. Pupils have to match vocab, sort into healthy/unhealthy categories, show understanding of short texts, translate sentences and produce their own sentences based on the structures and vocab provided in the tasks. This sheet is provided as two pages of A4, but could be reduced to one side or easily adapted to allow pupils to write on.

This resource is in two parts: a set of cards suitable for pairwork where pupils have to sort the time markers and verbs (in the first person) into past, present and future tenses. The second part is a visual resource highlighting some of the same phrases, grouped together in tenses, with vocab provided beneath to complete the sentences. By building up sentences from the cards, pupils are encouraged to create sentences of their own choice from the vocab provided. As an extension, pupils could be encouraged to add their own details.

A quick French activity to show the spelling patterns and differences between present, perfect and imperfect tenses of regular verbs. Jouer is given in all 3 tenses in the first person, then pupils have to complete the spellings for more verbs. Vocab is provided for pupils to create sentences, including some suggestions of a time marker for each tense. Could be used as a speaking task for the whole class or pairs/small groups. Could be a quiet written starter task, or lead into a more detailed piece of writing.

A French worksheet consisting of a grid which is partially filled with verbs in perfect/present/near future tenses. Pupils have to complete missing conjugations for je and on, in French and in English. Irregular forms are provided, with opportunity for pupils to follow patterns for regular verbs when completing the French.

A short French worksheet to practise using the superlative. Pupils choose from a list to complete the sentences with the most difficult subject/most violent sport, etc, in their opinion. They are asked to translate their sentences and invent more of their own. Look out - you may want to adapt q6 to your own choice of teacher name!

A pair of French worksheets to help pupils practise using qui and que. The easier version has matching tasks: match the sentences to the pictures and match the starts and ends of sentences. The harder version has explanatory notes then a gap-filling task where pupils choose between qui or que. This leads to an open-ended task where pupils complete the sentences with their own ideas.

A French worksheet with a set of sentences to be sorted into present or imperfect tense. Then pupils use the pairs of sentences to form sentences which compare then and now, e.g. When I was little I had short hair. Now that I am bigger I have long hair. Finally pupils can alter the sentences so they are true for their own personal information. This could be extended by asked for a variety of time markers and connectives, or more detailed descriptions.

A French activity to practise using imperfect and perfect tense in the same sentence (I was ... when ...). There are 3 examples in French and English, then a set of phrases in each tense with visuals to match. Pupils can create their own sentences, some more likely to be true than others. Could be used as whole class or small group speaking work, leads into written work.