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 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 list of facilities available in a youth hostel: pictures/symbols with the English and space to put the French. The French vocab is provided on a separate sheet for you to use either as answers, or for pupils to cut out and stick on the symbols list. Beware they are in the same order at the moment, so I suggest you ask pupils to cut the French vocab out, then play with it in pairs (guess the English/look up in a dictionary/work with you as a class together), then ask them to stick or copy the French onto the symbols sheet. There are 4 sets of the French vocab on the second page, to save on photocopying.

A list of French vocab about youth hostel accommodation, with first letters provided for the English. Easy to photocopy, with 8 lists on a page of A4. Easily adaptable if you're working on hotel or campsite vocab - or extend this by asking pupils to create their own vocab list for other types of accommodation.

A worksheet containing a set of tasks to use adjectival agreement: starts with a grammar summary in English, needing some gaps filling in by pupils. Then a table showing irregular spellings of some adjectives (m/f/mpl/fpl) which just needs the English adding. Next is a card sorting task, to spot m/f/mpl/fpl. Finally there is a translation task into French of short sentences. Card sort materials easily photocopiable - two on a page of A4.

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.

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 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.

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 set of 18 clothes in German with pictures to match. You could display on your screen with one column covered for pupils to translate, or provide as a set of cards for pupils to match words to pictures. Make an extension task by asking for complete sentences, e.g. when you wear this or what colour/style you prefer.

A puzzle which lists vocab in English, grouped by how many letters the German word has. There are no clues on the grid, so pupils use logic to work out where the answers must go (e.g. there is only one word with 13 letters). Vocab consists of basic words encountered in first year of learning German.

Two separate documents, each with a set of German vocab in anagrams (16 fruit and veg; 12 shops). Answers provided on the second page of each document. Use as a starter or quick revision activity. Add challenge by asking pupils to translate into English, create sentences containing the vocab, add opinions or use different tenses.

Use this for display, revision, a lesson starter or homework task. It’s a list of time markers and past participles (split into 2 lists: haben/sein), each with the English next to it. You could ask pupils to make up sentences or a paragraph using these; they could test their partners on the German/English for each.

This worksheet has a set of 13 sentences in German, each missing the definite article ‘the’. Each sentence says something ‘I’ do in different rooms in the house. The sentences are printed twice: pupils who get the first set will have to know/find out the gender of each room in the house; the second set show the gender. This is a simple worksheet with some rooms repeated to allow for consolidation of the rule. The sheet includes a grid showing the correct spellings of the definite article in both nominative and dative cases, for each gender. Answers included on page two.

A simple information-gap task for pupils to complete the endings for avoir, être, aller and faire in the present tense. Ask them to write the English too if you like. Easy to extend by insisting on full sentences. Answers provided on second page of document.

Pupils complete the sentences with the correct past participle in German. They translate the sentences into English. This could be a written activity, or speaking and listening. You could make it more challenging by asking pupils to add more details or to change the subject to a different person. Could also play “I went to market” game, if you only reveal one sentence at a time and hide the previous ones. Answers provided on second page of doc. Task is printed twice on page one, for quick photocopying if necessary.

This writing task has 10 German sentences to complete about work experience in the past tense. It has been differentiated to three levels of difficulty. The first (easiest) has 2 gaps shown and the missing words are listed at the end of each sentence, not necessarily in the correct order. The second version has the same 2 words shown at the end of each sentence, but the gaps are not shown, so pupils decide where to place the words. The third version shows the gaps but has all the missing words jumbled together in a box below the task. All three tasks fit on one page of A4. Answers are provided on the second page.

A differentiated set of tasks where pupils read the instructions and choose the correct colour to colour in each shape. Each sheet allows you to choose whether to show the actual colours as well as their words, or just the instructions with no colour-coding to help. Very simply-presented sheets with no distracting details - suitable for autistic pupils.

Three tasks which are simply presented with no distracting details - suitable for autistic pupils. Task 1: pupils read the instructions and choose the correct colour to use, to colour in each picture. Task 2: pupils draw a line to match the different pictures of the same items. Task 3: pupils cut out the pictures and stick them below their names.