This French language reading introduces students to talking about recurring past events by using imperfect tense. It talks about the childhoods of three different people and the activities they used to enjoy.
The reading includes 8 reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included
Activity idea: Have the students underline all the imperfect verbs they find in the reading and then have them talk about their own early childhood habits using the imperfect tense.
This 4-page file includes:
~An example sentence in Spanish to show how the subjunctive is triggered with the parts of the sentence labeled.
~Four practice sentences where students need to place the given words into the correct word order.
~Seven practice sentences where students need to place the words into the correct order and also conjugate the final verb into the present subjunctive.
~Answer key.
This worksheet is targeted toward students first learning how to use the present subjunctive.
Editable word file
This easy French reading includes descriptions of three young people’s pets: two cats a dog and a parrot.
Includes 8 reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
Activity idea: After reading, have students discuss their own pets in class or write about it for homework.
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The Schneider Family (cognates reading)
Reading: My family
Reading: Stefanie’s Family
Worksheet
Level: Beginner
All readings include a glossary of new vocabulary, a reading comprehension section and an answer key.
This 3-page file includes: (100% in German)
~A simple German reading including 20 German English cognates for beginner students to learn to recognize them. The story talks about all the members of the Schneider family their likes and dislikes, appearance, hobbies etc. The reading includes 12 comprehension questions.
~The same reading but with the cognates highlighted for context.
~Answer key
Level: present tense only
This 3-page file includes:
~A reading about Claudia’s busy day that includes 25 irregular third person irregular verbs. Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~The same reading with the verbs highlighted to see in context.
~Answer key.
Level: Intermediate
This Spanish reading includes 25 mistakes for students to correct! Includes conjugation mistakes, missing accents, noun-adjective agreement errors and more.
Level: Beginner
Answer key included.
This 5-page file includes:
~A Spanish reading on a family who is moving house today. The reading includes a lot of descriptions about the current and future house including rooms, furniture and household items. Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A page with 10 reading comprehension questions based on the reading.
~An alternate page with 10 questions including fill in the blanks for missing information from the reading for an easier version of comprehension for differentiated learning.
~Answer keys (2 pgs)
Level: present tense only
In this Spanish worksheet students must match up five descriptions of animals with the picture. They must also write in the animal’s name.
Includes two versions of worksheet: with Spanish and English instructions.
Answer key included.
This 3-page file includes:
~A beginner reading in which 13 year old Claudia is out shopping for school with her mother. It includes a lot of school supply vocabulary. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet with 10 true/false reading comprehension questions and a short writing assignment.
~Answer key.
Level: present tense only
This fun German reading allows students to review common vocabulary around the house while reading a description of someone’s dream home!
The reading is followed by seven reading comprehension questions and a short writing assignment.
This biography in easy Spanish is a great introduction to the life of the famous Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí and his masterwork La sagrada familia. This enormous cathedral is located in Barcelona and is a UNESCO heritage site.
Reading includes 8 true/false reading incomprehension questions.
A wonderful addition to any unit on art, Spain or Hispanic heritage!
Level: present tense only
Answer key included
In this reading three friends are asking each other various questions on what experiences they have had in their life. The focus is on the present perfect tense with irregular participles: leído, caído, visto, ido, escrito, dicho, hecho, roto etc.
NOTE: There are two versions of the story, with and without the verbs underlined for students to see in context.
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and seven short reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included
This 3-page file includes: (100% in Spanish)
~A reading that talks about the dream jobs of four young people: actor, musician, pilot and cook. Reading is in the present tense only.
~A worksheet with 8 reading comprehension questions and a short writing assignment where students talk about their own dream jobs.
Answer key included
This 3-page file includes:
~A cultural reading on Hannukah. It discusses: the meaning behind the Hannukah celebration, how it is carried out, popular foods eaten at this time of year, the types of gifts given to children during the celebration and finally the dreidl and its cultural significance. The reading includes a glossary of specialized Hebrew/Yiddish vocabulary.
~A second page with nine reading comprehension questions.
~Answer key.
This 4-page file includes:
~A 2-page worksheet with four sections on practising ir/ser in the preterit tense.
students must fill in the chart of conjugations
students must complete 10 gap fill sentences and give English translations
students must fill in the missing verbs to complete a short paragraph
students must translate five sentences into Spanish.
~Answer key (2 pages)
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This French script includes numerous regular and irregular verbs as well as avoir and être verbs in the past tense (passé composé) on the theme: How did you spend your weekend?
With 8 multiple choice reading comprehension questions to reinforce the grammar.
Answer key included.
Editable word file
This 3-page file includes:
~A short French reading about a mischievous monkey. The reading is in a mixture of past tenses for students to see their use in context. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and eight true/ false reading comprehension questions.
~The same reading with the verbs highlighted and underlined for students to see in context.
~Answer key
Editable word file
A short Spanish reading about a mischievous monkey. The reading is in a mixture of past tenses for students to see their use in context.
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary. There are also 10 sentences for students to complete from the story by writing in the verbs in the correct conjugation and identifying them as to which tense they are.
Editable word file
Answer key included.