French Irregular Verbs Battleship Game - Bataille Navale

French Irregular Verbs Battleship Game - Bataille Navale

Use this classic game format to have your students practice irregular French verbs. This is a NO PREP activity, just print and go. This set of battleship games features 5 versions with 40 verbs. Your students can play this game to practice conjugating in any tense. There is not an answer key due to the number of possible responses.

A list of subject pronouns is written in the left column, and infinitives of irregular verbs or verbs with spelling changes are written on the top. Students randomly match subject pronouns with infinitives to conjugate. Scroll down to see the list of verbs that is used in this set of games.

Students randomly place ships on their grid at the top of the sheet by drawing filled in circles. The number of circles for each of their six battleships is indicated at the top of the page. As they try to discover the location of their opponent’s ships, they use the grid on the bottom of the sheet to keep track. Instructions are provided in English on each page. Have a look at the preview to see what these games look like.

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How to play:

Print out one page per student of the version that you want to use. Students prepare the game by drawing circles to represent their boats on the grid at the top of the game board. Students play against each other to try to find and eventually sink their opponent’s boats.

Subject pronouns are written in the vertical column and infinitives of irregular or spelling change verbs are written in the boxes at the top. To choose a square, the player must say a pronoun on the left and conjugate a verb at the top.

All of the vocabulary they’ll need is written right on the game sheet. Each game sheet includes two battleship grids, one for the student and one for keeping track of guesses.

The following verbs are used:

être
aller
avoir
faire
pouvoir
vouloir
devoir
dire
voir
savoir
venir
croire
prendre
boire
mettre
lire
ouvrir
courir
partir
sortir
dormir
servir
souffrir
apprendre
comprendre
promettre
devenir
manger
nager
voyager
commencer
payer
acheter
préférer
appeler