Teaching Resources: Cards: Reactions to being asked out & Battleships: Asking People Out.

French - English Matching Cards: Rendez-vous!

Expressions:

Oui d’accord.

Je veux bien.

Ça dépend.

Je ne peux pas.

Je suis désolé(e) mais je sors avec ** samedi.

Je regrette mais je dois rester à la maison.

J’aimerais mieux aller à la patinoire.

OK ! On se retrouve où ?

Je ne suis pas libre.

Ça ne me dit rien

Yes, okay.

I’d really like to.

It depends.

I can’t.

Sorry, but I’m going out with *** on Saturday.

Sorry, but I have to stay at home.

I’d rather go to the ice rink.

Okay! Where shall we meet?

I’m not free.

I’m not interested.

You may choose to have different levels of challenge. For example,

Level 1 = match the cards and discuss the pronunciation.

Level 2 = match the cards , discuss the pronunciation and then have quick fire questions from French to English, whereby 1 student closes their eyes and their partner reads out the French cards which the student must translate into English from memory.

Level 3 = As Level 2 but the quick fire questions are from English to French.

Following checking there are 2 fun games to play, either pelmenism or slap the card.

Battleships Expressions:

Tu veux aller..
Ça te dirait d’ aller..
Tu as envie d’ aller..
On pourrait aller..
Si on allait..

au théâtre
demain soir?
au cinéma le week-end?
en boîte la semaine prochaine?
à la plage samedi?
aller au concert cet après-midi?
en ville le week-end prochain ?

Instructions

Firstly I ask the students to work independently in pairs to translate the expressions and discuss pronunciation.

I then check the translations and drill pronunciation with the whole class before they play the game. The students secretly choose 5 squares on the top grid and then try to guess which 5 squares their partner has chosen, filling in the bottom grid with “hit” and “miss.” To choose a square say a phrase from the horizontal line and complete the sentence with a phrase from the vertical line. Where the 2 phrases meet up is the square you have chosen.

I use the English language sheet to further challenge the students: they should place this on top of the French version and then try to play the game saying the French phrases as far as possible from memory.