A worksheet introducing basic comparisons in French within the context of places / your area / where you live. Includes meilleur, pire, plus, moins, aussi. Answers included. Suitable for KS3 to introduce or KS4 for a recap.

A good sentence builder to use at the start of lessons to encourage target language and reinforce some key structures. See this link for a free list of activities you can do with a sentence builder: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180

Worksheet to practise writing the time in Spanish using the 1 pen 1 dice game format Here is a link on how you can play the 1 pen 1 dice game https://frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2017/12/one-dice-one-pencil.html

A ‘disappearing text’ oral and memory task to practise using direct object pronouns to describe people and say how long you have known them - this activity helps to reinforce word order. Topic of family / friends / les relations familiales / les descriptions.

For a lesson on physical descriptions, either use for LISTENING: pupils have scrap paper and pen or a mini whiteboard. You give a short or long sentence in Spanish describing one of the people 1-6 on the images. You can therefore adapt the language to your group. Pupils then write down the number of the person it could be - you could even do a sentence that could describe 2 or 3 of the people to make it harder. To make this activity a bit easier, you could go through each photo from 1-6, and for each one give 2 short phrases, one that is true, one false, and pupils write the correct one. SPEAKING: assuming pupils have had plenty of practise with the vocab, get them to give a short or long sentence describing each person.

A set of exercises with a model answer and general tips on scoring a high mark in the CIE IGCSE writing question 3.

A short worksheet of exercises to practise the vocab from the sentence builder at the following link - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/le-travail-de-mes-r-ves-sentence-builders-12282131

A quick activity to practise recognising the gender of different nouns using the ending of the word. The table summarises some of the main rules and has a selection of food items at the bottom - pupils look at each word and sort it into the correct column.

This is a revision mat of ‘complex structures’ for GCSE French writing, but all on non-verb grammar topics. I have also made a double-sided verbs one available at this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12498822

These ‘verb helpers’ can be printed double-sided and laminated to keep on students’ desks as extra support to refer to independently when they complete writing or speaking tasks. Tenses included are present, perfect, imperfect and simple future.

This is a double-sided mat of ‘complex structures’ for GCSE French writing. This is only verb-related structures. A non-verb related one is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12501391

Worksheet to practise Spanish verbs in preterite and imperfect using the Toy Story song Cambios extraños ‘strange things’ - if pupils have already had plenty of receptive practice with these tenses, you could do this as a conjugation practice exercise - pupils complete the conjugations and then listen to the song and check their answers. Or, you could use this during the receptive processing stage of practice - by this point, they are familiar with the endings and this provides an opportunity to practise them through listening, they listen, and using their knowledge of endings and phonics, write what they hear. You could also ask them a few comprehension questions on the song or get them to find specific vocab or phrases, based on their level. Song available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmLInAm_u_k

A quiz in French on the Geography of France based on a fun video (in English) from the ‘Geography Now’ YouTube channel - the quiz is cut into two parts and is aimed at KS4/KS5. Answers included. Good for a cultural lesson. Link to video is in the word doc.

Lesson activity or homework task with YouTube video for pupils to learn verbs relating to free time and hobbies, and to practise understanding the different verb conjugations (this is for the very early stages of using regular verbs in Spanish, ideal for beginners)

Consolidation work to practise vocab on descriptions of people - simply read each sentence slowly and pupils have to translate into English on blank sheet or mini whiteboards, can be done in pairs as quiz. Alternatively, you could read the sentences and pupils write them in Spanish, dictation-style to practise recognising vocab and spelling correctly. Answers included.

A short gap-fill task to practise vocab on the topic of school systems.

A multiple-choice ‘this or that’ listening activity with images of different rooms in the house and vocab for teacher to use for the activity. You can read more about ‘this or that’ listening tasks here if you scroll down to no. 3 https://mflclassroommagic.com/2019/08/05/quizlet/

A ‘song challenge’ worksheet on the topic of school - put on a French song in the background and students have the duration of the song to fill out the vocab table. This is designed as a recall activity, revising all vocab previously covered.

A good starter or plenary activity to recap learning on physical descriptions.