My name is Christopher Palmer and I am a languages practitioner. I am now in my sixteenth year of teacher and I have a wealth of experience of liaising with the standard EdExcel GCSE French, Cambridge International GCSE French, EdExcel A-Level French, beginner's Mandarin courses and I am starting to become acquainted with IB French. I have published a vast array of resources which span Key Stage 2-5.
My name is Christopher Palmer and I am a languages practitioner. I am now in my sixteenth year of teacher and I have a wealth of experience of liaising with the standard EdExcel GCSE French, Cambridge International GCSE French, EdExcel A-Level French, beginner's Mandarin courses and I am starting to become acquainted with IB French. I have published a vast array of resources which span Key Stage 2-5.
I have designed this puzzle where students will have the opportunity to exercise the use of 'venir de' followed by an infinitive by spotting the 10 differences in picture 2. This would be ideal as a starter after having taught its concept in the previous lesson and this is geared towards students who are studying IGCSE French, A-Level French and adults who are studying French as a foreign language. There is a list of vocabulary available at the bottom of the puzzle to assist unfamiliar vocabulary.
For the stronger students / gifted and talented: Try to encourage them to point out the differences using a reflexive verb as the infinitive.
Students are more than welcome to come up with alternative answers to the answers I have displayed on the subsequent slide.
Preparation time: 30 minutes - 1 hour (introducing new vocabulary)
Lesson length: 45 minutes - 1 hour
Here is the very first resource for introducing French to adults at beginner's level!
I have compiled this resource using an adult approach who are learning French for the very first time.
This activity focuses general greetings and introduces gender and number differentiation, which incorporates all the four keys skills such as reading, listening, speaking and writing. This resource includes the worksheet, the sound file for the listening task and the listening transcript.
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Here are 100 useful commonly used verbs in French which is suitable for Key Stage 3, 4 and 5. Print off both pages and then side both pages back to back and then laminate them!
Drill practice using the perfect subjunctive in French for those who find the formation difficult. This is the final stage as tenses beyond this level are incredibly rare. This stage is the toughest level, however this activity primarily focuses on the perfect tense in subjunctive format in all possible formation of regular and irregular verbs, which also include number and gender. This activity also revises Stage 8: The present subjunctive, Stage 7: The past conditional, Stage 6: The conditional, Stage 5: The future, Stage 4: The pluperfect tense, Stage 3: The imperfect tense, Stage 2: The perfect tense, Stage 1: The present tense. This activity is carried out in eight stages:
Stage 1: Common basic irregular verbs: Aller, Faire, Avoir, Etre, Boire, Ouvrir, Prendre, Croire
Stage 2: Regular -er verbs: Parler, Manger, Regarder, Partager, Entrer, Porter, Essayer, Envoyer
Stage 3: Regular -ir verbs: Finir, Ralentir, Choisir, Grandir, Fournir, Batir
Stage 4: Regular -re verbs: Vendre, Rendre, Attendre, Perdre, Repondre, Descendre, Entendre, Tendre
Stage 5: Irregular -re verbs: Dire, Lire, Mettre, Ecrire, Suivre, Craindre, Comprendre, Inclure
Stage 6: Irregular -ir verbs: Voir, Vouloir, Pouvoir, Savoir, Devoir Recevoir
Stage 7: More irregular -ir verbs and intransitive verbs (verbs that take 'etre'): Tenir, Venir, Partir, Sortir, Revenir, Mourir
Stage 8: Impersonal verbs and sample reflexive verbs: Pleuvoir, Falloir, Valoir, S'agir, Se reposer, S'attendre, Se souvenir
It is difficult at times to remember the conjugation of the tenses which is why I have designed these activities as means of becoming deeply acquainted with the conjugation. Repetition is the key! There are two tests available which are titled as 'Partie 9-9: Test au subjonctif au passe' and 'Partie 9-9a: Test au niveau superieur'. Upon successfully passing these tests, your level of mastering the tenses in French would closely demonstrate characteristics of A2 level/Pre-University level.
Here is a presentation of demonstrative adjectives in French and it is very useful to teach them in the context of clothes shopping. The presentation consists of consolidated activities followed by a quiz and various written activities. This activity is targeted at Key Stage 3 French and GCSE/IGCSE French. It is also useful to introduce this concept to adults who are learning French for the first time or A-level revision.
The cost of this resource is ₤3.
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Welcome to the seventh installment of learning about the rooms in the house.
This installment is about the cellar and associated objects.
Go through the powerpoint introducing the previous leartn rooms of the house with its associated vocabulary and the prepositions first and then introduce the cellar with the associated objects. There is a subsequent quiz with differentiated questions.
There are differentiated workbooks available.
Level 1 (Niveau 1) - Lower level
Level 2 (Niveau 2) - Higher level
Get the students to colour in the things in the cellar, unscramble the words and write in the prepositions on the first few pages of the workbook. Next, cut out and stick in the pictures of the images featuring the masculine words and the feminine words. Then, the children need to complete the missing words by choosing the words below. The next few pages contains the listening tasks. Play the attached recording and the children then answer the questions. Then, the children need to draw the cellar, according to the instructions. On the last few pages, they complete the spot the difference activity and then complete the wordsearch.
There is a bingo sheet available which could be used as a plenary or the starter of the next lesson.
There are now subsequent installments available on my online shop. Feel free to take a look at them!
Happy teaching and learning!
Joyeux Noël and welcome to the special addition of the house which is all Christmas themed!!
This edition is assumed that the children have already learned the prepositions, the rooms of the house alongside the associated items and there is a preliminary quiz and various activities which reinforces this. This edition is very heavily differentiated which is tailored to the needs of the children, whatever their level.
The main powerpoint explores various Christmas items with constant reinforcement and then followed by a quiz.
There are also differentiated workbooks available in this pack and there are many activities which consolidate the learning of the Christmas vocabulary, including making a Christmas card!!
The activities in the workbooks are as follows:
Unscramble the words and colour in the pictures.
The next section looks at the prepositions and once again, the children can choose the correct words in the white box below.
Next, the gender of the words is explored and the children cut out and paste the pictures with the correct label. They can colour them in too if they wish.
Next is the listening comprehension. The first part looks at single words and the children write the correct letter in the box according to the word. The second part is more complex and is formatted as ‘true or false’ questions. The children listen to the sentences and look at the picture and decide if the sentences are true or false. 8 sentences will be ‘true’ and 8 will be ‘false’.
In the next section, the children fill in the missing words in the sentences by choosing the choice of answers in the box below the picture.
The children read the instructions of the living room and the garden and they cut out and paste the pictures according to the given instructions.
Spot the differences - children write down any 10 differences between the two pictures. If there is insufficient space in the workbook, they can write them in their exercise book. There is vocabulary available below the picture in order to assist them with this and you can model some example answers with them and use assessment for learning techniques to show they understand if required.
Make a French Christmas card!! They can be as creative as the wish!!
Complete the word search!!
There are also supplementary and differentiated bingo sheets available which focuses on Christmas!
I hope you enjoy this pack and I wish you a very Merry Christmas!!
Welcome to the eighth installment of learning about the rooms in the house and there will be more future installments concerning extended rooms of the house
This installment is about the attic and associated objects.
Go through the powerpoint reviewing the previously-learnt rooms of the house and the associated objects. Next, review the new prepositions and then introduce the attic with the associated objects. There is a subsequent quiz with differentiated questions.
There are differentiated workbooks available.
Level 1 (Niveau 1) - Lower level
Level 2 (Niveau 2) - Higher level
Get the students to colour in the things in the attic and the prepositions and unscramble the words on the first few pages of the workbook. Next, cut out and stick in the pictures of the images featuring the masculine words and the feminine words. Then, the children need to complete the missing words by choosing the words below. The next few pages contains the listening tasks. Play the attached recording and the children then answer the questions. Then, the children need to draw the attic, according to the instructions. On the last few pages, they complete the spot the difference activity and then complete the wordsearch.
There is a bingo sheet available which could be used as a plenary or the starter of the next lesson.
There are now subsequent installments available on my online shop. Feel free to take a look at them!
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the fifth installment of the topic of telling the time in French.
This installent focuses the times of the entire hour and it is an extensive way of telling the time in French.
Present the times in French to the class using the powerpoint and you could also use a clock in the classroom in order to model the time if you have one. There is a dice game where the children can practise their speaking and a subsequent differentiated quiz.
The pack contains the following:
Part 5: Powerpoint
Bingo sheet
Part 5: Level 1 (easier) differentiated workbook focusing on reading, writing and listening and also a wordsearch. In the wordsearch, the children look for the times written in French. The words are provided. On pages 172-174, the children cut out both the analogue and digital clocks and then past them onto the appropriate rectangles by looking at times in English.
Part 5: Level 2 (more advanced) differentiated workbook focusing on reading, writing and listening and also a wordsearch. In the wordsearch, the children look for the times written in French. The words are not provided, however the times in the grid are written in digital format which are the times that the children must look for. On pages 172-174, the children cut out both the analogue clocks and the labels of the times in French and then past them onto the appropriate squares by looking at times in English.
Level 1 - Cut out clock sheet for pasting in the accompanied Level 1 workbook on pages 172-174
Level 2 - Cut out clock and label sheet for pasting in the accompanied Level 2 workbook on pages 172-174
A recorded audio in order to complete the listening task
The transcript of the recording
There is also classroom wall display enclosed in this pack which features the times both in analogue and digital format with the times written in French, translated into English
Subsequent installments containing more advanced time will be available shortly. Do keep an eye out for these.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to this exclusive bundle of the topic of telling the time in French.
This bundle contains the following parts and and each part is an extensive way of telling the time in French:
Part 1: On the hour only
Part 2: On the hour to a quarter past the hour
Part 3: On the hour to half past the hour
Part 4: On the hour to a quarter to the hour
Part 5: The full hour
For each part, present the times in French to the class using the powerpoint and you could also use a clock in the classroom in order to model the time if you have one. In each part, there is a dice game where the children can practise their speaking and a subsequent differentiated quiz. When each part and more complex times are introduced, it is a great to reinforce previously learnt times.
Each part contains the following materials:
Powerpoint
Bingo sheet
Level 1 (easier) differentiated workbook focusing on reading, writing and listening, colouring coding activities and also a wordsearch. In the wordsearch, the children look for the times written in French. The words are provided.
Level 2 (more advanced) differentiated workbook focusing on reading, writing and listening, colour coding activities and also a wordsearch. In the wordsearch, the children look for the times written in French. The words are not provided, however the times in the grid are written in digital format which are the times that the children must look for.
A recorded audio in order to complete the listening task
The transcript of the recording
An additional resource in part 5 is as follows:
Level 1 - Cut out clock sheet for pasting in the accompanied Level 1 workbook on pages 172-174
Level 2 - Cut out clock and label sheet for pasting in the accompanied Level 2 workbook on pages 172-174
There is also classroom wall display enclosed in part 5 which features the times both in analogue and digital format with the times written in French, translated into English.
There will be subsequent installments containing more advanced times available shortly. Do keep an eye out for these.
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the sixth installment of the topic of telling the time in French.
This installent focuses the times of the entire hour and between the intervals (only past the hour. Part 7 will cover the intervals for the full hour) and it is an extensive way of telling the time in French.
Present the times in French to the class using the powerpoint and you could also use a clock in the classroom in order to model the time if you have one. There is a dice game where the children can practise their speaking and a subsequent differentiated quiz.
The pack contains the following:
Part 6: Powerpoint
Part 6a: Bingo sheet covering times from 1 o’clock until 2 o’clock
Part 6b: Bingo sheet covering the rest of the times
Part 6: Level 1 (easier) differentiated workbook focusing on reading, writing and listening and also a wordsearch. In the wordsearch, the children look for the times written in French. The words are provided. On pages 215-219, the children cut out both the analogue and digital clocks and then past them onto the appropriate rectangles by looking at times in English.
Part 6: Level 2 (more advanced) differentiated workbook focusing on reading, writing and listening and also a wordsearch. In the wordsearch, the children look for the times written in French. The words are not provided, however the times in the grid are written in digital format which are the times that the children must look for. On pages 215-219, the children cut out both the analogue clocks and the labels of the times in French and then past them onto the appropriate squares by looking at times in English.
Level 1 - Cut out clock sheet for pasting in the accompanied Level 1 workbook on pages 215-219
Level 2 - Cut out clock and label sheet for pasting in the accompanied Level 2 workbook on pages 215-219
A recorded audio in order to complete the listening task
The transcript of the recording
Subsequent installments containing more advanced time will be available shortly. Do keep an eye out for these.
Happy teaching and learning!
Students who are studying the IGCSE French course need to know the names of various cakes and pastries served at the bakery, which gives the students a deeper insight into French cuisine. Before working on this workbook, it would be an idea to buy a variety of different French cakes and pastries for the students to sample, unless they have any specific dietary requirements or allergies. The activities are very well sequenced and they are also tailored to students of IGCSE level which includes listening, reading comprehension and writing in addition to open questioning. For the spot the difference activity, this could be used as an oral activity, assisting the students as necessary. They can write their answers down following the oral element of the activity.
This resource contains:
1 workbook
1 transcript for the listening activity
1 sound file for the listening activity
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This resource explicitly looks at the use of the term ‘venir de faire quelquechose’ (to have just done something).
Get the students to read the cartoons on the slide and then each cartoon has a question about what is going on. Get them to decide which is/are the correct answer/s.
Spot the difference activities are followed and the students orally state what has just happened in the second picture. These activities contain visual support in case the students aren’t sure how to something in particular in French.
There are also reinforcement activities which the students can complete.
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This resource exclusively looks at the imperfect tense in French which is introduced at Key Stage 3 level and explores irregular verbs in the imperfect form.
It also gives students the opportunity to learn how to talk about habitual actions in the past, and also revises other previously learnt functions of the imperfect tense in the form of a quiz.
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This bundle consists of all four parts of the imperfect tense which is explored at Key Stage 3 and 4 level.
The imperfect tense can generally be a very challenging tense to master, however these resources fundamentally explains all of the functions of the imperfect tense.
Because the imperfect tense is so broad and very dynamic, I have devised the resources up into four parts, which are as follows:
Part 1: Avoir and Etre - Describing age and a past experience
Part 2: Regular verbs - Describing what one was doing or what was happening in the past
Part 3: Irregular verbs - Talking about habitual or repetitive actions in the past
Part 4: Reflexive verbs - Talking about simultaneous actions in the past
Each of the resources provide many examples of each of the functions in the form of stories, quizzes and follow-up activities.
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource uniquely looks at numbers from 100-109 in French.
Go through the powerpoint with the children, looking at the numbers which all start with ‘cent’. Ask the children as to why 100 is named as ‘cent’ in French and then ask them what words in English have the prefix ‘cent’ and what do they mean?
This resource also looks at expressing age and the use of the third person plural form of the verb ‘avoir’. The lower level looks at numbers, age, using ‘avoir’ in the ‘ils’ form and the use of the possessive adjective ‘votre/vos’. The higher level looks at the years when people were born in as well as numbers, age, extended use of ‘ils’, the possessive adjectives ‘votre/vos’ and adjectival agreement. There is also extra more complex material for the more able students and in particular, the gifted and talented as it also explores as to whether one is in their early, mid or late nineties. If there are gifted and talented learners or native French speaking learners present in the class, go through the higher level material with them. There is a differentiated follow-up quiz. Play the quiz with the students.
After the presentation of the numbers, get the students to copy out the numbers in the attached assigned workbook and then complete the listening activity. If there is time in the lesson, get the learners to complete the subsequent activities such as filling out the speech bubbles while selecting the correct answer. For the higher level activity, assume the year is 2020 as that is when the workbook was created.
For homework, the children can complete the mathematical questions.
As a plenary, play the picture pair game with them.
I will be uploading the final resource for numbers in the 110s. Feel free to look out for them!
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource uniquely looks at numbers from 110+ in French. This is also the very final installment of the series.
Go through the powerpoint with the children, looking at the numbers which are above ‘cent dix’. Some famous people, best known for their longevity are also mentioned, as an example of ages above 110 such as Jeanne Louise Calment, Lucile Randon, Kane Tanaka, Sarah Knauss and Emma Morano!
This resource also looks at expressing age and the use of the third person plural form of the verb ‘avoir’. The lower level looks at numbers, age, using ‘avoir’ in the ‘ils’ and ‘elles’ form and the use of the possessive adjective ‘leur/leurs’. The higher level looks at the years when people were born in as well as numbers, age, extended use of ‘ils’ and ‘elles’, the possessive adjectives ‘leur/leurs’ and adjectival agreement. There is also extra more complex material for the more able students and in particular, the gifted and talented as it also explores as to whether one is a centenarian or a supercentenarian. If there are gifted and talented learners or native French speaking learners present in the class, go through the higher level material with them. There is a differentiated follow-up quiz. Play the quiz with the students.
After the presentation of the numbers, get the students to copy out the numbers in the attached assigned workbook and then complete the listening activity. If there is time in the lesson, get the learners to complete the subsequent activities such as filling out the speech bubbles while selecting the correct answer. For the higher level activity, assume the year is 2020 as that is when the workbook was created.
For homework, the children can complete the mathematical questions.
As a plenary, play the picture pair game with them.
I will be uploading a bundle for all the series starting from numbers in the 20s. Feel free to look out for it!
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource exclusively looks at the imperfect tense in French which is introduced at Key Stage 3 level and explores regular verbs in the imperfect form.
It also gives students the opportunity to learn how to describe events in the past, in particular the use of interruptions using regular verbs. This also gives the students a profound opportunity to understand the distinction between the imperfect tense and the perfect tense.
Do keep an eye out for the subsequent editions as more description of how one used to look when they were younger is covered in part 3, when irregular verbs are introduced.
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource exclusively looks at the imperfect tense in French which is introduced at Key Stage 3 level and uniquely explores ‘avoir’ and ‘etre’ in the imperfect form.
It also gives students the opportunity to learn how to talk about one’s age in the past using ‘avoir’ and also holiday past experiences in ‘etre’. This also gives the students the opportunity to understand the distinction between the imperfect tense and the perfect tense.
Do keep an eye out for the subsequent parts as more description of how one used to look when they were younger is covered in part 3, when irregular verbs are introduced.
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource uniquely looks at numbers from 100 - 1000 in French. This is a follow on installment from the previous editions of numbers 1-120.
The students to copy out the numbers in the attached assigned workbook and then complete the reading and listening activity. For the listening activity, you can call the numbers out and if the students are completing the level 1 workbook, they can choose the correct answer. For the higher level activity, they can write the answer in the empty boxes provided. At the back of the workbooks, there are mathematical questions provided. The higher level workbook contains the more extended and more complex mathematical questions such as squared numbers, cubed numbers, square root and negative numbers.
Happy teaching and learning!