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.
Welcome to the eighth installment!
This installment explores the weather associated with August in France and it looks at some sport and introduces four different countries with the capitals and their prepositions.
The contained vocabulary is as follows:
Weather
Quel temps fait-il?
C’est quel mois? / Quel mois nous sommes?
C’est août
C’est quelle saison? / Quelle saison nous sommes?
C’est l’été
En été
Il fait très chaud
Il fait un temps superbe
Il fait du soleil / Il est ensoleillé
Il y a une sécheresse
Telling the temperature
Il fait combien de degrés?
Il fait trente-sept degrés
Il fait quarante-trois degrés
Cities
à Abu-Dhabi
à Canberra
à Dubaï
à Seoul
à Sydney
Countries
Feminine
l’Australie / en Australie
la Corée du sud / en Corée du sud
la Guadeloupe / en Guadeloupe
Plural countries
les Émirats Arabes Unis / aux Émirats Arabes Unis
Landscapes
Une île
Sport and activities
Courir (conjugated in the present tense)
Jouer au football
Jouer au basket
Other vocabulary
Une phare
Avoir soif
Maigrir
Verbs followed by a preposition before an infinitive
Arriver à faire
Continuer à faire
The verb ‘s’en aller’ in the simple future tense
The powerpoint contains a story with questions in French with follow-up reinforcement activities and a translation quiz.
There is also an accompanying workbook which also contains the story with various different activities in the workbook.
This powerpoint contains the following materials:
Powerpoint
Accompanying workbook
Vocabulary handout with various sports, activities and countries
The verb 'être’ in the future tense
Wordsearch on the countries and capitals with the prepositions
Battleships game worksheet in order to reinforce learning
Transcription of the listening activities
Audio file of the listening comprehension
A bingo sheet to review the vocabulary
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the sixth installment!
This installment explores the weather associated with June in France and it looks at some sport and introduces four different countries with the capitals and their prepositions.
The contained vocabulary is as follows:
Weather
Quel temps fait-il?
C’est quel mois? / Quel mois nous sommes?
C’est juin
C’est quelle saison? / Quelle saison nous sommes?
C’est l’été
En été
Il fait chaud
Il fait du soleil / Il est ensoleillé
Il y a du tonnerre
Il y a du foudre
Telling the temperature
Il fait combien de degrés?
Il fait trente degrés
Il fait trente et un degrés
Il fait trente-deux degrés
Cities
à Lisbonne
à Mexico
à Hong Kong
Countries
Masculine
le Mexique / au Mexique
le Portugal / au Portugal
Feminine
Singapour / à Singapour
Landscapes
Le bord de la mer
La mer
Places of interest
Le parc d’attraction
Le safari de nuit
Le zoo
Sport and activities
Faire de la boxe
Faire du jet-ski
Faire des sports nautiques
Faire de la voile
Clauses using ‘quand’ in the future tense
Quand il fera chaud, nous irons au bord de la mer
Quand il fera mauvais, nous irons au café
The verb ‘aller’ in the simple future tense
The powerpoint contains a story with questions in French with follow-up reinforcement activities and a translation quiz.
There is also an accompanying workbook which also contains the story with various different activities in the workbook.
This powerpoint contains the following materials:
Powerpoint
Accompanying workbook
Vocabulary handout with various sports, activities and countries
The verb 'être’ in the future tense
Wordsearch on the countries and capitals with the prepositions
Battleships game worksheet in order to reinforce learning
Transcription of the listening activities
Audio file of the listening comprehension
A bingo sheet to review the vocabulary
A colourful powerpoint explaining ‘quand’ clauses with several examples
A colourful classroom display illustrating ‘quand’ clauses in the future tense
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the fourth installment!
This installment explores the weather associated with April in France and it looks at some sport and introduces four different countries with the capitals and their prepositions.
The contained vocabulary is as follows:
Weather
Quel temps fait-il?
C’est quel mois? / Quel mois nous sommes?
C’est avril
C’est quelle saison? / Quelle saison nous sommes?
C’est le printemps
Au printemps
Il fait doux
Il pleut / Il est pluvieux
Il y a un arc-en-ciel
Telling the temperature
Il fait combien de degrés?
Il fait dix-sept degrés
Il fait dix-huit degrés
Cities
à Bruxelles
à Fort-de-France
à New Delhi
à Nuuk
Countries
Masculine
le Groenland / au Groenland
Feminine
la Belgique / en Belgique
l’Inde / en Inde
la Martinique / en Martinique
Landscapes
Un champ
Des chevaux
Use of ‘si’ clauses
Si il fait beau, je jouerai au badminton
Si le temps est neigeux, je skierai
Sport
Jouer au badminton
Jouer au cache-cache
Jouer aux jeux de société
Jouer au Monopoly
The verb ‘jouer’ in the simple future tense
The powerpoint contains a story with questions in French with follow-up reinforcement activities and a translation quiz.
There is also an accompanying workbook which also contains the story with various different activities in the workbook.
This powerpoint contains the following materials:
Powerpoint
Accompanying workbook
Vocabulary handout with various sports, activities and countries
The verb 'être’ in the future tense
Wordsearch on the countries and capitals with the prepositions
Battleships game worksheet in order to reinforce learning
Transcription of the listening activities
Audio file of the listening comprehension
A bingo sheet to review the vocabulary
A colourful classroom display illustrating three different examples of ‘si’ clauses in French
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the fifth installment!
This installment explores the weather associated with May in France and it looks at some sport and introduces four different countries with the capitals and their prepositions.
The contained vocabulary is as follows:
Weather
Quel temps fait-il?
C’est quel mois? / Quel mois nous sommes?
C’est mai
C’est quelle saison? / Quelle saison nous sommes?
C’est le printemps
Au printemps
Il fait très doux
Il fait du soleil / Il est ensoleillé
Il fait très beau / Il fait un très beau temps
Telling the temperature
Il fait combien de degrés?
Il fait vingt-cinq degrés
Il fait vingt-six degrés
Il fait trente degrés
Cities
à Athènes
à Bangkok
à Port-au-Prince
à Rome
Countries
Masculine
le Haïti / à Haïti
Feminine
la Grèce / en Grèce
l’Italie / en Italie
la Thailande / en Thailande
Landscapes
Un pré
Un arbre
Sport and activities
Faire du karaté
Faire des arts martiaux
Faire un pique-nique
Faire de l’équitation
More use of ‘si’ clauses
S’il fait un très beau temps, nous ferons de l’équitation
S’il est ensoleillé, nous ferons du tennis
The verb ‘faire’ in the simple future tense
The powerpoint contains a story with questions in French with follow-up reinforcement activities and a translation quiz.
There is also an accompanying workbook which also contains the story with various different activities in the workbook.
This powerpoint contains the following materials:
Powerpoint
Accompanying workbook
Vocabulary handout with various sports, activities and countries
The verb 'être’ in the future tense
Wordsearch on the countries and capitals with the prepositions
Battleships game worksheet in order to reinforce learning
Transcription of the listening activities
Audio file of the listening comprehension
A bingo sheet to review the vocabulary
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the second installment!
This installment explores the weather associated with February in France and it looks at some sport and introduces four different countries with the capitals and their prepositions.
The contained vocabulary is as follows:
Quel temps fait-il?
C’est quel mois? / Quel mois nous sommes?
C’est février
C’est quelle saison? / Quelle saison nous sommes?
C’est l’hiver
En hiver
Il neige / Il est neigeux
Il fait froid
Il fait mauvais / Il fait un mauvais temps
Il y a du gel
Telling the temperature
Il fait combien de degrés?
Il fait deux degrés
Il fait zéro degré
Il fait moins un degré
Il fait moins deux degrés
Cities
à Berlin
à Moscou
à New York
à Hanoï
Countries
Masculine
le Vietnam / au Vietnam
Feminine
la Russie / en Russie
l’Allemagne / en Allemagne
Plural
les États-Unis / aux États-Unis
Using ‘quand’ in a sentence
Quand le lac est gelé, on peut faire du patinage
Sport and using the preposition ‘en’
Faire du patinage
Est-ce que tu fais du patinage? Oui, j’en fais
Faire du hockey sur glace
Est-ce que tu fais du hockey sur glace? Oui, j’en fais
The verb ‘avoir’ in the simple future tense
The powerpoint contains a story with questions in French with follow-up reinforcement activities and a translation quiz.
There is also an accompanying workbook which also contains the story with various different activities in the workbook.
This powerpoint contains the following materials:
Powerpoint
Accompanying workbook
Vocabulary handout with various sports, activities and countries
The verb 'avoir’ in the future tense
Wordsearch on the countries and capitals with the prepositions
Battleships game worksheet in order to reinforce learning
Transcription of the listening activities
Audio file of the listening comprehension
A bingo sheet to review the vocabulary
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the third installment!
This installment explores the weather associated with March in France and it looks at some sport and introduces four different countries with the capitals and their prepositions.
The contained vocabulary is as follows:
Weather
Quel temps fait-il?
C’est quel mois? / Quel mois nous sommes?
C’est mars
C’est quelle saison? / Quelle saison nous sommes?
C’est le printemps
Au printemps
Il fait beau / il fait un beau temps
Il fait plus chaud / Il commence à faire plus chaud
Il fait du vent / Il est venteux
Telling the temperature
Il fait combien de degrés?
Il fait douze degrés
Il fait treize degrés
Il fait dix-sept degrés
Cities
à Dublin
à Madrid
à Montréal
à Riad
Countries
Masculine
le Canada / au Canada
Feminine
l’Arabie Saoudite / en Arabie Saoudite
l’Espagne / en Espagne
l’Irlande / en Irlande
Landscapes
Les collines
Using ‘quand’ in a sentence
Quand il fait beau, je fais du vélo
Sport and using the preposition ‘en’
Jouer au tennis
Faire du vélo
Est-ce que tu fais du vélo? Oui, j’en fais
Faire du cerf-volant
Est-ce que tu fais du cerf-volant? Oui, j’en fais
The verb ‘être’ in the simple future tense
The powerpoint contains a story with questions in French with follow-up reinforcement activities and a translation quiz.
There is also an accompanying workbook which also contains the story with various different activities in the workbook.
This powerpoint contains the following materials:
Powerpoint
Accompanying workbook
Vocabulary handout with various sports, activities and countries
The verb 'être’ in the future tense
Wordsearch on the countries and capitals with the prepositions
Battleships game worksheet in order to reinforce learning
Transcription of the listening activities
Audio file of the listening comprehension
A bingo sheet to review the vocabulary
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the first installment!
This installment explores the weather associated with January in France and it looks at some sport and introduces four different countries with the capitals and their prepositions.
The contained vocabulary is as follows:
Quel temps fait-il?
C’est quel mois? / Quel mois nous sommes?
C’est janvier
C’est quelle saison? / Quelle saison nous sommes?
C’est l’hiver
En hiver
Il neige / Il est neigeux
Il fait froid
Il fait mauvais / Il fait un mauvais temps
Telling the temperature
Il fait combien de degrés?
Il fait deux degrés
Il fait zéro degré
Il fait moins un degré
Il fait moins deux degrés
Cities
à Paris
à Londres
à Shanghaï
à Tokyo
Countries
Masculine
le Japon / au Japon
le Royaume-Uni / au Royaume-Uni
Feminine
la Chine / en Chine
la France / en France
Use of the ‘y’ pronoun
Est-ce que tu es habitué(e) au temps froid? Oui j’y suis habitué(e)
Sport and using the preposition ‘en’
Faire du ski
Est-ce que tu fais du ski? Oui, j’en fais
The verb ‘croire’ in the present tense
The powerpoint contains a story with questions in English with follow-up reinforcement activities and a translation quiz.
There is also an accompanying workbook which also contains the story with various different activities in the workbook.
This powerpoint contains the following materials:
Powerpoint
Accompanying workbook
Vocabulary handout with various sports, activities and countries
The verb ‘croire’ in the present tense
Wordsearch on the countries and capitals with the prepositions
Battleships game worksheet in order to reinforce learning
Transcription of the listening activities
Audio file of the listening comprehension
A bingo sheet to review the vocabulary
Happy teaching and learning!
Welcome to the seventh installment!
This installment explores the weather associated with July in France and it looks at some sport and introduces four different countries with the capitals and their prepositions. It also explores the festivities of Bastille Day in France.
The contained vocabulary is as follows:
Weather
Quel temps fait-il?
C’est quel mois? / Quel mois nous sommes?
C’est juillet
C’est quelle saison? / Quelle saison nous sommes?
C’est l’été
En été
Il fait très chaud
Il fait un temps superbe
Telling the temperature
Il fait combien de degrés?
Il fait trente-cinq degrés
Il fait quarante degrés
Cities
à Ankara
au Caire
au Cap
à Kingston
Countries
Feminine
l’Afrique du sud / en Afrique du sud
l’Égypte / en Égypte
la Jamaïque / en Jamaïque
la Turquie / en Turquie
Landscapes
Le désert
Festivals
Le jour de la Bastille
La Révolution française
Sport and activities
Faire de la natation
Other vocabulary
Une valise
Des feux d’artifice
Un défilé
Verbs followed by a preposition before an infinitive
Commencer à faire
Décider de faire
The verb ‘pouvoir’ in the simple future tense
The powerpoint contains a story with questions in French with follow-up reinforcement activities and a translation quiz.
There is also an accompanying workbook which also contains the story with various different activities in the workbook.
This powerpoint contains the following materials:
Powerpoint
Accompanying workbook
Vocabulary handout with various sports, activities and countries
The verb 'être’ in the future tense
Wordsearch on the countries and capitals with the prepositions
Battleships game worksheet in order to reinforce learning
Transcription of the listening activities
Audio file of the listening comprehension
A bingo sheet to review the vocabulary
Happy teaching and learning!
Hello everyone and welcome!
This powerpoint exclusively explores the four different ways of using the four different interrogative words for ‘which’ in French.
The first activity revises the demonstrative adjectives which the students could do as a warm-up activity. Subsequently, the powerpoint introduces the four different ways to express ‘which’ in French. As each one is explored, display each poster in the classroom to illustrate each meaning and it is a very resourceful way to make use of the working walls in the classroom. Throughout the powerpoint, the students will be acquainted with the verb ‘acheter’ and its conjugation. The students can note its conjugation as they progress through the powerpoint. When the students begin the production stage of the lesson, they can complete the activity on page 59 of the slide. The activities are differentiated and the students can choose which level best suits them. The answers are provided on the subsequent slides of the powerpoint.
There is also a Kahoot quiz available on my account. The links are as follows:
Level 1: https://create.kahoot.it/share/quel-quelle-quels-quelles-niveau-1/b03f2ee0-c8cd-4f72-bb34-28629bd7692d
Level 2: https://create.kahoot.it/share/quel-quelle-quels-quelles/42cb20a2-3bb6-43ad-9b55-326bb82db022
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource explores the use of the passive voice in the present tense and it is geared at IGCSE / A- level or IB French, as the syllabus contains this grammatical element.
Introduce the powerpoint to the students and go over the examples.
The powerpoint also includes listening comprehension, followed by written activities. There is also a follow-up quiz which the students can play on kahoot.
There is also a colourful poster attached with this resource which can be displayed in your classroom in order to make use of the working walls when needed.
Happy teaching and learning!
This resource allows students to complete the worksheet as each of the 17 verbs in the perfect tense are being taught to them.
While you are presenting the verbs to them, get the students to fill out the sheet for each one they encounter. Alternatively, this can be used as a revision sheet and it is an excellent way to revise!
This resource is free!
Happy teaching and learning!
This powerpoint teachers numbers from 1-30 in French. It also reinforces or introduces age and (for the gifted and talented) years in French, in addition to how to express one’s age and when one was born in French, but of course, this part is optional. If you don’t wish to introduce the numbers in the context of age, this is absolutely fine and you can just introduce them non-contextually, i.e. 'Répétez après moi - ‘un’, ‘un’, ‘deux’, ‘deux’, etc.
After having introduced the numbers, try out the listening comprehension and it is differentiated into two different levels. For level 1 (lower level), the students choose the correct answer according to the number they hear. For level 2 (higher level), they have a choice of 30 answers to choose from and they can simply colour in the box according to what they hear.
There are also follow up activities in this powerpoint such as picture pairs, French mathematics and a wordsearch. There is also a handout available with this resource that you cna print and distribute to the class.
There are also four differentiated quizzes on kahoot based on French calculations which reinforces numbers 1-30 and they are defined as follows:
Level 1 - Choose the correct answer and they have a minute to answer
Level 2 - Choose the correct answer and they have 30 seconds to answer
Level 3 - Choose the correct answer and they have only 10 seconds to answer
Level 4 - Type the answer in words and they only have 20 seconds to answer
The links to all of the quizzes are provided at the end of the powerpoint.
When you have finished teaching the numbers and when you feel the students have sufficiently mastered them, get them to complete the reflection slip which is also attached to this resource, so they can reflect on how much they have mastered the numbers. It is titled as ‘Numbers 1-30 - Reflection’.
Happy teaching and learning!
Here is a fabulous resource for introducing ‘etre’ verbs to your students.
This resource contains a wealth of crossword puzzles exploring every single one of the 17 intransitive verbs. There is also a wordsearch where the students can search for the infinitives, before they become acquainted with the auxiliary verb and forming the verbs in the perfect tense.
In addition, the students have pages and pages of colouring in to do and conjugating all 17 intransitive verbs will keep them occupied for quite a long time and very good practice! This activity can be set during class time or as homework. It is also great revision for Key Stage 4 learners as well!
Happy teaching and learning!
Students who are studying the IGCSE French course need to know the names of various foods, starting with fruit. 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
Happy teaching and learning!
This powerpoint explicitly outlines the function of ‘ne … ni … ni’ and other uses of this concept both in the present tense and the perfect tense. There is a wealth of good examples demonstrated in this presentation with follow up differentiated activities and also revises previously learnt negatives in French. This is ideal for learners of IGCSE French and AS/A2 level French.
Happy teaching and learning!
Here is the second installment of the subjunctive.
As you know, mastering the subjunctive is tricky business and it is more geared towards A-Level French. This activity basically describes more functions of the subjunctive in a nutshell in terms of importance and desire and it contains step by step methods as to how to form it.
Part 2 solely focuses on how to form regular ‘-ir’ verbs in the subjunctive mood.
Accompanied with this resource, is a unique workbook, in which the expressions using expressions of importance and desire are incorporated in the form of a cartoon story where the students search for the expressions used. Before reading the story, I would recommend teaching the vocabulary in the powerpoint and get students to write out sample sentences. There are also subsequent activities, very similar to the ones in the powerpoint.
Parts 3-12 of the subjunctive are also available on my online shop, however I still have yet to modify the resources and install the workbooks for parts 5-12. The powerpoint lesson in these parts are only available at the moment.
Keep an eye out for the sequels to the other functions of the subjunctive. I still have to put them up.
Happy teaching and learning!
Here is the third installment of the subjunctive.
As you know, mastering the subjunctive is tricky business and it is more geared towards A-Level French and at IB level. This activity basically describes more functions of the subjunctive in a nutshell in terms of certain conjunctions and it contains step by step methods as to how to form it.
Part 3 solely focuses on how to form regular ‘-re’ verbs in the subjunctive mood.
Accompanied with this resource, is a unique workbook, in which the expressions using expressions of certain conjunctions such as ‘although’, ‘whatever’, etc, are incorporated in the form of a cartoon story where the students search for the expressions used. Before reading the story, I would recommend teaching the vocabulary in the powerpoint and get students to write out sample sentences. There are also subsequent activities, very similar to the ones in the powerpoint.
Parts 4-12 of the subjunctive are also available on my online shop, however I still have yet to modify the resources for parts 5-12 and install the workbooks for these parts. The powerpoint lesson in these parts are only available at the moment.
Keep an eye out for the sequels to the other functions of the subjunctive. I still have to put them up.
Happy teaching and learning!
Here is the fourth installment of the subjunctive.
As you know, mastering the subjunctive is tricky business and it is more geared towards A-Level French and at IB level. This activity basically describes more functions of the subjunctive in a nutshell in terms of hypothetical expressions and it contains step by step methods as to how to conjugate the irregular primary verbs such as ‘aller’, ‘etre’, ‘faire’ and ‘avoir’ alongside forming sentences with hypothetical expressions
Part 4 solely focuses on how to form irregular primary verbs in the subjunctive mood with revision from other verbs mastered from the previous installments
Accompanied with this resource, is a unique workbook, in which the expressions using expressions of certain conjunctions such as ‘'wherever’, ‘‘whether’, 'whoever’, etc, are incorporated in the form of a cartoon story where the students search for the expressions used. Before reading the story, I would recommend teaching the vocabulary in the powerpoint and get students to write out sample sentences. There are also subsequent activities, very similar to the ones in the powerpoint.
Parts 5-12 of the subjunctive are also available on my online shop, however I still have yet to modify the resources and install the workbooks for these parts. The powerpoint lesson in these parts are only available at the moment.
Keep an eye out for the sequels to the other functions of the subjunctive. I still have to put them up.
Happy teaching and learning!
I am offering all 9 of the IGCSE Food workbooks for just ₤30, which is a saving of ₤15! These workbooks are designed for students who are studying food at IGCSE French level.
The nine themes are as follows:
Part 1 - Fruit
Part 2 - Vegetables
Part 3 - Meat
Part 4 - Fish
Part 5 - At the delicatessen
Part 6 - At the bakery
Part 7 - Drinks
Part 8 - Breakfast
Part 9 - Traditional French cuisine
Not only do these workbooks cover and revise an enormous amount of vocabulary, but they also contain a wide-range of grammar covered at IGCSE level and beyond, in preparation for A-level French. In addition, the activities are very well-sequenced and covers the four key skills.
Happy teaching and learning!
Students who are studying the IGCSE French course need to know the names of various foods, especially vegetables. 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
Happy teaching and learning!