A set of 3 x sentence builders to help pupils structure their answers and vary their vocab for the card discussion in the speaking exam for AQA. Quizlet links for studying the vocab are included in the document. Pupils can use this document as a scaffold when preparing answers to speaking cards.

Various exercises to introduce and practise three reflexive verbs on the topic of family relationships - s’entendre avec, se disputer avec, se fâcher contre. Also practices vocab for members of the family and negative sentences with ne pas and ne jamais. Exercises include matching / match-up, listening / jumble / unscramble sentences and gap-fill. Answers included. Les verbes pronominaux / la famille / tu t’entends bien avec ta famille? les relations familiales

A big quiz of 30 questions on the Spanish-speaking world - can be used for beginners, done aurally in class or as a research task. Answers are included in the document. Great for starting off beginners in Spanish to get them interested in Hispanic world, or as an end-of-term fun activity!

A reading comprehension with various exercises to consolidate the vocabulary on the topic. For KS4 topic of health / healthy lifestyles. Activities include find the vocab in the text, gap-fill, French questions, vocab-list and translation.

Intended for the study of films in Spanish, this handout provides introductory steps to analysing film, and a comprehensive glossary of vocabulary in English and Spanish with detailed explanations and examples. The examples relate to the Almodovar film, Volver, but the principles can be applied to any film. It is roughly aimed at students studying for A-Level, Pre-U or IB (aged 16+). Whilst this resource is designed to provide information, you can also create activities from it, for example, by mixing up the Spanish and English words to match up, or match words to definitions. Or, you could assign different students certain terms and ask them to produce a short analysis of these aspects in one key scene to present to the class.

A sentence builder to learn to answer the question ‘Si tu pudieras cambiar algo de tu colegio, ¿qué cambiarías?’ 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

A sentence builder and translation activity on the topic of physical descriptions / describing family members in French to answer the question ‘comment sont-ils physiquement?’ 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

A worksheet with a short conjugation retrieval task, listening gap-fill, unscramble the sentences exercise, and a test you can set for homework. All answers included.

A selection of 3 detailed sentence builders for KS4 or KS3 French for talking about le temps / la météo. Includes how to talk about the weather in three tenses, past present and future, and how to combine weather with your favourite saison - quelle est ta saison préférée, and examples of how to link it to free time activities. See ideas for how to exploit sentence builders at this link below https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12281180 or at my blog.

A 3-page worksheet / activity sequence explaining how to use the pronouns en and y in set phrases for the topic of free time / hobbies / les loisirs / le temps libre. Ideal for helping pupils to integrate these into their writing to score higher marks for complexity / use of ‘complex structures’. The principles for how en and y work are briefly explained, but the pronouns are mostly practised in the context of useful phrases on the topic, including with negatives and time phrases. There is also a stage combining them with the present tense with depuis to enhance the complexity of students’ sentences. Activities include a brief grammar explanation to read, a matching task, a teacher-led listening, multiple-choice, translations and a writing task. All answers included. Suitable for KS4 French or very able KS3 pupils as extension work. See below a similar resource for using ‘en’ in the topic of school, but this time the practice is purely translations: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12967353

Two versions of the same sentence builder (a more ambitious one and a simpler one) to talk about your dream job and what qualities are necessary for this job / le travail / les professions / les métiers. 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 Here is a free set of vocab activities to go with the sentence builders https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dream-jobs-vocab-exercises-12453224

Various worksheets and activities to introduce and practise the future tense in French: A few inductive grammar activities to introduce the future tense in French - a match-up exercise followed by inductive grammar exercise and links to a Quizlet and Quizizz games to practise the endings. A variety of exercises to practise the future tense, including multiple-choice, gap-fill and translation. Mostly regular verbs but irregular verbs are introduced in the last activity. Answers included. A short gap-fill on the future tense along with a speaking drill to practise conjugating orally. A gap-fill worksheet to practise using the future tense and correct prepositions with countries in French.

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 Sentence builder for learning how to give opinions on your hobbies hobbies / free time activities with a range of activity ideas

A sentence builder and short translation task to learn to describe your ideal house using the conditional & imperfect subjunctive. 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

I just made these 6 sentence builders to give to my students to revise from for a writing test. They cover the following points: Introducing yourself, giving age, birthday, where you’re from and where you live Describing physique, hair and eyes - of yourself or of someone else Describing personality - of yourself or of someone else Describing your family and giving their names, ages and birthdays Saying what pets you have (and colours) and any pets you used to have / would like to have However, you can also use them for teaching the content in the first place - click this link to see ideas on how you can use sentence builders https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-ideas-for-using-sentence-builders-12281180

A few interactive activities to introduce some basic phrases for describing pets in Spanish.

A brief guide on how to use a sentence builder for those who aren’t familiar with this fantastic tool that has been championed by MFL pedagogy legends such as Gianfranco Conti, Steve Smith and Dylan Vinales - I do not take credit for these ideas, I am simply organising them into a concise list of my personal favourite activities to accompany some of the sentence builders that I upload to my shop.

A set of translations from English to French to practise 3 key verbs on the topic of family relationships / les relations familiales - se fâcher contre, s’entendre avec, se disputer avec - a good revision exercise to go back to this topic or a writing practice for once pupils have had plenty of practise on reading & listening with these verbs eg. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reflexive-verbs-and-family-relationships-worksheets-12282709 les verbes pronominaux / la famille