A worksheet for using 'on ne peut pas' and 'il faut' with school rules. Easily adaptable to your own school rules: the vocab is on a separate page. Easy to photocopy with 2 worksheets & 4 sets of vocab on one page of A4. Two exercises to practise sentence structure, then a more open-ended task to create 'fantasy' school rules.

A set of 13 questions about daily routine with suggested short answers or sentence starters in French. Two of these lists fit on one side of A4. There is a second copy of the same questions, with the English jumbled alongside for pupils to match up, then produce their own answers. All in present tense but easy to prompt pupils to include other tenses in their answers.

A pair of French texts, very similar in content but one using more elaborate language and more detail. Reading comprehension questions are on separate sheets. You could use this as a running competition, where the texts are stuck on the wall and pupils must take turns in a group to run to find an answer. Also can be used as scaffolding to support a piece of writing - the underlined vocab can be replaced with pupils’ own choice.

A worksheet with 4 different tasks to practice using the perfect tense in German. Pupils have to translate short sentences into English, then choose correct vocab to complete the German sentences. They find out past participles of common verbs and write them in English as well, and finally translate some English sentences into German, using vocab from the earlier tasks. Answers provided on page 2 of the document.

A set of sentence starters for pupils to complete, to give information about their own daily routine in the perfect tense. Some parts of the English are provided for each sentence starter, as prompts.

A set of sentences in present tense, saying what time I do daily routine activities. Pupils read the sentences and sort into the correct order by their times. First page has more sentences, second page is easier with fewer sentences. Easy to photocopy, with 2 sets of sentences on each page.

A detailed but fairly straightforward text in French about Christmas Day, all in present tense. Use it for a reading comprehension, get pupils to ask each other questions about it to check each other's understanding. Could use for reading aloud, or adapt to create own description of the day.

A French starter activity with suggested chunks of sentences in the past tense about various festivals. Could be used as part of a true/false activity, or pronunciation practice. Could be extended into a piece of speaking or writing, using this as scaffolding.

A matching task with household chores listed in present and perfect tense in French. Pupils match the present to the perfect tense for each chore. Would lead in nicely to students spotting/revising the grammar rules for perfect tense.

A French reading comprehension based on a set of 6 very short simple texts about home and local area. Pupils have to complete a grid in English to show they have understood the information. They are then asked to write a similar paragraph about their own home and local area.

A French reading worksheet with two texts: one describes living in the town and the other describes living in the country. Pupils have to summarise the pros and cons of each in English, then find the French for some specific vocab, and finally answer the comprehension questions in English. Could also lead into an extension task where pupils produce their own paragraph about where they live. Answers included on separate sheet.

French worksheet which builds up gradually to get pupils producing their own perfect tense sentences: grammar notes, then a task to sort sentences into present/past, followed by a task to convert the present tense sentences into perfect tense.

A poster showing a set of French idiomatic phrases on the topic of healthy lifestyles, mainly to do with eating and fitness levels. All in the first person present tense. Useful for helping higher ability pupils to produce more elaborate language.

A two-page worksheet with 6 different tasks for using werden to form the future tense in German. The theme of holidays is the focus. Pupils have to list the personal pronouns, then conjugate arbeiten to practice the verb endings. Then there are tasks including translation, correcting word order and reading comprehension. Answers are provided on pages 3 and 4. Suitable for use when introducing the future tense, or for revision.

A set of 30 sentences written in German perfect tense, a range of subjects and verbs used, including some questions. None of the sentences have spaces between the words, so pupils must write them out correctly with spaces in. They must also translate the sentences into English. Some English translations are given below the sentences, to provide assistance. The first page has capital letters on the nouns, making it slightly easier. The second page has no capitals - you could also remove the English assistance on this page to make it harder again. Answers are provided on the third page. This is a straightforward and fairly simple task, suitable for those just learning the perfect tense, or needing a quick revision task.

Suitable for beginners in French, a set of questions to elicit personal information. This is the second set, which build on the first set I have also published. A slightly different format, there are 2 versions on this sheet: the French questions with the English translations shown and a second page with the English jumbled for a matching activity.

A colourful grid to complete on your board with the French masculine colours provided; pupils must add the feminine spellings and English. Accompanied by 2 differentiated grids for pupils to complete independently.

French worksheet with short and simple texts about presents (birthday/Christmas etc). Each short text is followed by a few reading comprehension questions.

A worksheet with several tasks to practise the present tense of faire, aller, lire and sortir. Starting with a task to complete the English for the conjugations, then a sentence gapfill exercise and finally a more open-ended writing task.

A set of sentences in present tense for pupils to sort into school day or weekend. Each daily routine sentence is written with a time it would happen on a school day, and again with a time it could happen on a weekend. Sentences are listed together in pairs, but you could make it harder by jumbling them, or printing out and chopping up. Pupils could write their own sentences about a school day or the weekend, using these as prompts.