A quick French activity to show the spelling patterns and differences between present, perfect and imperfect tenses of regular verbs. Jouer is given in all 3 tenses in the first person, then pupils have to complete the spellings for more verbs. Vocab is provided for pupils to create sentences, including some suggestions of a time marker for each tense. Could be used as a speaking task for the whole class or pairs/small groups. Could be a quiet written starter task, or lead into a more detailed piece of writing.

This wordsearch has a set of food and drink vocab written in English; pupils find the German translations hidden in the wordsearch grid. There are 25 words to search for. This is an Excel spreadsheet, set up so you can print two copies per A4 sheet. Answers are provided on sheet 2.

A set of 18 clothes in German with pictures to match. You could display on your screen with one column covered for pupils to translate, or provide as a set of cards for pupils to match words to pictures. Make an extension task by asking for complete sentences, e.g. when you wear this or what colour/style you prefer.

A puzzle which lists vocab in English, grouped by how many letters the German word has. There are no clues on the grid, so pupils use logic to work out where the answers must go (e.g. there is only one word with 13 letters). Vocab consists of basic words encountered in first year of learning German.

Two separate documents, each with a set of German vocab in anagrams (16 fruit and veg; 12 shops). Answers provided on the second page of each document. Use as a starter or quick revision activity. Add challenge by asking pupils to translate into English, create sentences containing the vocab, add opinions or use different tenses.

Use this for display, revision, a lesson starter or homework task. It’s a list of time markers and past participles (split into 2 lists: haben/sein), each with the English next to it. You could ask pupils to make up sentences or a paragraph using these; they could test their partners on the German/English for each.

I made up this fairly naff song to the tune of Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer, using past tense vocab we had learnt. Pupils had to translate into English and also make up their own verse to go next. The brave ones performed for everyone!

This worksheet has a set of 13 sentences in German, each missing the definite article ‘the’. Each sentence says something ‘I’ do in different rooms in the house. The sentences are printed twice: pupils who get the first set will have to know/find out the gender of each room in the house; the second set show the gender. This is a simple worksheet with some rooms repeated to allow for consolidation of the rule. The sheet includes a grid showing the correct spellings of the definite article in both nominative and dative cases, for each gender. Answers included on page two.

A simple information-gap task for pupils to complete the endings for avoir, être, aller and faire in the present tense. Ask them to write the English too if you like. Easy to extend by insisting on full sentences. Answers provided on second page of document.

This writing task has 10 German sentences to complete about work experience in the past tense. It has been differentiated to three levels of difficulty. The first (easiest) has 2 gaps shown and the missing words are listed at the end of each sentence, not necessarily in the correct order. The second version has the same 2 words shown at the end of each sentence, but the gaps are not shown, so pupils decide where to place the words. The third version shows the gaps but has all the missing words jumbled together in a box below the task. All three tasks fit on one page of A4. Answers are provided on the second page.

A simple poster showing the first most basic word order rules for German. Could be used as a display or added to a mat or stuck into books.

A short worksheet with 10 sentences in German for pupils to insert the correct word for “who” or “which”. All possible spellings of “who/which” are shown at the start , in nominative, accusative and dative cases. All 3 cases are covered in the sentences and pupils must decide which case to use each time. Answers are provided on page 2. Two copies of the worksheet fit on one page of A4.

This worksheet is a structured and fairly simple way to practise using German verbs in the present tense. Spielen is written out in full as a guide, then there are 3 tasks. First pupils just choose the correct spelling of spielen from the list above, to complete the 10 sentences. Then there are 12 sentences in German with a gap to complete with the correct spelling of the verb which is given in the infinitive each time. Finally there are 10 sentences in German for pupils to complete with the correct spelling of some strong verbs (which may change their vowel). Again, the infinitives are given. Pupils are also asked to translate all the sentences into English. Answers provided on page 2.

A French starter activity with suggestions of what life will be like in the future, using ‘on va/on ne va pas’, could easily be adapted to use whole aller paradigm. Pupils can construct complete sentences and match to pictures, could extend this by adding more detail or substituting the vocab.

A set of sentences in French about the school day, chopped in half for pupils to match starts and ends. This sheet is photocopiable and would suit pairwork: I keep the starts of the sentences together and chop up the endings so pupils can move them around.