A set of questions to elicit personal information, commonly covered early in a beginners French course. Prompts are given in French to begin the answers. 3 sets fit on one page, reducing photocopying!

A set of descriptions in French of English dishes: pupils have to work out what they are. Answers provided, make sure you remove them before using the resource! You could make this easier by providing the answers jumbled, or extend it by asking pupils to write their own descriptions.

A list of 20 short phrases in French with the English jumbled alongside, vocab used in role plays arranging to go out. Pupils match the French to the English. Beneath is a list of 8 short sentences in English for translation into French, using the vocab from the matching task. Useful as a lesson starter or revision task, written or pair work. Answers provided on second page of document.

A set of 12 pictures/symbols with a choice of three phrases below each, about campsite facilities and making a booking. Would also work as a translation task once pupils have chosen the correct phrase. Could be extended by asking pupils to suggest another alternative for each set of phrases, or to make up their own quiz about hotel/youth hostel accommodation. Answers provided - WARNING: the answers are at the bottom of the page, take care not to print them!

On each slide a phrase appears at the top and pupils have to say if it is present or past tense. Works well with mini whiteboards, or right hand/left hand up to show choice. Answer is shown before next question each time. Verbs are paired up, but don't appear in order.

A French worksheet with a set of sentences to be sorted into present or imperfect tense. Then pupils use the pairs of sentences to form sentences which compare then and now, e.g. When I was little I had short hair. Now that I am bigger I have long hair. Finally pupils can alter the sentences so they are true for their own personal information. This could be extended by asked for a variety of time markers and connectives, or more detailed descriptions.

A set of cards in French for pupils to sort into categories (time marker, near future tense, details). This builds up into sentences which describe plans for a trip to Paris in the future. Can be extended by adding own information and more details. Also works as a vocab-learning task in pairs or small groups. The cards fit on one side of A4 and there's a grid to place the cards on if your pupils like visual sorting grids like this.

The easy worksheet has 8 questions about lifestyle (healthy living, daily routine, pocket money): pupils match the French questions to the English, match a set of short answers to the right questions and finally complete the English translations of the answers. The harder version has the same 8 questions in French, and the English to match up. Then there is a set of vocab and sentence starters in French which pupils must match to the English and then use to create their own answers to the questions.

A long list of vocab for pupils to match French to English. First page has the answers, second page has them jumbled up. Useful for work on personal information, biographies, CVs, etc.

A list of facilities available in a youth hostel: pictures/symbols with the English and space to put the French. The French vocab is provided on a separate sheet for you to use either as answers, or for pupils to cut out and stick on the symbols list. Beware they are in the same order at the moment, so I suggest you ask pupils to cut the French vocab out, then play with it in pairs (guess the English/look up in a dictionary/work with you as a class together), then ask them to stick or copy the French onto the symbols sheet. There are 4 sets of the French vocab on the second page, to save on photocopying.

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.

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.

Bright and colourful set of posters showing a French word for each letter of the alphabet.

A set of 10 pairwork cards with role plays to practise giving personal information and using perfect tense. One partner can see English prompts only (the 'test' side); the other can see the French script to complete the dialogue, including some unprepared questions.

A set of 6 sentences in French about adverts for pupils to translate into English. A range of opinions and reasons, all in the present tense. Could be a homework task or revision activity. Make into a pair work game or team competition with numbers 1-6 on the board for pupils to choose as a lottery, set a timer and challenge pupils to translate as much of a sentence as they can in a limited amount of time.

A set of 7 English sentences to be translated into French, either giving opinions of TV programmes or saying what time and day they are on. Range of length and difficulty, although all are in present tense. Answers provided on page 2. Could be extended by asking pupils to adapt the sentences to give alternative details, or to add more of their own information to each sentence.

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 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.