Here are fifteen beginner level French dictations to use with your lower level students. They are not very long. Each dictation is a separate audio file. Answer key and translation provided for each dictation. Sample dictation: TITRE : La mer TEXTE : Je joue dans l'eau avec mon ami, Pascal. La mer est bleue. J'aime la plage. TRADUCTION : I am playing in the water with my friend, Pascal. The sea is blue. I like the beach. "Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world."

This is a listening comprehension exercise to accompany the episode «Babar: La Rentrée des Classes» which you may view on YouTube (link provided). There are 45 chronological multiple choice listening comprehension questions for your students to work through while watching the Babar episode. This is an excellent exercise in French listening comprehension for upper level students to work on independently, perhaps in the language lab or for homework. You can also use this exercise as a classroom activity for lower levels that students work on together and along with your help.

Want your ESL students to use their HOUSE AND HOME vocabulary? This NO PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your low intermediate to advanced students to speak more. Just print and cut out the cards or use the easy to project file to show the cards one by one for a whole class activity or for when you don't want to print and cut out. You can use it after learning specific vocabulary for the home or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way. There are 30 questions in all. All of the questions are asked in the YOU form and require the answering student to respond using I. Most of the questions begin with an interrogative word encouraging more than YES and NO responses. Most questions are in the present tense. Topics used in these cards: * Types of homes * Rooms * Furniture * Household chores * Preferences Included: 30 color speaking prompt cards 30 black and white speaking prompt cards 9 ways to use these cards Scoot activity instructions Easy to project PDF for a whole class activity All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a keyring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities.

Use this set of primary French speaking prompt cards to get even your most timid students talking to each other in French. Each question is reinforced with a picture. This no prep activity is perfect for small groups or centers. You can also use the powerpoint version to make it a whole class activity. These speaking cards are perfect for FRENCH IMMERSION or CORE FRENCH. You can easily use these cards as a review with French students at any level. Included: 100 speaking prompts (color and black and white versions), Powerpoint presentation version to project to the whole class and / or modify as desired. There are many ways you can use this set of 100 speaking cards: ➤ Print, laminate, cut out, punch holes & attach on a ring for small groups to ask and answer questions. ➤ Project the powerpoint showing questions to the whole class and have them answer the questions with a neighbor. ➤ Use as a warm-up speaking activity with a conversation buddy. As students enter the classroom have them choose 2-3 cards from a box. ➤ Students who finish their work earlier than others can choose a few of the cards and write out their answers. ➤ Use as exit tickets. Give each student a card before the end of class and as they walk out of the room they tell the teacher their answer. ➤ Stations: Put students into groups and divide the cards amongst them. Have groups rotate to a new station as they finish the cards. ➤ Scoot: Put one card on each desk in the classroom. Give each student a response sheet and set a timer to give them just enough time to answer the question. When the timer rings students move on to the next desk and the next question. ➤ Use the cards with board games. Students must answer a question in order to move. ➤ Use the cards as a getting to know you activity. ➤ Great resource for tutoring sessions. Suitable for: ➤ Grades 1-6 immersion (create stacks according to level) ➤ 4-8 core French ➤ Traditional high school French programs

Want your ESL students to use their HOTEL vocabulary? This NO PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your intermediate to advanced students to speak more. You can use it after learning specific vocabulary for hotels or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way. All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a keyring. Have a look at the thumbnail to see how cute they turn out. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities. An easy to project color copy is included with only one question per page for those days when you want to work on the questions as a whole class activity or you just don't want to or cannot print. Here's what's included: 30 black and white cards to print and cut out 30 color cards to print and cut out 9 fun ways to use these cards Scoot activity instructions Scoot answer recording sheet PDF file to project (one question per page) There are 30 questions in all. About half of the questions begin with an interrogative word encouraging more than YES and NO responses. Topics used in these cards: * Different kinds of lodging * Hotel services * Reservations * Reception * Preferences

Want your ESL students to use their FAMILY AND FRIENDS vocabulary? This NO PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your intermediate to advanced students to speak more. Just print and cut out the cards or use the easy to project file and show the questions one by one for a whole class activity or for when you don't want to print. You can use these cards after learning specific vocabulary for family and friends or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way. There are 30 questions in all. About half of the questions begin with an interrogative word encouraging more than YES and NO responses. Topics used in these cards: * Family members * Immediate and extended family * Friends * Relationships * Preferences Included: 30 color speaking prompt cards 30 black and white speaking prompt cards 9 ways to use these cards Easy to project file for whole class activity Scoot activity instructions Scoot student response recording sheet All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a keyring. Have a look at the thumbnail to see how cute they turn out. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities.

Playing French TABOO is a great way to get students to speak French and learn a lot of new vocabulary. This game is simple to modify and use with beginners and advanced students alike. In this INFORMATIQUE et INTERNET theme version of the game there 30 French-English cards. There are 2 fun ways to play this fun vocabulary game and both are explained in the instructions. This French Taboo game includes the following: How to play classic Taboo (beginner and advanced levels) 30 Taboo game cards to print, laminate, cut out and hook together with a ring Black and white and color versions of the cards are included How to play 15 MINUTES MAX - an alternative version of the game 15 MINUTES MAX game board Sheet to record new words in French and English (nouveaux mots) *In the upper left corner there's a spot for you to punch holes in the cards so that you can then attach them with a ring for no prep use every time. Be sure to laminate if at all possible! Object of the game: One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can't use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the word at the top of the card. Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues. LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

At the doctor's office - 30 ESL conversation starters and speaking prompts Want your ESL students to use their DOCTOR'S OFFICE vocabulary? This NO PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your lower intermediate to upper level students to speak more. You can use these cards after learning specific vocabulary for going to the doctor's office or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way. There are 30 questions in all. Most questions begin with an interrogative word encouraging more than YES and NO responses. All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a keyring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities. A pdf with only one card per page is included for easy projection when you don't want to print. Included: 30 color speaking prompt cards 30 black and white speaking prompt cards 9 ways to use these cards Easy to project file for whole class activity Scoot activity instructions Scoot student recording sheet LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Food vocabulary - 30 ESL speaking prompt question cards Want your students to use their FOOD vocabulary in meaningful conversations? This NO PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your students to speak more to each other. This resource is suitable for any curriculum in which English is the language spoken, and will work best for students in 6th to 12th grade. All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a ring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities. A pdf with only one card per page is included for easy projection when you don't want to print. Included: 30 color speaking prompt cards 30 black and white speaking prompt cards 9 ways to use these cards Easy to project file for whole class activity Scoot activity instructions Scoot student recording sheet LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Le Restaurant - French Taboo Speaking Game - Restaurant vocabulary Playing French TABOO is a great way to get students to speak French and learn a lot of new vocabulary. This game is simple to modify and use with beginners and advanced students alike. In this RESTAURANT theme version of the game there are 30 French-English cards. There are 2 fun ways to play this fun vocabulary game and both are explained in the instructions. This French Taboo game includes the following: How to play classic Taboo (beginner and advanced levels) 30 Taboo game cards to print, laminate, cut out and hook together with a ring How to play 15 MINUTES MAX - an alternative version of the game 15 MINUTES MAX game board Sheet to record new words in French and English (nouveaux mots) File for projecting one card at a time for an all class activity *In the upper left corner there's a spot for you to punch holes in the cards so that you can then attach them with a ring for no prep use every time. Be sure to laminate if at all possible! Object of the game: One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can't use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the word at the top of the card. Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues. LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Hotels - ESL Taboo Speaking Game Playing TABOO is a great way to get ESL students to speak English and learn a lot of new vocabulary. This game is simple to modify and use with beginners and advanced students alike. In this HOTEL theme version of the game there are 30 playing cards. I've included 2 fun ways to play this fun vocabulary game and both are explained in the instructions. This ESL Taboo game includes the following: How to play classic Taboo (beginner and advanced levels) 30 Taboo game cards to print, laminate, cut out and hook together with a ring Color and black and white versions provided How to play 15 MINUTES MAX - an alternative version of the game 15 MINUTES MAX game board *In the upper left corner there's a spot for you to punch holes in the cards so that you can then attach them with a ring for no prep use every time. Be sure to laminate if at all possible! Object of the game: One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can't use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the word at the top of the card. Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues. LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Use these insightful and thought provoking question cards to trigger great discussions among your students about the wonderful book by Antoine de Saint Exupéry, le Petit Prince. Use the cards to teach them the vocabulary if you want. This activity is a fun way to encourage your students to speak more and engage in conversation. It is a perfect resource to use in immersion, core or homeschool curriculums. You will have to read and study the book prior to using these questions. You can use these cards after teaching specific vocabulary and grammar for le Petit Prince or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way. Read on to find out the many ways I like to use these cards including the popular SCOOT game. Instructions and recording sheet are included. All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a ring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities. Included: ➱ 30 speaking prompt cards - color (4 per page to print and cut out) ➱ 30 speaking prompt cards - grayscale ➱ PDF version to project and avoid printing (1 card per page to project) ➱ 9 different ways to use these cards ➱ Scoot game instructions ➱ Scoot recording sheet There are many ways you can use these cards: ✫ Print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and attach on a ring for small groups to ask and answer questions. ✫ Project the pdf file in class to work in group or with your whole class and avoid printing. ✫ Use as a warm-up speaking activity with a conversation partner. As students enter the classroom have them choose 2-3 cards from a box. ✫ Students who finish their work earlier than others can choose a few of the cards and write out correct answers to false statements. ✫ Use as exit tickets. Give each student a card before the end of class and as they walk out of the room they tell the teacher their answer. ✫ Stations: Put students into groups and divide the cards amongst them. Have groups rotate to a new station as they finish the cards. ✫ Scoot: Put one card on each desk in the classroom. Give each student a response sheet and set a timer to give them just enough time to answer true or false and to correct the false statements. When the timer rings students move on to the next desk and the next question. All cards are numbered so it is simple to stay organized. Full instructions are included. ✫ Use the cards with board games. Students must answer a question in order to move. ✫ Use the cards as an icebreaker activity at the beginning of the school year or right after school holidays. ✫ Great resource for tutoring sessions and vocabulary building.

Want your French students to use their HOTEL vocabulary? This NO PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your intermediate to advanced students to speak more. Check out my bundle of themed vocabulary question sets to get your students speaking French: https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/french-themed-vocabulary-speaking-questions-growing-bundle-11573033 You can use it after learning specific vocabulary for hotels or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way. There are 30 questions in all. All of the EST-CE QUE questions are asked in the TU form and require the answering student to respond using JE. About half of the questions begin with an interrogative word encouraging more than OUI and NON responses. Some questions are in the futur proche while others are in the passé composé. Topics used in these cards: * Different kinds of lodging * Hotel services * Reservations * Reception * Preferences All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a keyring. Have a look at the thumbnail to see how cute they turn out. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities.

Want your French students to use their CLOTHES - VÊTEMENTS vocabulary? This NO PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your low intermediate to advanced students to speak more. Check out my bundle of themed vocabulary question sets to get your students speaking French: https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/french-themed-vocabulary-speaking-questions-growing-bundle-11573033 You can use it after learning specific vocabulary for clothes or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way. There are 30 questions in all. All of the questions are asked in the TU form and require the answering student to respond using JE. Intonation, inversion and est-ce que questions are all used. Most of the questions begin with an interrogative word encouraging more than OUI and NON responses. Some questions are in the present tense, some in the futur proche and others are in the passé composé. Topics used in these cards: * Different kinds of clothing * Dressing for different kinds of weather & occasions * Shopping * Descriptions * Preferences All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a keyring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities.

Want your ESL students to use their CLOTHES vocabulary? This NO PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your low intermediate to advanced students to speak more. You can use it after learning specific vocabulary for clothes or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way. There are 30 questions in all. Most of the questions begin with an interrogative word encouraging more than YES and NO responses. You can either print and cut out the cards for an easy NO PREP activity or you can choose to project the cards one by one and answer them as a whole class activity. Topics used in these cards: * Different kinds of clothing * Shopping * Describing clothes & accessories * Dressing for special occasions * Preferences All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a keyring. Have a look at the thumbnail to see how cute they turn out. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities. Included: 30 black and white speaking prompt cards 30 color speaking prompt cards 9 ways to use these cards Scoot activity instructions PDF for projecting cards one at a time

Keep your middle school and high school French students active by playing the "Two Extremes" game. The facilitator will use a stack of cards listing things, activities or places that fall at opposite ends of the spectrum, such as: salty or sweet, Paris or New York, Mac or PC. The students start standing in a big group, but when each choice is read, they move to the side of the room that the facilitator indicates is associated with their choice (see the arrows on the cards). Those who can’t make up their mind or don’t have a preference remain in the center. Students will see all of the things that they have in common with their classmates and will likely learn some new vocabulary while they’re at it! These cards are great for middle school or high school and can be used at any time, especially when everyone needs a break and needs to stand up and move around a bit. This activity requires no teacher prep once the set of cards is printed and cut out. Don’t want to print or don’t have time to do so? That’s ok! There’s a PDF file with only one card per page that you can project and play as a class. Included: PDF of big cards to project when you don’t want to print Stack of 50 cards to print, cut out, punch holes in and attach with a ring - Black and white & color copies provided How to play LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

✮ Verbes irréguliers au présent - 30 verbes français à conjuguer - PRIMAIRE ✮ This set of RÉSOUS-LE hands-on puzzle activities will keep your primary French students engaged while practicing 30 irregular verb conjugations in the present tense. Students will be challenged while solving the puzzle, and they’ll practice conjugating at the same time. Begin with the DÉBUT strip, look at the subject pronoun written on it, find the strip with the correct conjugation for that subject pronoun and continue this way until you reach LA FIN. Pick and choose worksheets with the verbs included as your students learn them. You don’t have to have your students do them in order, and they will keep track of the numbered activities they’ve completed on a handy fill in chart: avoir, être, aller, faire, prendre, dormir, sortir, partir, offrir, mettre, savoir, vouloir, devoir, pouvoir, venir, boire, croire, voir, lire, dire, écrire, comprendre, apprendre, revenir, devenir, courir, obtenir, recevoir, conduire, ouvrir Included: ⭐30 worksheets (one for each verb listed above) with conjugation puzzles to solve ⭐A handy fill in chart for students to track their progress ⭐A cover page to color and decorate Ways to use this resource: ⭐No prep homework ⭐Warm up work ⭐Early finishers ⭐Literacy centers ⭐Test review ⭐Tutoring ⭐Mini-assessment Other tenses available: ⭐Verbes irréguliers au présent - 30 verbes français à conjuguer - PRIMAIRE ⭐Verbes à l’imparfait - 30 verbes français à découper et coller - PRIMAIRE ⭐Verbes au futur simple - 30 verbes français à découper et coller - PRIMAIRE ⭐Verbes réguliers au présent-30 verbes français à découper et coller-PRIMAIRE LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

This is a listening comprehension activity focusing on regular -IR verbs in the present tense and is meant to be used with beginner French students. Students listen to the 15 pre-recorded present tense sentences being read and they draw what they hear in the student response sheet provided, then they write the infinitive form of the -IR verb being used in the sentence. This activity can be used for listening comprehension and written production at the same time, instructions included. If your students have access to colored pencils you may choose to use the recording that indicates which color they should use to draw. The color they should use is clearly indicated in French at the beginning or appropriate time in the reading of the sentence. Some students will say they can’t draw, but stick figures should be encouraged! None of the sentences represent a real drawing challenge. Included in this French listening comprehension resource: Instructions Pre-recorded MP3 version of 15 sentences without use of colors - perfect resource to alternatively use as a dictée Pre-recorded MP3 version of 15 sentences with use of colors 15 sentences written for teacher use Student response sheet No answer key is provided for the drawings due to the nature of the activity. However, assessment is very simple for the teacher! All you have to do is glance over the drawings. An answer key is provided for written responses should you opt to use this as a dictation exercise. Be sure to visit my shop and browse through 500+ resources like grammar games, speaking activities, listening comprehension, worksheets, and much more. Just click here!

This is a listening comprehension activity focusing on regular -RE verbs in the present tense and is meant to be used with beginner French students. Students listen to the 15 pre-recorded present tense sentences being read and they draw what they hear in the student response sheet provided, then they write the infinitive form of the -RE verb being used in the sentence. This activity can be used for listening comprehension and written production at the same time, instructions included. If your students have access to colored pencils you may choose to use the recording that indicates which color they should use to draw. The color they should use is clearly indicated in French at the beginning or appropriate time in the reading of the sentence. Some students will say they can’t draw, but stick figures should be encouraged! None of the sentences represent a real drawing challenge. Included in this French listening comprehension resource: Instructions Pre-recorded MP3 version of 15 sentences without use of colors - perfect resource to alternatively use as a dictée Pre-recorded MP3 version of 15 sentences with use of colors 15 sentences written for teacher use Student response sheet No answer key is provided for the drawings due to the nature of the activity. However, assessment is very simple for the teacher! All you have to do is glance over the drawings. An answer key is provided for written responses should you opt to use this as a dictation exercise.

Playing TABOO is a great way to get students to speak French and learn a lot of new vocabulary. This game is simple to modify and use with beginners and advanced students alike. All of the words on the cards are in French and English. This is very useful as many of the words will be new to students. This French Faire Expressions Taboo game includes the following: 32 Taboo game cards to print, cut out and laminate if possible (see preview) Color and black and white versions included How to play Object of the game: One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can’t use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the word at the top of the card. Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues. Be sure to visit my shop and browse through 500+ resources like grammar games, speaking activities, listening comprehension, worksheets, and much more. Just click here!