Name That Tense is an activity for reviewing verb tenses with your advanced French students. These 200 practice cards provide a challenging AP or French 4 review. You can use this activity on a few different levels. The most challenging way is to use the cards written in English, have students name the French tense that needs to be used, then have them translate the sentences to French. You may choose to use the cards written in French, and simply have students identify and name the tenses they read. These practice cards provide an excellent opportunity to review the answers together, and to explain why each tense was chosen for a particular sentence. The files are easy to share with your students for distance learning. The first 50 cards use these tenses: le présent, l’imparfait, le futur simple, le passé composé, le conditionnel, le plus-que-parfait et le conditionnel passé. The second 50 cards use all of the tenses mentioned above, and also include cards using: le futur antérieur, le subjonctif, le subjonctif passé, l’impératif, et le passé récent, and many si clauses are included. Included: 100 practice cards written in English 100 practice cards written in French Answer key in French and English

French Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Activity: RENCONTREZ MANON The personal description of the personnage in this activity can either be used a speaking or writing prompt. Reading and listening comprehension included. Sometimes it’s difficult to come up with good ideas for creative story-telling or imaginative writing. Very often, we’re so focused on producing correct grammar that we forget how much fun it can be to tell stories! If you’ve been looking for creative prompts to get the ball rolling for your upper-intermediate level students, I know you’ll have fun with this resource. It includes a story to listen to and read along, then students can complete listening comprehension and 1st conditional SI CLAUSE activities. Read on to find out more how you can use this resource for creative writing and speaking. Here’s what you need to know about MANON: c’est une jeune femme de 20 ans elle est étudiante elle travaille beaucoup elle partage un appartement avec deux autres étudiants elle rentre chez ses parents deux fois par mois elle n’a pas de voiture INCLUDED: Detailed background information about MANON Si clause writing activity - 1st conditional - Futur simple + present tense Story about Manon based on her background information - Approximately 500 words MP4 audio recording - Listen to the story read aloud Listening comprehension cloze activity STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS: STEP 1: Read the personal details about MANON, an interesting personnage. STEP 2: Once you know MANON’S background, complete the si clause prompts provided. They all begin in the futur simple, and you should finish them in the present tense. This step will help you build up to writing a story! STEP 3: Listen to a story about MANON. Don’t read the text yet. Just listen, and see how much you can understand. STEP 4: Complete the cloze activity to test your listening comprehension before you read the actual text. Fill in 20 blanks with words you hear in the MP4 recording. A word bank is provided. STEP 5: Check your work as you read the full text for the first time. Take some time to read the English translation provided to compare sentence structure. Be sure to note new vocabulary words and expressions. STEP 6: It’s time to try your hand at creative writing in French! The story you listened to will give you an idea of what kind of story you can write, but be sure to use your imagination! The background information and the si clauses you wrote will give you something to work with. The more you read and write in French, the better your understanding of sentence structure will be. You’ll also be amazed at how much vocabulary you will learn! Use as many verb tenses, pronouns, and other grammatical structures as possible in your story.

French Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Activity: RENCONTREZ CLAIRE The personal description of the personnage in this activity can either be used a speaking or writing prompt. Reading and listening comprehension included. Sometimes it’s difficult to come up with good ideas for creative story-telling or imaginative writing. Very often, we’re so focused on producing correct grammar that we forget how much fun it can be to tell stories! If you’ve been looking for creative prompts to get the ball rolling for your upper-intermediate level students, I know you’ll have fun with this resource. It includes a story to listen to and read along, then students can complete listening comprehension and 1st conditional SI CLAUSE activities. Here’s what you need to know about CLAIRE: c’est une femme de 29 ans elle a récemment quitté son fiancé elle a un chien nommé Félix elle travaille comme coiffeuse elle habite dans un village de 500 habitants elle a une nouvelle petite voiture INCLUDED: Detailed background information about CLAIRE Si clause writing activity - 1st conditional - Futur simple + present tense Story about Arielle based on her background information - Approximately 500 words MP4 audio recording - Listen to the story read aloud Listening comprehension cloze activity STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS: STEP 1: Read the personal details about CLAIRE, an interesting personnage. STEP 2: Once you know CLAIRE’S background, complete the si clause prompts provided. They all begin in the futur simple, and you should finish them in the present tense. This step will help you build up to writing a story! STEP 3: Listen to a story about CLAIRE. Don’t read the text yet. Just listen, and see how much you can understand. STEP 4: Complete the cloze activity to test your listening comprehension before you read the actual text. Fill in 20 blanks with words you hear in the MP4 recording. A word bank is provided. STEP 5: Check your work as you read the full text for the first time. Take some time to read the English translation provided to compare sentence structure. Be sure to note new vocabulary words and expressions. STEP 6: It’s time to try your hand at creative writing in French! The story you listened to will give you an idea of what kind of story you can write, but be sure to use your imagination! The background information and the si clauses you wrote will give you something to work with. The more you read and write in French, the better your understanding of sentence structure will be. You’ll also be amazed at how much vocabulary you will learn! Use as many verb tenses, pronouns, and other grammatical structures as possible in your story.

French Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Activity: RENCONTREZ LOÏC The personal description of the personnage in this activity can either be used a speaking or writing prompt. Reading and listening comprehension included. Sometimes it’s difficult to come up with good ideas for creative story-telling or imaginative writing. Very often, we’re so focused on producing correct grammar that we forget how much fun it can be to tell stories! If you’ve been looking for creative prompts to get the ball rolling for your upper-intermediate level students, I know you’ll have fun with this resource. It includes a story to listen to and read along, then students can complete listening comprehension and 1st conditional SI CLAUSE activities. Here’s what you need to know about LOÏC: c’est un ado de 16 ans il est enfant unique il a deux meilleurs amis il est en première il habite avec sa mère sauf pendant les vacances quand il est avec son père il prend souvent le bus INCLUDED: Detailed background information about LOÏC Si clause writing activity - 1st conditional - Futur simple + present tense Story about Loïc based on his background information - Approximately 500 words MP4 audio recording - Listen to the story read aloud Listening comprehension cloze activity STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS: STEP 1: Read the personal details about Loïc, an interesting personnage. STEP 2: Once you know Loïc’s background, complete the si clause prompts provided. They all begin in the futur simple, and you should finish them in the present tense. This step will help you build up to writing a story! STEP 3: Listen to a story about Loïc. Don’t read the text yet. Just listen, and see how much you can understand. STEP 4: Complete the cloze activity to test your listening comprehension before you read the actual text. Fill in 20 blanks with words you hear in the MP4 recording. A word bank is provided. STEP 5: Check your work as you read the full text for the first time. Take some time to read the English translation provided to compare sentence structure. Be sure to note new vocabulary words and expressions. STEP 6: It’s time to try your hand at creative writing in French! The story you listened to will give you an idea of what kind of story you can write, but be sure to use your imagination! The background information and the si clauses you wrote will give you something to work with. The more you read and write in French, the better your understanding of sentence structure will be. You’ll also be amazed at how much vocabulary you will learn! Use as many verb tenses, pronouns, and other grammatical structures as possible in your story.

Here are 120 NO PREP French conversation starters in the form of task cards. There is a question on each card. You can pick and choose the ones that are at the right level for your students. These cards are perfect for building speaking skills! This is a great speaking activity for small groups. Students of ages high school to adult learners will benefit from this exercise by building their vocabulary skills and using all of the grammar they've been learning. Just cut out the 120 cards, punch holes in the spaces provided and attach the stack of cards with a key ring. It would be a great idea to print on card stock and laminate the cards before punching holes and attaching them. Super easy and no prep for years to come. Both black and white and color versions are included.

Here are 120 NO PREP ESL conversation starters in the form of task cards. There is a question on each card. You can pick and choose the ones that are at the right level for your students. These cards are perfect for building speaking skills and vocabulary! This is a great speaking activity for small groups. Students of ages high school to adult learners will benefit from this exercise by building their vocabulary skills and using all of the grammar they've been learning. Just cut out the 120 cards, punch holes in the spaces provided and hook the stack of cards together with a key ring. It would be a great idea to print on card stock and laminate the cards before punching holes and attaching them. Super easy and no prep for years to come. Both black and white and color versions are included.

120 NO PREP conversation starters for community building in the classroom. Each question on a card. You can pick and choose the ones that you like the most for your students. These cards are perfect for building communication skills and for getting to know each other better! This is a great speaking activity for small groups or pairs of students. Students of ages high school to adult learners will enjoy this activity. Just cut out the 120 cards, punch holes in the spaces provided and hook the stack of cards together with a ring. It would be a great idea to print on card stock and laminate the cards before punching holes and attaching them. Super easy and no prep for years to come. Both black and white and color versions are included.

50 writing, speaking and drawing prompts for primary - No prep creative writing This set of writing, speaking and drawing prompts includes 50 cards to print and cut out as well as 50 individual printable writing and drawing pages. There is also a PDF with only one card per slide if you prefer to project the prompts rather than printing. Each prompt is illustrated with an image. The cards would also be great to use as speaking prompts for small group work, literacy centers or speaking and listening activities. You can easily use these no prep prompts with many different levels. Use the cards either for speaking or writing, the writing pages as easy printable activities and the drawing pages for differentiated learning or with your younger students. The writing pages are saved individually and the title of each file is the question itself. The same is true for the drawing pages. This will help you save time and organize the prompts according to level and the classes you want to use them with. There are so many ways you can use these prompts. Here are a few ideas: ⇨ writing centers ⇨ fast finishers ⇨ tutoring sessions ⇨ no prep sub materials ⇨ morning work ⇨ project on white board for a whole class activity Each prompt is open ended to encourage creative writing. The words WHO - WHAT - WHEN - WHERE - WHY - HOW are written on each prompt to remind students to see if they can think of interesting things to write by asking themselves those questions. 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.

Here are twelve intermediate - advanced level French dictations to use with your students. Each dictation is a separate audio file. Answer key and translation provided for each dictation. Sample text: TITRE: Notre fleuve TEXTE: TEXTE : Toi et moi, nous habitons le long du même fleuve. C'est ce fleuve qui nous apporte l'eau que nous buvons. Je suis chanceux. L'eau que je bois est filtrée pour la rendre potable. Elle est bonne pour ma santé. Mais si à cause de moi l'eau qui retourne au fleuve est pleine de déchets, toi, tu boiras peut-être une eau polluée. Tu es mon ami, et je veux que tu restes en santé. Pour toi, je ferai attention à notre fleuve.

Finding superior upper level French materials suitable for AP is a challenge! In particular, matching tenses / la concordance des temps is key to retelling conversations using correct tenses. This comprehensive lesson includes activities for reading, writing, listening, and speaking. EN ANGLAIS: Martine says she’s going to France. What did Martine say? Martine said she was going to France. EN FRANÇAIS: Martine dit qu’elle va en France. Qu’est-ce que Martine a dit? Martine a dit qu’elle allait en France. The following tenses are used in this resource: présent - imparfait imparfait - imparfait passé composé - plus-que-parfait futur proche - imparfait futur simple - conditionnel Step 1 - Distribute the lesson guide and tense chart for students to observe and study the retelling of events using different verb tenses. Step 2 - Students complete the exercises in written form and check their work. Step 3 - Students use the set of numbered cards to practice oral production at their own pace. This can also be a paired speaking activity or a whole class. Step 4 - Listen to the audio recording of the exercises while reading along with the set of numbered practice cards. Each prompt is read twice, and time is then given to speak the response. Step 5 - Listen to the audio recording of the exercises without the help of the practice cards to work on listening comprehension and oral production at the same time. Use the answer key from the exercise to check responses when needed. Included: Lesson plan Tenses chart + many examples Written activity with 30 exercises Answer key 30 numbered practice cards M4A audio recording for listening activity Ways to use this lesson: Warm up work before class Test review Listening comprehension Whole class or paired speaking activity Print and laminate or use the cards digitally

Finding superior upper level French materials suitable for AP is a challenge! In particular, matching tenses / la concordance des temps is key to retelling conversations using correct tenses. This comprehensive lesson includes activities for reading, writing, listening, and speaking. EN ANGLAIS: Martine says she’s going to France. What did Martine say? Martine said she was going to France. EN FRANÇAIS: Martine dit qu’elle va en France. Qu’est-ce que Martine a dit? Martine a dit qu’elle allait en France. The following tenses are used in this resource: présent - imparfait imparfait - imparfait passé composé - plus-que-parfait futur proche - imparfait futur simple - conditionnel Step 1 - Distribute the lesson guide and tense chart for students to observe and study the retelling of events using different verb tenses. Step 2 - Students complete the exercises in written form and check their work. Step 3 - Students use the set of numbered cards to practice oral production at their own pace. This can also be a paired speaking activity or a whole class. Step 4 - Listen to the audio recording of the exercises while reading along with the set of numbered practice cards. Each prompt is read twice, and time is then given to speak the response. Step 5 - Listen to the audio recording of the exercises without the help of the practice cards to work on listening comprehension and oral production at the same time. Use the answer key from the exercise to check responses when needed. Included: Lesson plan Tenses chart + many examples Written activity with 30 exercises Answer key 30 numbered practice cards M4A audio recording for listening activity Ways to use this lesson: Warm up work before class Test review Listening comprehension Whole class or paired speaking activity Print and laminate or use the cards digitally

This is a full unit that Love Learning Languages has designed about going to the open-air market in France. Included you will find the following: - five days of lesson plans - LOTO game (fruits et légumes) - flashcard materials (use fruit & légume document) - vocabulary words & images handouts for fruits, vegetables,meat, fish, and cheese - “Au Marché” PowerPoint presentation with 48 colorful slides - “Seasonal Eating” poster - “Useful expressions at the Market” document - 2 worksheets to be used for homework - skit assignments + grading rubric - optional language lab assignment (storyboard activity) - quiz (2) (simple and more advanced on fruits, vegetables, meats & fish; cheeses