French hobbies vocab builder then a bit of practice, easy independent work

Spanish revision booklet covering basics like dates, numbers, basic greetings, basic questions, stationery, colours Students should be able to work through independently with the idea being that this is revision. Could be homework or cover work. Could be emailed home for absent students. Includes a short guided writing with support supplied.

A worksheet introducing vocabulary about Post 16 education and aiming to get students able to form correct sentences about plans using basic modal verbs. Vocab then translation and sentence builder. A good intro to the topic and I have made this for home learning. I found it took my students 20 mins or so when we did it on Teams. Would make a good homework or cover task but also good to crack on with in class.

A narrow translation on the topic of the environment covering basic things you do to save the planet (I save energy, I recycle etc) and answer sheet Plus a battleships grid using modal verbs to say what we have to do in order to help the planet

French KS3 sports and how often you do them plus how long you have been doing them using depuis Variety of worksheets including grids for battleships or listening activities where the teacher makes sentences and students shade the relevant squares. Sentence builders, paragraph activities and a higher activity based on replacing words or chunks in the text. I made the sheets to support Allez 1 8.1 but they could be used for general sports or GCSE sport - they cover the topic

Sentence builder on opinions about living in the town versus country. Aimed at helping students express an opinion on whether living in the Town or Country is better. Guided sentences then a chance to give their own opinion.

Sentence builder to make short but correct (!) sentences about having animals/pets. Uses all of avoir in the present tense plus negative and j’avais. I made this for my year 7 lower ability to do as an independent task. They are asked to write about their own pets at the end.

Easy Spanish worksheet to support students writing a short paragraph describing a friend, including desde hace and a description. Starts with vocabulary to fill in then works on sentences on the first sheet. On the second sheet there is an example paragraph with a gapped translation and phrases to find which will support students in writing their own version. This scaffolded sheet should support students to work from words up to a paragraph with minimal teacher input so could be used for cover, homework or simply for when you need students to be able to work independently in class. I made the sheet for my Foundation GCSE class (who need support and don’t like too much challenge) but it could be used with confident near beginners too.

A worksheet designed to build vocabulary on the topic of poverty. Can be set for homework or cover. Fill in the English, then fill in the French (recycling the words). Put vocab into categories.

This is a Spanish worksheet for low ability students to help them write an accurate paragraph about where they live. Firstly there are two model paragraphs that are translated. Students spot the mistakes and highlight them. Then students highlight the useful parts of the model paragraph. Finally they copy the bits they highlighted and (hopefully) insert their own answers. Once they have a good paragraph I suggest they copy it into the outline of a house (easily found online), colour it and that makes a nice display, a little village of paragraphs.

Guided translation to support translation talking about a past holiday. Translate from French into English. Gapfill: put the words into very similar sentences and translate into English Translate from English into French

Two guided Spanish sentence builders: one chores and the frequency you do them, the second on opinions of chores using modals. English sentences to translate orally and in writing. A basic writing strip to follow so the students can write a short paragraph. I go through the sentence builder - I read some sentences that they can write or orally translate. Students work in pairs or small groups to take it in turns to say the sentences out loud. I usually follow this by getting students to write down some of the sentences. Finally they can construct a short paragraph using the writing strip (could be next lesson as a starter?) to help them.

An easy sheet with basic vocabulary to express what you do on the internet and how often. Start by filling in the English for some vocabulary then fill in the Spanish. There is a sentence builder which I use to do a few dictation activities (ie I say a sentence out loud and they use the sentence builder to write it down) then the students translate some sentences into English using the sentence builder. Next the students use the sentence builder to translate sentences into Spanish. As a follow up I ask students to write a para about their own internet use.

A clear test set out in 5 sections; conditional endings, regular verbs, irregular verbs, translate sentences into English, translate sentences into French. Could use the first page as a diagnostic with sixth formers before teaching the conditional. Vocab in the translations is from the topic of volunteering. Answer sheet also given so that you can display it on screen for swap and mark or for them to fill in correct answers, learn it and then do a retest.

GCSE French powerpoints for quickfire testing. Snippets of grammar. A very short snippet, phrase or word to translate and then the answer on the next slide. Designed to be quick and low stakes. Students write answers on mini white boards and hold up. Answers could also be given orally or just written as a list in books. English to French too hard? Do the powerpoint backwards! I use my clicker to change slides quickly. These are ones I’ve used with my own classes. There is a foundation (or easier) version and a higher (or harder) version. I use this activity again and again with the same slides (they get better at it). It’s a starter or a good time filler if you have a few minutes and want to get some energy back in the room. I do 10 minutes worth and then stop wherever I got to (or it gets boring). I use the same one for year 9, 10 and 11. It’s not pretty but it’s effective.

Sentence builder showing the full verb vouloir plus negatives (je ne veux pas, je ne veux jamais) and activities. Students use the sentence builder to write sentences and make suggestions about going out. First ex is completely sourced from the sentence builder, the next ex is similar but has some easy additions from pre-learnt material (days of the week, family members). On the second page there are 5 model conversations suggesting activities and accepting / declining. Students pick out what is suggested, when etc. Finally they are invited to write their own similar to the examples.

Exercises and ideas to reinforce the French GCSE topic of environment A battleships game to play in pairs, a teacher reads out sentences listening as modelling activity and a writing sentences about recycling and frequency. Put together would make a nice lesson.

Saying what there is in your school (toilets, lockers, classrooms etc) Students have the sheet and complete activities while you read the teacher sheet to provide the listening

A collection of sheets and activities I use to teach year 7 Spanish weather phrases, extending into adding activities, recapping places and family members. Basic, simple consolidation. I made these for a low ability group but have also used them with higher achievers as reinforcement.

Talking about a holiday using past and future. Covers countries, transport, activities and opinions. Some teacher led activities, battleships grid, reading and translation, sentence builders.