In this beginner script an employee phones a travel agency to book a flight and hotel for her boss who is travelling from Berlin to Rome.
The reading features a full glossary of new words and a true/false reading comprehension section.
Activity idea: Students can take turns reading the roles and then practice booking an imaginary trip!
die Zwischenlandung
der Gangplatz
der Fensterplatz
die Reihe
die Aussicht
der Flughafen
die Einzelheiten
das Hotel
This German Reading is in the future tense about three young people talking about their dreams for university and future careers.
Includes 8 reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
Editable word file
This 4-page file includes:
~A handout on German Prefix verbs
~A reading with Prefix verbs in context
~A worksheet with 15 practice sentences.
~Answer key
This 3-page file includes:
~An upper intermediate German reading that contains numerous uses of Conditional / Konjunktiv II verb forms where two classmates in their senior year of high school are talking about their plans for university.
~6 reading comprehension questions and a short writing assignment.
~Answer key.
Activity idea: Have students circle all the conditional verb forms they find in the reading.
Editable word document.
This 6-page file includes:
Phonetic version of the Spanish alphabet
Notes on common spelling practices (use of double letters, capitalization etc.)
Pronunciation of vowels and diphthongs with examples
Notes on consonant pronunciation including letter combinations
18 pairs of words for pronunciation practice (2×9)
Rules on word stress with example words
Worksheet on pronunciation practice
Answer key for Worksheet
Pronunciation Chart
This file includes 1 worksheet each on word order with
~present tense
~future tense
Students are required to rewrite the sentences into the correct word order.
Editable File.
Level: A1-A2 Beginner
Note: A version of these worksheets is also available in my Beginner German Workbook.
This 3-page file includes:
~A reading that describes a family wedding that the narrator and his girlfriend attended. It allows students to see the preterite and imperfect tenses in context!
New vocabulary is introduced in a glossary. The reading is also followed by 6 short answer questions in Spanish.
~The same reading with the verbs in the imperfect and preterite highlighted for students to see in context.
~Answer key.
Level: (in past tenses)
This 3-page file includes:
~A beginner level reading in the present tense written in the first-person perspective of a 13-year-old student. He talks all about his school and his favorite teacher: his Spanish teacher! Includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet which includes seven reading comprehension questions based on the reading in Spanish as well as a short homework assignment for students to write a brief description of their school and their classes.
~Answer key.
This file 3-page file includes:
~2 pages of one syllable pronunciation practice for those new to the Spanish language. Some of the more difficult letters to pronounce are highlighted on the second page.
~Also includes a chart to show pronunciation rules
Editable word file.
Includes:
qui
ci
gue
ca
zan
güi
ja
gen
pa
gi
go
jo
ya
chi
ce
rro
ño
lli
ji
ga
ho
lla
chin
val
A German biography on the lives of the Brothers Grimm. It includes information about their childhood, education, human rights activism and fairytales.
Reading includes a full German-English glossary of new vocabulary and 6 true/false comprehension questions.
Level: Intermediate
Includes answer key.
This 3-page file includes:
~A Spanish reading featuring two separate dialogues with two patients that go to visit the doctor. One patient has the flu and the other an injury. New vocabulary is featured at the top including the verb ‘doler’. Both dialogues feature a lot of Ud. command forms as the doctor gives each patient advice.
~A Worksheet with 3 parts: 8 reading comprehension questions, 8 short answer questions where students need to find the Spanish command forms from the script and write them in and a guided conversation practice.
Extension: Have students take turns role-playing going to the doctor and explaining in Spanish what is wrong with them. The other student practices giving advice in the command form!
Level: Intermediate
Two Ser and Estar Board Games!!
~One is easier with just the verb missing for students to conjugate.
~One requires full sentence translations.
Number of players: 2-4
Needed: 1 die and game pieces (Coins, paperclips or buttons)
Duration: 10-15 minutes
Objective: To practice translating sentences from English into Spanish using the correct verb (ser or estar) while being the first to reach the end
Instructions Included
This 4-page file includes:
~A reading about a cultural trip to Colombia written in the present tense and with numerous uses of ir + a + infinitive from the first person perspective of a traveller who is about to visit the Feria de Flores, old town Cartagena, Baranquilla and a soccer game in Bogotá!
~The same reading with the ir + a + infinitive verbs highlighted to see in context.
~A worksheet with 10 reading comprehension questions based on the reading.
~Answer key
Activity idea: Have students underline all the forms of ir+a+ infinitive they find in the story, they can also write their own story about an imaginary upcoming trip!
Answer key included.
This French reading features three young people talking about what they plan to do for their future careers. It features numerous examples of the conversational future (aller + infinitive) for students to see this tense in context.
The reading is followed by 8 reading comprehension questions in French
NOTE: Includes 2 versions of the reading, one of which has the (aller + infinitive) verbs highlighted for students to see in context.
Editable Word file.
Answer key included.
This 3-page file includes:
~A Spanish biography on the famous Spanish painter Diego de Veláquez. It discusses a bit about his childhood, art training, personal life and his career painting the royal family. It also talks about the history of the Prado museum in Madrid and his masterwork of Las Meninas. Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet with 9 reading comprehension questions in Spanish based on the reading.
~Answer key.
Level: mostly past tense
This French reading bundle features My TOP 5 beginner readings at 35% off !
Great for reviewing vocabulary such as: professions, hobbies, friends, describing people, sports and the home.
Mes Amis
Mes Sports Préférés
Faire du shopping
Au supermarché
Au restaurant
All readings include a reading comprehension section in English and or French.
All readings are editable Word files.
Answer keys included.
This 3-page file includes:
~A 1.5 page Spanish reading that briefly discusses six Latin dance or music styles: Mariachi, Salsa, Flamenco, Tango, Bachata and Cueca. Each dance or music style is talked about in one paragraph.
~10 reading comprehension questions.
~Answer key.
Level: In present and past tenses
This Spanish reading includes various examples of relative pronouns in context. All the relative pronouns are underlined for students to see. In this humorous reading, two friends go hiking with a virtual stranger and find out they are not compatible!
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary, six short answer reading comprehension questions and a writing exercise.
Answer key included.
Editable Word file.
This 3-page file includes:
~A fun reading where four young people discuss what they did yesterday using the simple past tense. Includes lots of vocabulary for: family, hobbies, school subjects etc.
~A worksheet based on the reading with short answer questions, an info gap section and a short writing assignment.
~Answer key.
Great to review regular and irregular simple past tense forms.
Activity idea: have students circle all the simple past tense verb forms they find in the reading. Have students read this together and then tell each other what they did yesterday.
This 5-page file includes:
~A German reading in which the narrator talks about a strange day he had recently. It is written in the past tense and includes numerous examples of verbs requiring sein.
The reading is followed by seven short answer reading comprehension questions in English and is preceded by a glossary of new vocabulary.
~The same reading followed by seven short answer reading comprehension questions in German.
NOTE: Their are two copies of this reading, one in which the auxiliary verbs are missing for students to fill in 20 blanks with Haben oder sein?
Editable word file.
Answer key included.