This French reading introduces students the imperfect tense by discussing the routines of three different people’s first jobs: in a fast food restaurant, washing dishes and working in a flower shop. The reading includes 8 reading comprehension questions. Answer key included NOTE: Includes two versions of the reading with and without the verbs highlighted for students to see in context. Activity idea: Have the students underline all the past tense verbs they find in the reading and then have them talk about their own first jobs/volunteer work routines.

This German reading introduces students to talking about recurring past events by discussing the routines of three different people’s first jobs: in a fast food restaurant, washing dishes and working in a flower shop. The reading includes 8 reading comprehension questions. Answer key included Activity idea: Have the students underline all the past tense verbs they find in the reading and then have them talk about their own first jobs/volunteer work routines.

This 3-page file includes: ~A French reading in which a teenage girl and her mother decide which of her clothes to donate. The mother wants her daughter to have a cleaner room but her daughter is not all that excited about giving things away! Includes many uses of clothing vocabulary both for winter and summer. ~A worksheet with 10 reading comprehension questions. ~Answer key Editable word file

This 3-page file includes: ~A handout with a glossary of over 25 examples of expressions of opinion/judgement that are always followed by the subjunctive mood. ~A worksheet to review the new expressions with 17 fill in the blank questions. ~Answer key. Editable word file

This easy French reading includes descriptions of three young people’s pets: two cats a dog and a parrot. Includes 8 reading comprehension questions. Answer key included. Activity idea: After reading, have students discuss their own pets in class or write about it for homework.

This German reading includes 20 mistakes for students to correct! The mistakes are all focused on declensions and preposition errors with the nominative, accusative and dative cases. Answer key included. Editable word file

This 4-page file includes: ~The lyrics to the 2020 pop song Übermorgen von Mark Forster but with 12 key words missing that students must listen for and write in. The words appear in a word bank below. ~The lyrics translated into English for students to follow along. ~A short biography in both English and German on the singer. ~Answer key Editable Word file The video can be found on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tD41isys1o Song activities are a wonderful and fun way to introduce new vocabulary to your students!

This 3-page file includes: ~A fun reading whereby teenager Julia is out back-to-school shopping with her mom but they don’t always agree on what they should buy! Includes 11 examples of demonstrative pronouns for students to see in context. Also includes a glossary of new vocabulary and seven true/false reading comprehension questions. ~The same reading with the demonstratives highlighted for students to see in context. ~Answer key. Editable word file.

This 3-page file includes: (100% in German) ~A simple German reading including 30 German English cognates for beginner students to learn to recognize them. The story talks about a family that takes a trip to South Africa to go on safari. Includes 7 reading comprehension questions based on the story. ~The same reading but with the cognates highlighted for context. ~Answer key

This 3-page file includes: ~A humorous reading where a 15-year-old girl talks about her smartphone addiction and then what happened when her phone broke and she had to live without it for two days! Includes 11 examples of direct and indirect object pronouns for students to see in context. Reading includes 6 comprehension questions. ~The same version with the object pronouns highlighted for students to see in context. ~Answer key. Level: French 2 (includes present and past tenses) 100% in French

This easy French reading includes descriptions of three different young people and the type of volunteer work they do: one works with seniors, one helps children and one is going abroad to build schools. Includes 8 reading comprehension questions. Answer key included. Ideal for novice learners to review basic vocabulary! Editable word file. 100% in French Activity idea: have students discuss their own volunteer work with each other in class.

This Spanish biography is on Maradona, the famous soccer player from Argentina. Includes information about his childhood, early career, World Cup appearances and famous goals in the 1986 World Cup. Include a complete glossary of new vocabulary and six short answer reading comprehension questions. Word file

This 3-page file includes: ~A handout that explains how commas are used in German with sentence examples. ~A worksheet with 10 sentences with missing commas students must fill in to review. ~Answer key. Editable word file

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 worksheet requires students to read a timetable in German and then answer 8 reading comprehension questions. Students must review how to talk about the time. This activity may be done alone, in pairs or for homework. Key included. Editable file.

This 4-page file is designed for beginners of Spanish and includes: ~A worksheet complete with activities done by a student named Maria. Students must answer questions such as what activities are done on what days of the week. ~A worksheet for students to complete in class or for homework where they fill in their activities in the yo-form. ~Students then tell their conversation partner which activities they enjoy doing and their partner must switch the verb form from yo to the third person singular to fill in the third page. Students may hand this in for homework or report back to the class out loud on what the person does. ~Answer key. Level: Beginnner Editable word file.

This simple German reading features three young people talking about their favorite school subjects in high school and university. Includes 8 reading comprehension questions. Answer key included. Activity idea: Have students write about or discuss their favorite subjects in class.

This German reading is a short biography on the life and times of Johannes Gutenberg. In particular it discusses his invention and how it changed the course of history. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and five reading comprehension questions. Answer key included.

This German reading is on the life of Albert Einstein the famous physicist. It talks about his early life, education, marriage and legacy. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and 5 reading comprehension questions. Level: mostly past tenses Includes answer key.

This biography introduces Germans students to life and times of Anne Frank. It discusses her early childhood, war times, her diary and her legacy. Includes a glossary of new vocabulary and five reading comprehension questions. Answer key included.