Attached are self-evaluation templates that I’ve created aimed to help students fully prepare for their listening, reading and writing mock exams in Modern Foreign Languages.
Wordsearch on the weather to get students settled and introduced to some key vocabulary on the topic of the weather.
As an extension, students can have a go at translating the words into English.
A comprehensive list of some useful sentence structures and phrases with different ways of expressing the same thing and avoiding repetition. This resource will help students to develop their vocabulary and further enhance the quality and authenticity of their speaking and writing.
A scaffolded high-level worksheet consolidating all the different tenses in Spanish through reading comprehension about David’s holiday experience in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A wide range of activities have been designed increasing in difficulty to stretch and challenge the students.
Answers are included on the PPT.
Exercise 1: Translating the underlined selected words into English from the text.
Exercise 2: Find examples of the following:
a) Sequencers (x3) d) Adjectives (x4)
b) Preterite tense verbs (x3) e) Negative sentence structures (x2) c) Imperfect tense verbs (x3) f) Imperfect subjunctive (x1)
Exercise 3: True or false? Correct the false sentences.
Exercise 4: Answer the questions in Spanish
Exercise 5: Answer the questions in English
Exercise 6: Fill-in the gaps with the correct words from the box
Extension: With your partner, practise the following oral questions:
• ¿Adónde fuiste de vacaciones?
• ¿Cómo fueron tus vacaciones?
• ¿Dónde te quedaste?
• ¿Te gustó tu alojamiento?
• ¿Adónde irás de vacaciones el año que viene?
Attached is a PowerPoint to learn about Christmas in Spain and Latin America with a wide range of activities and exercises to build and consolidate knowledge on this important festival.
A scaffolded worksheet on the topic of transport with the main focus on the key grammar: antes plus an infinitive.
Exercises include:
Part 1: Vocabulary - matching-up the Spanish with the English
Part 2: Matching-up the two halves to form completed sentences.
Part 3: Translating the matched-up sentences into English.
Part 4: Writing four sentences using the vocabulary and grammar antes de plus an infinitive. Then, translating them into English.
Introduction to French PPT with worksheet included (see attached)
-Learning the alphabet
-Knowing some French greetings
-Introducing themselves
-Learning the days of the week
-Learning the months of the year
Scaffolded worksheet to build on student’s understanding of the Spanish present perfect tense through a wide range of activities.
Ejercicio 1: Llena la tabla (fill-in the table)
Tip: Check the infinitive ending to decide on the correct past participle.
Ejercicio 2: Elige la opción correcta con el verbo “haber” según el pronombre. (Choose the correct option with the verb “haber” according to the pronoun).
Ejercicio 3: Completa las frases utilizando la forma correcta del verbo auxiliar “haber” con el participio.
(complete the sentences using the correct form of the auxilary verb “haber” with the past participle) - (e.g. yo he terminado)
Ejercicio 4: Traduce las frases en ejercicio 3 al inglés (Translate the sentences in exercise 3 into English).
A scaffolded worksheet with students being introduced to the present perfect tense and being able to meet new language, manipulate it and make language their own through a wide range of activites.
Ejercicio 1: Empareja el español con el inglés.
Ejercicio 2: Traduce al inglés.
Ejercicio 3: Traduce al español.
Ejercicio 4: Haz cinco frases utilizando los verbos en el pretérito perfecto (Make five sentences using the verbs in the present perfect).
A scaffolded worksheet that fully explains the present subjunctive including the uses and how to form it with the conjugations. There are exercises to work through increasing in complexity to consolidate the student’s knowledge with ample opportunity to meet new language, manipulate the language and make language their own.
This worksheet is suitable for GCSE and A level students on both regular and irregular verbs.
Answer sheet is also included.
Students are to complete the wordsearch based on the topic of towns and what there is and isn’t in their region. Then, they are to translate the French words into English.
Scaffolded worksheet on the topic of describing your character/personality using adjectives in Spanish.
Exercises:
Exercise 1: Find the nine adjectives in the wordsearch.
Exercise 2: Write the nine adjectives.
Exercise 3: Translate the nine adjectives into English.
Exercise 4: Re-order to form complete sentences.
Answers included.
Worksheet designed for students to insert the correct definite article (el/la/los/las) with some nouns included in the list that are exceptions to the rule.
Extension: Translate the words into English using a dictionary (when necessary).
Answers are also included.
Learners are given some short phrases that can be printed off and cut-out into strips. They are to work in pairs to sort the short phrases and place them under the right categories. Then, once they are done, they could have a go at translating them from French into English. The aim is to see whether they can recognize and understand how to use the simple present and near future tenses.