French - Starters & plenaries

Snakes & Ladders template

Pupils work in pairs. They test each other on a set list of vocabulary, shuffled up (maybe on cards). One pupil throws a dice and moves that many spaces. Whichever number they land on, their partner asks that question. Works in the same way as ‘Snakes & Ladders’!

£2.00 GBP

French - Who Wants to be a Millionaire template

Quite simply, a French template for Who Wants to be a Millionaire! Fully hyperlinked. You just need to add your questions and answers, so this can be used over and over again, and with any topic.

£3.00 GBP

French - Hair & eyes curtains

Full instructions are in the notes section of this PPT.Pupils are shown words that they have to remember in a given time limit. Their challenge is then increased with longer phrases.

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French - Timetable pairwork

Pupils work in pairs to fill in the gaps in the timetable.Each pupil has different gaps and must work out what goes in the gaps by asking what subject the other pupil has period 1 on a Tuesday, for example.

£2.00 GBP

French - Tenses starter or plenary

Pupils race to indicate whether the displayed phrases are in a past, present or future time frame.Phrases appear and disappear on a timer, so pupils need to be paying attention!

£1.00 GBP

French - Taboo cards (various topics)

Taboo is a great and challenging activity to do with the pupils.Here are some examples. The word the other pupil(s) has/have to guess is in bold on each card and the person with that word has to describe it in French without mentioning the other words underneath.

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French - Simple future pairwork

Pupils roll a dice and then conjugate the given verb in the simple future. Both regular and irregular verbs are practised. Answers can be revealed after each verb.

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French - Simple future Connect 4

This ‘Connect 4’-style game practises the simple future of both regular and irregular verbs in French.Pupils work in two teams (red and blue) and their objective is to get 4 (or 3, if you prefer) of their coloured rectangles in a row. This can be vertically, horizontally or diagonally. In presentation mode, click on the relevant coloured circle to change the colour of the rectangle.

£2.00 GBP

French - Personality pairwork

This starter activity is to practise personality words. In pairs, pupils point at an adjective on the sheet and then give a sentence about someone they know, changing the adjective ending where necessary.

£1.00 GBP

French - Os & Xs pairwork

The traditional Os & Xs game for pairwork.You could either fill in the squares for the pupils, or they could do it themselves.Phrases in French to use when playing are at the bottom of the sheet, along with the instructions.

Free

French - Months gap-fill

Pupils simply fill in the missing vowels in the French months.

Free

French - Near future HIGNFY

Recap on near future phrases using this Have I Got News For You-style resource.

£2.00 GBP

French - Hair & eyes dice pairwork

Pupils work in pairs. They take it in turns to throw a dice. They then translate the phrase next to the number shown on the dice.

£1.00 GBP

French - Give the paintings names

The idea of this activity is for the pupils to give the four French paintings their own titles. It’s amazing what they come up with! I would advise you give them dictionaries. Ideal as a starter for a dictionary skills lesson.

Free

French - Find your partner past tense text

Each pupil gets a card with French on it. They have to find the pupil who has the only other card that can go with theirs.

£1.00 GBP

French - Find the correct present tense phrases

Activity for after having been taught the present tense in French.Pupils find the 6 correct present tense phrases from the grid. When they click on the phrase, it will either show a tick or a cross.

£1.00 GBP

French - 'er' verbs dice practice

Pupils roll a dice and then conjugate the given -er verb. Answers are revealed when clicked.4 -er verbs used - regarder, écouter, jouer & manger (irregular ‘nous’ form is pointed out).

£1.00 GBP