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Activities to teach ways of asking questions in French. Often there are several ways to ask the same question e.g. Tu vas au lycée? Vast-tu au lycée? Est-ce que tu vas au lycée? Je vais au lycée. Et toi? And then same ways but with a question word before… e.g. pourquoi est-ce que tu vas au lycée?etc At KS3 students need to be confident with one way of asking questions and then recognise other ways when listening. These activities allow teachers to get students to visit those areas.

The principle is quite simple: talk to people you don’t often talk to or you don’t talk to at all with the hope to either use your social skills or learn new ones and practise your English if English is not your native language. The worksheet could be adapted to other languages too. Put your phones away and actually appreciate the spontaneity of the moment!

This presentation goes through the Puy-de-Dôme site of Vulcania. It provides reading exercises, working out how much you would pay to get in according to your personal circumstances etc… Can be used as part of the leisure activities topic or possibly before a school trip.

A template guiding KS3/ weaker KS4 students to speak about someone, giving reasons and justifications through the use of a) sequencers: d’abord, ensuite, puis etc…b) intensifiers (très, assez, extrêmement, légèrement etc) and c) adjectives. Could be used as a battleship worksheet.

A series of exemplar sentence to practise! You should hear no more "n"s or "m"s!

This worksheet especially applies to the photo description where the last/ last two questions go beyond the picture and put(s) students on the spot, the type of question that asks: What did you do last week/month/year in order to (choose your option: be healthy, protect the environment, be helpful to your family etc). This type of question is always tricky. The same applies to the future ones: what will you do… in order to…? The worksheet gives a range of options that students can decide upon and then try and regurgitate on the day.

A PowerPoint to get students to learn and practise phrases for asking for food through an initial knowledge organiser and then related activities (je voudrais, il me faut etc…), quantities and containers (e.g. un litre de or une bouteille de etc… + food. It also explores verbs of opinions about food. With a lower ability group, this could be used over several lessons.

Those essay phrases when commenting a novel…

Want to encourage students…? Find some scratch card ideas attached. As well as those, you would need to buy some scratch card stickers, that are widely available in various outlets. Students absolutely love them if given for exceptional work.

Some exercises to review question forms (especially ¿hay que…?), options to travel (with verbs of opinions), verbs salir and llegar, the time, and transport issues (discomfort, lateness, seasickness etc…)