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A booklet of exam-style practice exercises for the grammar gap-fill exercise in the Edexcel IGCSE French writing exam 8 x gap-fill exercises in the style of the exam, testing on verb conjugations, nouns and adjectives All exercises relate to a topic in Area A (Home and Abroad) so that teachers can include exam practice when teaching this topic All answers provided - this booklet could either be used in class or given to students for homework or revision Cover page with a checklist for teacher feedback or self-assessment to encourage students to reflect on strengths and weaknesses Watch this space for more booklets coming on the other topic areas!

3 x Sentence Builders for the new AQA GCSE French topic CUSTOMS AND CELEBRATIONS Recommended for Higher Tier due to the range of language, but could easily be adapted for Foundation Tier (editable word documents included) What’s included: Learning outcomes covered: o Describing birthdays - 3 tenses o Describing a traditional celebrations and festivals o How you celebrate - 3 tenses Vocabulary based on the official AQA lists + high frequency, useful verb phrases, complex structures as chunks and other universals Integration of complex structures and idiomatic expressions to help students learn high-level language as chunks High-frequency vocabulary and complex structures are recycled across several of the sentence builders How to use them: Modelling & scaffolding: I use sentence builders as a Knowledge Organiser, a modelling tool when introducing a new topic, and a scaffold for writing and speaking. Teaching ideas: I have a free document in my TES called “Teaching ideas for sentence builders” that I recommend downloading if you’d like more ideas on how to get started with sentence builders. EPI methodology: Although I do not work in an EPI school or follow every part of MARS EARS from Gianfranco Conti, these sentence builders could be used for EPI - they are in both PDF and word format so can be edited and adapted. If you have any questions about this resource, please do not hesitate to contact me via my MFL Instagram @eclaireMFL

3 x Sentence Builders for the new AQA GCSE French topic CELEBRITY CULTURE Recommended for Higher Tier due to the range of language, but could easily be adapted for Foundation Tier (editable word documents included) What’s included: Learning outcomes covered: o Describing a celebrity - present o Describing a celebrity - past o Opinions and advice on being famous Vocabulary based on the official AQA lists + high frequency, useful verb phrases, complex structures as chunks and other universals Integration of complex structures and idiomatic expressions to help students learn high-level language as chunks High-frequency vocabulary and complex structures are recycled across several of the sentence builders How to use them: Modelling & scaffolding: I use sentence builders as a Knowledge Organiser, a modelling tool when introducing a new topic, and a scaffold for writing and speaking. Teaching ideas: I have a free document in my TES called “Teaching ideas for sentence builders” that I recommend downloading if you’d like more ideas on how to get started with sentence builders. EPI methodology: Although I do not work in an EPI school or follow every part of MARS EARS from Gianfranco Conti, these sentence builders could be used for EPI - they are in both PDF and word format so can be edited and adapted. If you have any questions about this resource, please do not hesitate to contact me via my MFL Instagram @eclaireMFL

7 x Sentence Builders for the new AQA GCSE French topic IDENTITY AND RELATIONSHIP Recommended for Higher Tier due to the range of language, but could easily be adapted for Foundation Tier (editable word documents included) What’s included: Learning outcomes covered: o Introducing self and others – basic details and background o Physical description of self and others o Descriptions of family o Describing personality of self and others o How you get on with different people and why o Describing a good friend o Future ambitions and family plans Vocabulary based on the official AQA lists + high frequency, useful verb phrases, complex structures as chunks and other universals Integration of complex structures and idiomatic expressions to help students learn high-level language as chunks High-frequency vocabulary and complex structures are recycled across several of the sentence builders How to use them: Modelling & scaffolding: I use sentence builders as a Knowledge Organiser, a modelling tool when introducing a new topic, and a scaffold for writing and speaking. Teaching ideas: I have a free document in my TES called “Teaching ideas for sentence builders” that I recommend downloading if you’d like more ideas on how to get started with sentence builders. EPI methodology: Although I do not work in an EPI school or follow every part of MARS EARS from Gianfranco Conti, these sentence builders could be used for EPI - they are in both PDF and word format so can be edited and adapted. If you have any questions about this resource, please do not hesitate to contact me via my MFL Instagram @eclaireMFL

A selection of links where I have compiled lists of key verbs in the main tenses for GCSE Spanish, particularly useful for giving to students for GCSE revision. Download the document for details on how each link can be used by students and teachers. Printable Quizlet PDFs of each list are also included. I have created the same for French here: /teaching-resource/resource-12967521?fbclid=IwY2xjawGQqoRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHaM3M7dweWPdf0vlWkhEXHgK0TzsSutWBpvEtLNtVTowwUlLborAe-ckBg_aem_-jWF5c7W1Dw1u8H_iigr6g

A 3-page worksheet to introduce the use of the pronoun ‘en’ in different set phrases for talking about food. Very little prior knowledge is assumed other than some basic opinions on food items, and some time phrases like souvent and jamais, so this lesson should appear in a sequence after pupils have acquired those. It is practised mainly in the present tense, but extension tasks are provided in other tenses, Activities include a match-up, grammar explanation, teacher-led listening, translation into English, sentence unjumbling task and a short, guided sentence-writing task. Answers included.

A worksheet introducing basic comparisons in French within the context of places / your area / where you live. Includes meilleur, pire, plus, moins, aussi. Answers included. Suitable for KS3 to introduce or KS4 for a recap.

A set of 3 x sentence builders to help pupils structure their answers and vary their vocab for the card discussion in the speaking exam for AQA. Quizlet links for studying the vocab are included in the document. Pupils can use this document as a scaffold when preparing answers to speaking cards.

A paired translation activity to practise adjective agreement rules in French in the context of personality. The game and answers are included along with a set of instructions on how it could be played as a translation race / an oral one pen one dice game / or a trapdoor game. Suitable for KS3 French after introducing adjective agreement rules, or for KS4 French as revision.

A half-page worksheet practising possessive adjectives in French mon / ma / mes etc. suitable for KS3 to introduce, or KS4 French as revision.

These ‘verb helpers’ can be printed double-sided and laminated to keep on students’ desks as extra support to refer to independently when they complete writing or speaking tasks. Tenses included are present, perfect, imperfect and simple future.

A selection of links where I have compiled lists of key verbs in the main tenses for GCSE French, particularly useful for giving to students for GCSE revision. Download the document for details on how each link can be used by students and teachers. Printable Quizlet PDFs of each list are also included. I have created the same resource for Spanish here: /teaching-resource/-13156906

A selection of 3 detailed sentence builders for KS4 or KS3 French for talking about le temps / la météo. Includes how to talk about the weather in three tenses, past present and future, and how to combine weather with your favourite saison - quelle est ta saison préférée, and examples of how to link it to free time activities. See ideas for how to exploit sentence builders at this link below /teaching-resource/resource-12281180 or at my blog.

A sentence builder modelling plenty of examples of how to explain cause and consequences in in the past in French across different topics. Ideal for encouraging pupils to incorporate more complex grammar and structures into their work by scaffolding extended sentences with causal markers, as well as containing lots of verb + infinitive structures and complex opinion phases. In addition to the sentence builder, there is a list of 24 example sentences that can be exploited as a quiz quiz trade activity, or you could use them in other ways eg. oral translation into English, or as a teacher-led listening - read some of the sentences and pupils translate on mini whiteboards using the sentence builder.

A worksheet explaining in detail how to use the pronoun ‘en’ in the context of the topic of school / my studies / mon école/mon lycée. Ideal for helping pupils to integrate these into their writing to score higher marks for complexity / use of ‘complex structures’. The principles for how en works are explained and several different examples are given, and then there is a 10-sentence translation task with Fr-En and En-Fr translation. Answers included. Suitable for KS4 French or very able KS3 pupils as extension work. See below a more detailed resource with more activities to practise ‘en’ and ‘y’ in the topic of free time: /teaching-resource/resource-12967317

A 3-page worksheet / activity sequence explaining how to use the pronouns en and y in set phrases for the topic of free time / hobbies / les loisirs / le temps libre. Ideal for helping pupils to integrate these into their writing to score higher marks for complexity / use of ‘complex structures’. The principles for how en and y work are briefly explained, but the pronouns are mostly practised in the context of useful phrases on the topic, including with negatives and time phrases. There is also a stage combining them with the present tense with depuis to enhance the complexity of students’ sentences. Activities include a brief grammar explanation to read, a matching task, a teacher-led listening, multiple-choice, translations and a writing task. All answers included. Suitable for KS4 French or very able KS3 pupils as extension work. See below a similar resource for using ‘en’ in the topic of school, but this time the practice is purely translations: /teaching-resource/-12967353

3 x sentence builders & follow-up tasks to learn to say who is in your family, names/ages, how you get on with each and why, to help pupils answer the Qs: comment tu t’entends avec ta famille / parle-moi de tes relations familiales etc. Activities: Interactive activity suggestions for using with the SB Pop-up grammar questions for paired discussion listening gap-fill reading comprehension reading aloud battleships game mini listening table gapped translation and full translation jumble writing task Answers all included. Suitable for KS3 and KS4.

A 3-page worksheet or activity sequence introducing a range of higher-level adjectives and focusing on the principles of adjective agreement within context of personality / le caractère / la personnalité / descriptions of people. Activities: Matching task for vocab short dictation of the verb être beat the teacher inductive grammar task grammar table exercise to focus on endings short listening correct or incorrect task All answers included. Activities could easily be extended by doing translations both ways on mini whiteboards to consolidate all language at any point.