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French Phrases: Ways to Ask
If you're teaching interrogatives in French, this 10-question worksheet may be useful. It asks class members to translate the French phrases into English. An example phrase is, je voudrais.
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French 101: A Musical Introduction
Bonjour! Comment ça-va? Introduce your language learners to French by playing the song "Parce Qu'on Vient de Loin." They attempt to describe what the song says and learn some basic French greetings like bonjour, au revoir, je m'appelle,...
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Get Fluent in French: Going on Holiday
Take a vacation into French with lots of vocabulary and plenty of activities. This collection of worksheets includes instruction as well as practice and invites French language learners to hone their translation skills.
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French Quiz: Jobs and Professions
Now that you've taught your French speakers vocabulary related to jobs and professions, give them this quiz to assess their learning. There are three exercises included. The first exercise requires test takers to fill in the blanks to...
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Google Translate
Not sure how to translate a word, phrase, or paragraph? No worries. Simply paste in, type, or dictate your text, select the initial and desired language, and up pops your translation. Better yet, the app will read the text to you in most...
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Food Translation
Practice translating a series of sentences using food and shopping vocabulary. There are 10 short sentences to translate, and a short essay question is also included. For the short essay question, writers describe what they eat and drink...
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Beach Time! Color Adjective Exercise (French)
What are the rules for adding adjectives to a sentence? Where should you place the adjective? This worksheet introduces the rules for feminine, masculine, and color adjectives in French. It includes phrases to translate from English to...
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The Third Estate
Kids read a translated version of Abbe Sieyes' document, The Third Estate. This document is shown in its original form and as an English translation. After reading the text they answer three critical thinking question to show their...
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Crossword: Les fruits et les légumes
Start by cutting out the mini-flashcards on the last two pages. Almost 40 different fruits and vegetables are shown with their French translation. After using these cards to build vocabulary, learners complete the crossword puzzle on the...
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Les Miserables
Many consider Les Miserables to be one of the greatest novels ever written. An eBook version of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo contains the entire text, translated from the original French. Each section is organized into books and...
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Translation Lesson to help Students Improve Vocabulary and Writing Style
Students translate an entire Internet page from English into a target language. In small groups, they create a short story or document in their native tongue or find an Internet page in their own tongue that they translate into English.
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French Phrases Matching Worksheet
For this French worksheet, students match the phrase with its translation in the other column for 15 questions. The answers are obtained by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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French Connections
Learners use Internet links to plan a 3-day tour of France. They role-play a typical encounter that may be experienced during their trip.
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Classroom Objects in French
For this foreign language worksheet, students match the classroom objects with the language translation in the right column for the 14 questions.
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Le cigale et la fourmi
Explore French literature by reading the short poem "La cigale et la fourmi." On the second page, there's a literal translation of the poem (into English), but consider having your learners try to translate it on their own before showing...
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Soins de toilette
What activities do you do each morning before you leave the house for work or school? Your beginning French learners are introduced to 12 phrases that describe daily actions. They match the French word with the English translation, and...
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Le Temps Crossword Puzzle
Review weather vocabulary terms with your beginning French language learners. There are 19 terms listed at the top of the page, and your learner must use the English translation to find the correct French word for each space in the...
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Louis XIV
His reign was known for the extravagance of Versailles, as well as fiscal failure. Referred to as the Sun King, and the art of Louis XIV's court reflects his absolute power in France. By examining the image of bronze engraving from a...
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Getting Dressed and Ready
Divide your class into partner pairs for this speaking exercise. Each person takes turns to ask and answer the questions provided. The listener uses the pictures provided to answer each question posed. There are questions designed for...
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Les Pays de l'Europe
How do you say Greece in French? What about Spain? Introduce your beginning speakers to 17 countries and what they're called in French. Each slide contains a country's name in English, its flag, and the French translation. Improve this...
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Interview Avec Kathryn Hire, Astronaute
Bring a female astronaut into your French classroom with this interview. Give your class the opportunity to hear it as you (or two classmates) read it aloud. Following the page-long interview are a set of comprehension questions. Some...
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Mardi Gras Et Carnaval
Laissez les bons temps rouler! Let the good times roll with a colorful PowerPoint that details Mardi Gras from a French perspective with images from Carnaval de Nice.
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Compare and Contrast the French Cinderella with Other Cultural Versions
Students first compare and contrast the traditional French Cinderella with Cinderella stories from around the world as well as the opera synopsis. Students write their own Cinderella stories, personalizing them with aspects from their...
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Be and Have: Differences between French and English
In this be/have worksheet, learners read about the differences between the 2 words in English and French, then fill in blanks in a paragraph with the correct form of "be" or "have got" in present tense.