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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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The House
Oú est la cuisine? Several activities are suggested here to develop and further vocabulary acquisition for your beginning French speakers. They draw pictures of different rooms in a house and place objects around the room. Then, using...
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Les Métiers (Jobs and Professions)
Work a few of these activities into your unit on jobs and professions for beginning French speakers. This teacher's guide focuses on feminine and masculine word endings, and introduces the teacher to different opportunities for oral...
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The Family (La Famille)
Here's the teacher guide to a unit on family and family vocabulary. Sift through the ideas (a pre-test, instructional activity activity, and closing activity are all included), and include them in your own unit. Since visual connections...
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Interview Exclusive! Paris-Match interroge Audrey Tatou, vedette du film, Le fableux destin d'Am¿¿lie Poulain
Students role play an interview. After researching Audrey Tautou and the movie Amelie, pairs of students take turns interviewing each other. One plays the role of a journalist and the other plays the role of an actress. During the...
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Present Simple 'Yes/No' Questions with 'Be'
Teach your class how to use the verb "to be" properly in sentences with this worksheet. For this activity, learners compose questions using the present simple forms of to be such as is, are, and am. The directions are limited, so you...
Smithsonian Institution
Picturing George: A Pictorial Survey of the Life of George Washington
Learners create pictorial biographies of George Washington. Working in groups, they research various portions of Washington's life, highlighting significant events. After presenting their projects to the class, they are displayed for...
University of Texas at Austin
Tex's French Grammar: Interrogative Pronouns
This site from Tex's French Grammar explains the uses, of interrogative pronouns regarding people: (qui, qui est-ce qui, qui est-ce que) and things: (qu'est-ce qui, que, qu'est-ce que), quoi) using high quality examples, dialogues, (both...
University of Texas at Austin
Tex's French Grammar: Subjunctive Usage Doubt
This site from Tex's French Grammar explains use of the subjunctive with expressions of doubt and uncertainty, interrogatives and negatives, relative clauses that express uncertainty and superlatives. Provides usage examples, dialogues...
University of Texas at Austin
Tex's French Grammar: Bon/meilleur vs. Bien/mieux
This site from Tex's French Grammar provides a concise and clear presentation of bon/bien, meillure/mieux, aussi bon/aussi bien etc. Contains usage examples and interactive practice exercises (written and audio).
University of Texas at Austin
Tex's French Grammar: Subject Verb Inversion
This site from Tex's French Grammar provides a clear and concise description of forming a question through subject/verb inversion. Includes negation,, using 'est-ce' and 'y a-t-il', compound tenses etc. Provides both audio and written...