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Worksheet 1

The Colours: Les couleurs


This worksheet will help your child recognise the colour names in French.
Blue/ Bleu Red/ Rouge
Green/ Vert Purple/Violet
Orange/Orange Brown/Marron
Black/ Noir White/ Blanc
Pink/ Rose Yellow/ Jaune
Activity: Can you write the correct colour name in French next to the right colour?

French phrases about colour


I like the colour

My favourite colour is

Jaime la couleur

Ma couleur prfre est

What colour is it?

It is

Cest de quelle couleur?

Cest

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Les couleurs
1
Bleu
Vert
Orange
Noir
Rose
Rouge
Violet
Marron
Blanc
Jaune

Worksheet 2
My family: Ma famille
This worksheet will help you recognise the French names for all the different people in
yourfamily.

Mum

Dad

Sister

Brother

Grandfather

Grandmother

Maman

Papa

Sur

Frre

Grand-pre

Grand-mre

Talking about your family


She is my
Cest ma maman.
I have two sisters
Jai deux surs.
I dont have any brothers or sisters
Je nai ni frre ni sur.
I have a younger brother and an older sister
Jai un petit frre et une grande sur.
Her name is...
Elle sappelle...
His name is...
Il sappelle...
Can you write about your family. Introduce your parents, your bothers and your sisters or your
grandparents. Say what their names are.

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Ma famille
1
Maman

Papa

Sur

Frre

Grand-pre

Grand-mre

Worksheet 3
Numbers : Les numeros
This worksheet will help you learn about the words for numbers up to twenty in French. Listen to
the podcast and practise saying the numbers. If working with a partner, take it in turns to say the
next number.

1 One

2 Two

3 Three

4 Four

Un

Deux

Trois

Quatre

5 Five

6 Six

7 Seven

8 Eight

Cinq

Six

Sept

Huit

9 Nine

10 Ten

11 Eleven

12 Twelve

Neuf

Dix

Onze

Douze

13 Thirteen

14 Fourteen

15 Fifteen

16 Sixteen

Treize

Quartorze

Quinze

Seize

17 Seventeen

18 Eighteen

19 Nineteen

20 Twenty

Dix-sept

Dix-huit

Dix-neuf

Vingt

How old are you?


Quel age as-tu?
Jai _______________ ans
I am _____________ years old.

In French, you say


I have 10 years.
In English you say
I am 10 years old.

Activity: Number bingo


Print out copies of this number square and use it for number bingo. All the numbers are in
French plus the caller can only say the word names in French. Call out Bingo if you get all the
numbers in a row, column or diagonally. This game can be played by several players.

Une

Quartorze

Dix-huit

Trois

Dix

Quinze

Deux

Neuf

Douze

Sept

Onze

Dix-sept

Seize

Quatre

Vingt

Six

Treize

Cinq

Dix-neuf

Huit

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Le numero
1
Un
Deux
Trois
Quatre
Cinq
Six
Sept
Huit
Neuf
Dix
Onze
Douze
Treize
Quartorze
Quinze
Seize
Dix-sept
Dix-huit
Dix-neuf
Vingt

Worksheet 4
Pets: Les animaux domestiques
Do you have a pet? French families have pets too. Lets find out what they call their animals
inFrench.
Cat = Chat

Hamster = Hamster

Dog = Chien

Horse = Cheval

Rabbit = Lapin

Parrot = Perroquet

Goldfish = Poisson rouge

Gerbil = Gerbile

Guinea pig = Cochon dInde

Tortoise = tortue

Activity: match the animals


Oh no! All the animals have got loose. Can you match the right animal to the right name. You
can colour in the animals too.
Chat
Chien
Lapin
Poisson rouge
Cochon dInde
Hamster
Cheval
Perroquet
Gerbile
Tortue

Activity: Talking about your pets


Clare wants to tell her new French friend, Claudine, about her pet cat Larry. Help Clare tell
Claudine about Larry by filling in the blanks in these sentences.

I have a cat. He is called Larry. He is black. Larry is ten years old.


Jai un _____________ Il sappelle __________ Il est ________ Larry a_________ ans.
Do you have a pet? Write a short sentence about your pet using the
vocabulary you have learned.

You can use the other


worksheets for clues
about the vocabulary that
you will need - or try and
remember what you have
already learned.

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Les animaux domestiques


1
Chat
Chien
Lapin
Poisson rouge
Cochon dInde
Hamster
Cheval
Perroquet
Gerbile
Tortue

Worksheet 5
The weather: Le Temps
Lets learn to talk about the weather.
What is the weather like?

Quel temps fait-il?

It is hot/ Il fait chaud

It is cold/ Il fait froid

It is nice weather/ Il fait beau

It is bad weather/ Il fait mauvais

Activity: What is the weather like?


Quel temps fait-il?
Can you say what the weather is like in each of these scenes? You have been given the French
vocabulary for the type of weather. In the space provided write if the type of weather is nice or
bad, cold or hot.

It is sunny

It is raining

It is snowing

Il y a du soleil

Il pleut

Il neige

It is foggy

It is windy

It is cloudy

Il y a du brouillard

Il y a du vent

Il y a des nuages

Talking about the weather.


It is ___________________ Il fait ___________________

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Le Temps
1
Chaud
Froid
Beau
Mauvais
Soleil
Pleut
Neige
Nuages
Brouillard
Vent

Worksheet 6
The calendar: Le calendrier

In French, the months and days


of the week dont usually have
capital letters except atthe
beginning of asentence.

January

February

March

Janvier

Fvrier

Mars

April

May

June

Avril

Mai

Juin

July

August

September

Juillet

Aot

Septembre

October

November

December

Octobre

Novembre

Dcembre

Activity:
Write the date of your birthday in the correct month on the calendar. On the next sheet you
will learn how to say when your birthday is.

The seven days of the week: Les sept jours


de la semaine
Monday

Lundi

Tuesday

Mardi

Wednesday

Mercredi

Thursday

Jeudi

Friday

Vendredi

Saturday

Samedi

Sunday

Dimanche

Activity: Try out your vocabulary


Clare and Claudine are talking about their birthdays. When is
Claudines birthday?
Claudine: Salut Clare! Mon anniversaire est le
vingtoctobre.

Special days
Birthday lanniversaire
Easter Pques
Christmas Nol

Clare wants to say that her birthday is on Friday, 7th of May. Write down how Clare should
saythis.

Claudine wants to know when it is your birthday.


Claudine: Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire?
Write down your birthday including the date and month.

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Le calendrier les mois


1
Janvier
Fvrier
Mars
Avril
Mai
Juin
Juillet
Aot
Septembre
Octobre
Novembre
Dcembre

Worksheet 7
Feelings: Les sentiments
In French, the spelling and pronunciation is different, depending on whether
you are talking about a girl or a boy. On the accompanying podcast, you will
hear both masculine and feminine.

Happy

Sad

Cross

Embarrassed

Claudine est
heureuse.

Claudine est triste

Claudine est fche

Claudine est gn.

Etienne est triste.

Etienne est fch.

Etienne est gene.

Unhappy

Brave

Calm

Naughty

Claudine est
malheureuse

Claudine est
courageuse.

Claudine est
tranquille.

Claudiene est
mchante.

Etienne est
malheureux

Etienne est
courageux.

Etienne est
tranquille.

Etienne est
mchant.

Etienne est heureux.

Activity: How are the children? Comment


vont les enfants?
Can you match the correct person to the correct emotion?

Comment va Claudine? Comment va Pierre?

Claudine est

tranquille

Pierre est

malheureux

Aurlie est

triste

Elodie est

gn

Etienne est

fche

Fabien est

mchante

Quentin est

courageux

Manon est

heureuse

In French, emotions
are gender-sensitive so
can be masculine or
feminine. So the spelling
will vary slightly if you
are talking about a boy
oragirl

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Les sentiments
1
Heureuse
Triste
Fche
Gn
Malheureux
Courageux
Tranquille
Mchante

Worksheet 8
My house: Ma maison
Talking about the rooms in my house

7
4

10
9

1. Bedroom La chambre

6. Attic Le grenier

2. Bathroom La salle de bains

7. Kitchen la cuisine

3. Living room Le salon

8. Basement Le sous-sol

4. Dining room La salle manger

9. Front door la porte dentre

5. Hallway Lentre

10. Stairs lescalier

Activity: In my house
Have a go at writing what you do in various rooms of the house?
I sleep in

Je dors dans la

I eat in

Je mange dans la

I wash in

Je me lave dans la

Mum cooks in

Maman cuisine dans la

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Ma maison
1
La chambre
La salle de bain
Le salon
La salle
manger
Lentre
Le grenier
La cuisine
Le sous-sol
La porte d'entre
Lescalier

Worksheet 9
Sports: Les sports
This activity will help you talk about what kind of sports you like doing. Each activity is linked
with the correct vocabulary in French. You will notice that a lot of the French sports have the
same word as the English.
Tennis

Cricket

Football

Volleyball

Rollerblade

Le tennis

Le cricket

Le football

le volley

le roller

Ice-skating

Jogging

Dancing

Ballet

Rugby

Le rugby

le patin
a glace

Le jogging

La danse

La danse
classique

Cycling

Basketball

Badminton

Golf

Gymnastics

le cyclisme

Le basket

Le badminton

Le golf

la gymnastique

Swimming

Surf

Karate

Skiing

Horse-ride

la natation

le surf

Le karate

Le ski

lquitation

Which sport do you like? Quel sport aimes-tu?


I like

Jaime

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Les sport 1
1
Le tennis
Le cricket
Le football
Le volley
Faire du roller
Le patinage sur
glace
Le jogging
La danse
Le ballet
Le rugby

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Les sport 2
1
Le cyclisme
Le basket
Le badminton
Le golf
La gymnastique
La natation
Faire du surf
Le karate
Le ski
L'quitation

Worksheet 10
The body: Le corps
Hair
les cheveux

Eyes
Les yeux

Head
la tte

Face
le visage
Nose
le nez

Neck
le cou
Cheek
la joue

Neck
le cou

Mouth
la bouche

Ear
loreille

Arm
le bras
Hand
La main
Fingers
Les doigts

Leg
la jambe

Stomach
lestomac

Knee
Le genou

Ankle
La cheville
Foot
le pied

Toes
Les doigts de pied

Activity: How many do you have?


Can you say how many fingers and toes you have?

How many fingers do you have?

Combien de doigts as-tu?

I have ten fingers.

Jai dix doigts.

How many knees do you have?

Combien de genoux as-tu?

I have

Jai

How many ankles do you have?

Combien de chevilles as-tu?

I have

Jai

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Le corps 1
1
La tte
Le visage
Le bras
La jambe
La main
Le cou
L'il
Le nez
Loreille

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Le corps 2
1
La bouche
La joue
Les cheveux
Lestomac
Le pied
Le genou
Les doigts
Les doigts
depied
La cheville

Worksheet 11
Telling the time: Dire lheure
You can print and cut out these clocks and times and use
them to play snap or find the match

In France, people
usually use the 24-hour
clock. However, for the
purposes of this activity
we have used a 12-hour
clock with both times
against thenumbers.

1 Une 13 onze

2 Deux 14 douze

3 Trois 15 treize

4 Quatre 16 seize

5 Cinq 17 dix-sept

6 Six 18 dix-huit

7 Sept 19 dix-neuf

8 Huit 20 vingt

9 Neuf 21 vingt-un

10 Dix

22 vingt-deux

11 Onze 23 vingt-trois

Noon: Midi Midnight: Minuit

Activity: Talking about the time


Cut out the hands and position them on the clock. Ask what time is it and give the answer in
French using the vocabulary here.

What time is it?

Quelle heure est-il?

It is one oclock.

Il est une heure.

It is eight oclock in the morning.

Il est huit heures du matin.

(Il est huit heures.)


Its is five oclock in the afternoon.

Il est cinq heures de laprs-midi.

(Il est dix-sept heures.)


It is nine oclock in the evening.

Il est neuf heures du soir

(Il est vingt et une heures.)


It is noon.

Il est midi.

It is midnight.

Il est minuit.

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Dire lheure
1
matin
heure
de aprs-midi
Du soir
midi
minuit
demi
quart
moins le quart

Worksheet 12
Eat and drink: Manger et boire
Imagine you are at the supermarket and you have to buy a list of items. Here you will find the
English word followed by the French word. Your activity is on the next sheet.

Meat
La viande
Fish
le poisson
Vegetables
les legumes
Seafood
les fruits demer
Fruit
Le fruit
Roast Beef
le rti de buf
Chips
les frites
Omelette
lomelette
Pizza
la pizza
Potatoes
Les pommes
deterre
Bread
le pain
Chicken
le poulet
Sausages
les saucisses

Tuna
le thon
Prawns
les crevettes
Salad
la salade
Salmon
le saumon
Rice
le riz
Eggs
les ufs
Tomato
la tomate
Cucumber
le concombre
Tea
le th
Coffee
le caf
Orange juice
le jus dorange
Cheese
le fromage

Activity: Labels
Using a pad of post-it notes write the French names for each food and drink item. Can you go
shopping in your kitchen and label the right item with the post-it note. It doesnt matter if you
dont have all these items in your kitchen.

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Manger et boire
1
La viande
Le poisson
Les legumes
Les fruits de mer
Le fruit
rti de buf
Les frites
Lomelette
Le pizza
Les pommes
deterre
Le pain
Le poulet

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Manger et boire 2
1
Les saucisses
Le thon
Les crevettes
La salade
Le riz
Les oeufs
La tomate
Le concombre
Le th
Le caf
Le jus dorange
Le fromage

Worksheet 13
Transport: Les transports
What kind of transport do you take? Is it a bus, car, train or aeroplane? Using the vocabulary list
here, find the French transport names in the word search below.

We have left out the la


le and l so just look
for the main part of the
word.

Car la voiture Train le train


Bus le bus Boat le bateau
Aeroplane lavion Ferry le ferry-boat
Van la camionette Lorry le camion
Bike le vlo

Which word is missing? Write it here

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Les transports
1
La voiture
Le bus
Lavion
La camionette
Le vlo
Le train
Le bateau
Le ferry-boat
Le camion

Worksheet 14
School: Lecole
French children have many similar lessons to English children. This vocabulary grid shows all
the different lessons you might learn in school.
English

Maths

Science

French

Langlais

Les mathmatiques

Les sciences

Le franais

PE

Music

Geography

History

LEducation
physique

La musique

La gographie

Lhistoire

Cooking

Computers

Religion

Design & Technology

Linformatique

Lducation
religieuse

Dessin industriel
ettechnologie

La cuisine

Activity:
On a piece of paper draw a timetable and fill in the lessons you have each day during your
school week. See if you can remember how to write the days of the week too.

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Conversation francais de base


1
Bonjour
Salut
Au revoir
A bientt
A plus tard
Sil vous plait
Merci

Worksheet 15
Money: Largent
In France, the currency is called Euros. Euros come in notes and in coins and are used in many
different European countries. Before 1999, French currency was called Francs and you might
still see francs mentioned in older textbooks and films.
Each Euro is worth 100 cents, sometimes called Euro cents. The coins come in 2, 1, 50c,
20c, 10c, 5c, 2c, and 1c denominations.
Euro banknotes come in denominations of 500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10 and 5.

Activity: How much is in my purse?


2.

5.

3.

6.

4.

7.

Vocab: Euro Euro Cents centimes a note un billet a coin une piece

1. 2, 50cents 2. 91cents 3. 1, 10 cents 4. 7 cents

Answers

Do you have any


foreign currency in your
home? What countries
do they come from?

5. 7, 50 cents 6. 22, 20 cents 7. 103, 11 cents

1.

Worksheet 16A
Basic French conversation: conversation
francais de base
Hello
Hi
Bye/ See you soon
See you later
Please
Thank you

Bonjour
Salut
Au revoir. A bientt.
A plus tard
Sil vous plait
Merci

How are you?

Comment a va?

Do you like it?

Tu aimes a?

I like it.
I dont like it.
How much is that?
It costs

Je laime.
Je ne laime pas.
a cote combien?
Cela cote ...

Worksheet 16B
Basic French conversation: conversation
francais de base
Listen to the podcast and practise these simple phrases. You can add other vocabulary that you
have learned to make other phrases too.

Where are the toilets? O sont les toilettes?


Where is the post office? O est La Poste?

Youll hear both


versions in the
accompanying podcast.

How old are you? Quel ge as-tu?


I am English. Je suis anglais (boy) anglaise (girl)
I live in London. Jhabite Londres.
I am hungry. Jai faim.
I am thirsty. Jai soif.
I am on holiday. Je suis en vacance.
I am lost. Je suis perdu.
Can you help me? Pouvez-vous maider?

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Conversation francais de base


1
Bonjour
Salut
Au revoir
A bientt
A plus tard
Sil vous plait
Merci

Worksheet 17A
Basic verbs: Les verbs de base
.

Etre - to be
Je suis I am
Tu es you are
On/il/elle est it/he/she is
Nous sommes we are
Vous tes you are
Ils/elles sont they are

Avoir to have
Jai I have
Tu as you have
On/il/elle a it/he/she has
Nous avons we have
Vous avez you have
Ils/elles ont they have

In the accompanying
podcast you
will hear the French
first, then the English.

Worksheet 17B
Basic verbs: Les verbs de base
Faire to do
Je fais I do
Tu fais you do
On/il/elle fait it/he/she does
Nous faisons we do
Vous faites you do
Ils/elles font they do

Aller to go
Je vais I go
To vas you go
On/il/elle va it/he/she goes
Nous allons we go
Vous allez you go
Ils/elles vont they go

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