Dans mon collège il y a …

French translation cards

1. Il y a une petite bibliothèque où on fait nos devoirs.

2. Il n’y a pas assez de salles d’informatique.

3. Il y a plusieurs terrains de sport.

4. Il y a une cantine mais c’est trop petit.

5. Il y a assez de salles de classe.

6. Il y a des courts de tennis.

7. Il n’y a pas de théâtre.

8. À l’avenir il y aura une piscine couverte.

9. Autrefois il n’y avait pas de gymnase.

10. À l’avenir il y aura une cantine plus grande.

11. Il y a environ quatre cents élèves.

12. Il n’y a pas beaucoup de filles.

13. À l’avenir il y aura plus d’élèves.

14. Il y a assez d’ordinateurs.

15. Il y a trop de professeurs.

16. Il y a beaucoup de salles de cours.

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English translation cards

1. There is a small library where we do our homework.

2. There aren’t enough computer rooms.

3. There are several sports pitches.

4. There is a dining hall but it’s too small.

5. There are enough classrooms.

6. There are some tennis courts.

7. There isn’t a theatre.

8. In the future there will be a covered swimming pool.

9. In the past there wasn’t a sports hall.

10. In the future there will be a bigger dining hall.

11. There are about four hundred students.

12. There aren’t many girls.

13. In the future there will be more students.

14. There are enough computers.

15. There are too many teachers.

16. There are lots of classrooms.

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Teaching notes

These translation cards can be used in a variety of ways to practise school phrases which
include ‘il y a’ statements.

Give each student or pair one of the French translation cards. Students have to translate
them into English (orally or on mini-whiteboards) and then pass them on and translate
the next one. At any point, you can call out one of the English translations (on p.2) and
ask the student(s) with the matching French to stand up and read their card.

For more challenge, give out the English cards and follow the same steps.

You could also project a selection of the phrases in English/French. Read out one of the
sentences translated into French/English and get the students to race to say (or write on
mini whiteboards) the correct phrase number before you get to the end of the sentence.

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