Year 10/11 French UniversalsA Top 10 opinions B Top 10 connectives1 (what) I like (is) (ce que) j’aime,

(c’est) 1 and et

2 (what) I don’t like (is)

(ce que) je n’aime pas, (c’est)

2 but mais

3 (what) I hate (is) (ce que) je déteste, (c’est)

3 whereas tandis que

4 (what) I prefer (is)

(ce que) je préfère, (c’est)

4 because car / parce que

5 (what) pleases me is

(ce qui) me plaît, c’est

5 however cependant

6 (what) bores me is

(ce qui) m’ennuie, c’est

6 if si

7 (what) I loathe (is)

(ce dont) j’ai horreur, (c’est)

7 when quand

8 it is c’est 8 although / even if bien que / même si9 it was c’était 9 where où10

it will be ce sera 10 nevertheless néanmoins

C Top 10 adjectives D Top 10 avoir/être1 interesting (m.f) intéressant.e 1 I have j’ai2 boring (m[f]) ennuyeux(-euse)/

barbant.e2 I don’t have je n’ai pas (de)

3 fun (m.pl / f.pl) amusant.e.s / drôle.s

3 I had / I have had j’avais / j’ai eu

4 funny (m.pl / f.pl) marrant.e.s / rigolo.te.s

4 I will have j’aurai

5 horrendous affreux / affreuse 5 although I have bien que j’aie6 terrible épouvantable 6 I am je suis7 nice/kind sympa 7 I am not je ne suis pas8 easy / difficult facile / difficile 8 I was / I have

beenj’étais / j’ai été

9 new (m.pl / f.pl) nouveau.x/nouvelle.s

9 I will be je serai

10

old (m+pl/ f.pl) vieux/vieille.s 10 although I am bien que je sois

E Top 10 faire F Top 10 time phrases1 I do/go

swimmingje fais 1 yesterday hier

2 I like doing/going j’aime faire 2 last year l’année dernière3 I did/went j’ai fait 3 last week la semaine dernière4 I am going to

do/goje vais faire 4 when I was

little(f)quand j’étais petit.e

5 I used to do/go je faisais 5 sometimes quelquefois6 I will.would do/go je ferai.s 6 usually d’habitude7 before

doing/goingavant de faire 7 tomorrow demain

8 after doing/going après avoir fait 8 next year l’année prochaine9 while/by en faisant 9 next week la semaine

doing/going prochaine10

I must do il faut que je fasse 10 when I’m bigger(f)

quand je serai grand.e

G Top 10 aller H Top 10 negatives1 I go je vais 1 I don’t go je ne vais pas 2 I like going j’aime aller 2 I don’t do je ne fais pas (de)3 I went je suis allé(e) 3 I never eat je ne mange jamais

(de)4 I used to go j’allais 4 I never buy je n’achète jamais

(de)5 I’m going to go je vais aller 5 I no longer eat je ne mange plus

(de)6 I will go j’irai 6 no-one/nobody

eatspersonne ne mange

7 before going avant d’aller 7 you mustn’t eat il ne faut pas manger

8 after going après être allé(e) 8 I dont need any/to

je n’ai pas besoin de

9 while/by going en allant 9 I don’t want to je ne veux pas10

I must go il faut que j’aille 10

I cannot je ne peux pas

Top 10: Opinions

Your challenge today is to remember the meanings and spellings of these 10 opinions. 

1. Read the English and the French meanings out aloud. 2. Copy the just the French words onto a piece of paper. Think about what each

word means as you are writing it down. 3. Now write down the English meaning for each word…without looking! 4. Mark your work.  Any you didn’t know write out the English and French x3 5. Test yourself again. 6. You should now be able to complete these exercises easily! 

Exercise 1: Unscramble the French words and write their meaning.1. ec euq ej rpéfèer __________________________________________2. s’ect __________________________________________3. ce que j'eaim __________________________________________4. ec qeu ej désette __________________________________________

A Top 10 opinions1 (what) I like (is) (ce que) j’aime,

(c’est) 2 (what) I don’t like

(is)(ce que) je n’aime pas, (c’est)

3 (what) I hate (is) (ce que) je déteste, (c’est)

4 (what) I prefer (is) (ce que) je préfère, (c’est)

5 (what) pleases me is

(ce qui) me plaît, c’est

6 (what) bores me is

(ce qui) m’ennuie, c’est

7 (what) I loathe (is)

(ce dont) j’ai horreur, (c’est)

8 it is c’est9 it was c’était10

it will be ce sera

5. c'éaitt __________________________________________6. ec qiu m'euenni __________________________________________7. ce todn j'ia hrroure __________________________________________8. ce qui ej n'eami aps __________________________________________9. ec uqi em palît __________________________________________10. ec rase __________________________________________

Exercise 2: Write 5 sentences using some of the opinions above.1. __________________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________________4. __________________________________________________________________5. __________________________________________________________________

Exercise 3: Complete the wordsearch. Challenge: Can you add the accents in?

Exercise 4: Try to fill in the gaps without looking at the words and then check your answers.1. ce que je pr_fè_e2. c'e_t

3. ce qu_ j'ai_e4. _e que _e _étes_e5. c'_tai_6. ce _ui _'ennuie7. ce do_t j'a_ ho_reu_8. ce qui je n'a_me _as9. ce qui me p_a_t10. _e s_ra

Top 10: Connectives

Your challenge today is to remember the meanings

and spellings of these 10 connectives. 

1. Read the English and the French meanings out aloud. 2. Copy the just the French words onto a piece of paper. Think about what each word

means as you are writing it down. 3. Now write down the English meaning for each word…without looking! 4. Mark your work.  Any you didn’t know write out the English and French x3 5. Test yourself again. 6. You should now be able to complete these exercises easily! 

Exercise 1: Which word is it?

1. et

2. mais

3. tandis que

4. car / parce que

5. cependant

B Top 10 connectives1 and et2 but mais3 whereas tandis que4 because car / parce que5 however cependant6 if si7 when quand8 although / even if bien que / même si9 where où10

nevertheless néanmoins

6. si

7. quand

8. bien que

9. où

10.néanmoins

Exercise 2: Complete the crossword.

Across Down2. even if 1. although3. however 3. because6. two 4. because9. when 5. Whereas10. if 7. one11. or 8. but12. and 13. Three14. where

Exercise 3: Which connective would you use? A few answers could be correct.

1. J’aime le tennis _______ je n’aime pas le vélo. 2. ___________ c’était marrant.3. J’adore la planche à voile _______ la danse me plaît. 4. J’aimais le foot ________ j’étais petit(e).5. Je jouais au rugby _______ je pensais que c’était absolument génial!

Top 10: Adjectives

Your challenge today is to remember the meanings

and spellings of these 10 adjecives. 

1. Read the English and the French meanings out aloud. 2. Copy the just the French words onto a piece of paper. Think about what each

word means as you are writing it down. 3. Now write down the English meaning for each word…without looking! 4. Mark your work.  Any you didn’t know write out the English and French x3 5. Test yourself again. 6. You should now be able to complete these exercises easily! 

Exercise 1: Write these adjectives in the feminine form.1. amusant ______________________________________________2. facile ________________________________________________3. nouveau _______________________________________________4. intéressant ____________________________________________5. affreux ______________________________________________6. barbant ______________________________________________7. ennuyeux ______________________________________________

C Top 10 adjectives1 interesting

(m.f)intéressant.e

2 boring (m[f]) ennuyeux(-euse)/barbant.e

3 fun (m.pl / f.pl) amusant.e.s / drôle.s

4 funny (m.pl / f.pl)

marrant.e.s / rigolo.te.s

5 horrendous affreux / affreuse6 terrible épouvantable7 nice/kind sympa8 easy / difficult facile / difficile9 new (m.pl /

f.pl)nouveau.x/nouvelle.s

10

old (m+pl/ f.pl) vieux/vieille.s

8. vieux ________________________________________________9. rigolo ________________________________________________10. difficile _______________________________________________

Exercise 2: How would you describe your family members? Remember to check whether it is masculine or feminine.

1. Ma mère est ______________2. Mon père est ______________3. Ma sœur est ______________4. Mon frère est ______________5. Ma tante est ______________6. Mon oncle est ______________7. Ma cousine est ______________8. Mon cousin est ______________9. Ma grand-mère est ______________10. Mon grand-père est ______________

Exercise 3: Find the odd one out

1. intéressant amusant marrante

2. sympa ennuyeux drôle

3. affreuse amusant vieille

4. rigolote vieille barbante

Exercise 4: Find the French adjectives in the wordsearch. Challenge: Can you add the accents in?

Top 10: Avoir & être

Your challenge today is to remember the meanings and spellings of these 10 avoir and être.

1. Read the English and the French meanings out aloud. 

2. Copy the just the French words onto a piece of paper. Think about what each word means as you are writing it down. 

3. Now write down the English meaning for each word…without looking! 4. Mark your work.  Any you didn’t know write out the English and French x3 5. Test yourself again. 6. You should now be able to complete these exercises easily! 

Exercise 1: avoir or être?1. Je suis ___________________________2. J’aurai ___________________________3. Bien que j’aie ___________________________4. Bien que je sois ___________________________5. J’ai ___________________________6. J’étais ___________________________7. Je ne suis pas ___________________________8. Je serai ___________________________9. J’avais ___________________________10. Je n’ai pas de ___________________________

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with your own ending.1. Je suis __________________________________________________________2. J’aurai __________________________________________________________3. Bien que j’aie ______________________________________________________4. Bien que je sois ____________________________________________________5. J’ai _____________________________________________________________6. J’étais __________________________________________________________

D Top 10 avoir/être1 I have j’ai2 I don’t have je n’ai pas (de)3 I had / I have had j’avais / j’ai eu4 I will have j’aurai5 although I have bien que j’aie6 I am je suis7 I am not je ne suis pas8 I was / I have

beenj’étais / j’ai été

9 I will be je serai10

although I am bien que je sois

7. Je ne suis pas _____________________________________________________8. Je serai _________________________________________________________9. J’avais __________________________________________________________10. Je n’ai pas de _____________________________________________________

Exercise 3: Unscramble the French words and write their meaning.1. ajsité ___________________________________________________________2. uaajri___________________________________________________________3. je ne ssui psa_____________________________________________________4. je seria_________________________________________________________5. aij_____________________________________________________________6. je uiss__________________________________________________________7. ienb equ ej sois____________________________________________________8. avijsa___________________________________________________________9. ej ina asp ed______________________________________________________10. nebi uqe eaji______________________________________________________

Exercise 4: Complete the crossword using the clues below. See if you can do it from memory.

Top 10: Faire

Your challenge today is to remember the meanings and spellings of these 10 ‘faire’ conjugations.

1. Read the English and the French meanings out aloud. 

2. Copy the just the French words onto a piece of paper. Think about what each word means as you are writing it down. 

3. Now write down the English meaning for each word…without looking! 4. Mark your work.  Any you didn’t know write out the English and French x3 5. Test yourself again. 6. You should now be able to complete these exercises easily! 

Exercise 1: Fill in the missing letters and translate the phrases.

1. Je f_i_2. J’_ime fai_e3. _’ai fa_t4. Je _ais _air_5. Je fai_ais6. Je f_ra_7. _vant d_ fa_re8. A_rès a_oir fait9. En fai_an_10. Il fau_ que _e fa_se

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with your own ending.1. Je fais ___________________________________________________________2. J’aime faire _______________________________________________________3. J’ai fait __________________________________________________________4. Je vais faire ______________________________________________________5. Je faisais ________________________________________________________6. Je ferai __________________________________________________________

E Top 10 faire1 I do/go swimming je fais2 I like doing/going j’aime faire3 I did/went j’ai fait4 I am going to

do/goje vais faire

5 I used to do/go je faisais6 I will.would do/go je ferai.s7 before

doing/goingavant de faire

8 after doing/going après avoir fait9 while/by

doing/goingen faisant

10

I must do il faut que je fasse

7. Avant de faire _____________________________________________________8. Après avoir fait ____________________________________________________9. En faisant ________________________________________________________10. Il faut que je fasse _________________________________________________

Exercise 3: Which word is it?1. Après avoir fait

2. J’aime faire

3. J’ai fait

4. Il faut que je fasse

5. Je vais faire

6. Je faisais

7. Je fais

8. Avant de faire

9. En faisant

10. Je ferai

Exercise 4: Translate this text in to English.

Quand j’étais petite, je faisais de la gymnastique car c’était vraiment bon pour le corps et j’aime faire de la danse mais maintenant, je fais de la danse tous les weekends. Cependant, ce weekend, je vais faire de la planche à voile avec ma famille car il fera beau. Après avoir fait de la planche à voile, je vais manger au restaurant. Miam-miam !

Top 10: Time Phrases

Your challenge today is to remember the meanings and spellings of these 10 time phrases.

1. Read the English and the French meanings out aloud. 

2. Copy the just the French words onto a piece of paper. Think about what each word means as you are writing it down. 

3. Now write down the English meaning for each word…without looking! 

4. Mark your work.  Any you didn’t know write out the English and French x3 5. Test yourself again. 6. You should now be able to complete these exercises easily! 

Exercise 1: Complete the crossword using the French time phrases above.

Exercise 2: Unscramble the time phrases and translate in to English.

F Top 10 time phrases1 yesterday hier2 last year l’année dernière3 last week la semaine dernière4 when I was

little(f)quand j’étais petit.e

5 sometimes quelquefois6 usually d’habitude7 tomorrow demain8 next year l’année prochaine9 next week la semaine

prochaine10

when I’m bigger(f)

quand je serai grand.e

1. edhudtabi 2. eehlpaannesicroiam3. ieqdnatjutisépta4. rehi5. aenmid6. esufueqqloi7. gdjareunqasidearn8. mrlaesieièendnera9. ndeèelineénrra10. iaehlonncrpaéen

Exercise 3: Translate these in to French. How many can you do from memory?

Top 10: Aller

Your challenge today is to remember the meanings and spellings of these 10 ‘aller’ conjugations.

yesterday

last year

last week

when I was little(f)

sometimes

usually

tomorrow

next year

next week

when I’m bigger(f)

G Top 10 aller1 I go je vais2 I like going j’aime aller3 I went je suis allé(e)4 I used to go j’allais5 I’m going to

goje vais aller

6 I will go j’irai7 before going avant d’aller8 after going après être

allé(e)9 while/by

goingen allant

10

I must go il faut que j’aille

1. Read the English and the French meanings out aloud. 2. Copy the just the French words onto a piece of paper. Think about what each

word means as you are writing it down. 3. Now write down the English meaning for each word…without looking! 4. Mark your work.  Any you didn’t know write out the English and French x3 5. Test yourself again. 6. You should now be able to complete these exercises easily! 

Exercise 1: What phrase is it?1. Je suis allé(e)

2. Il faut que j’aille

3. Avant d’aller

4. J’allais

5. Je vais

6. J’irai

7. après être allé(e)

8. en allant

9. J’aime aller

10. Je vais aller

Exercise 2: Can you separate all the words in the spiral?

Exercise 3: Translate the text in to French.Last week, I went to a restaurant with my best friend. After going to the restaurant, I went to my friend’s house and it was fun. When I was little, I used to go to my friend’s house all the time and I think that next weekend, I will go to her house again because I like to go to her house. However, before going, I am going to go to the supermarket to buy a pizza for dinner. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Top 10: Negatives

Your challenge today is to remember the meanings and spellings of these 10 negative sentences.

1. Read the English and the French meanings out aloud. 

2. Copy the just the French words onto a piece of paper. Think about what each word means as you are writing it down. 

3. Now write down the English meaning for each word…without looking! 

4. Mark your work.  Any you didn’t know write out the English and French x3 

5. Test yourself again. 6. You should now be able to complete these exercises easily! 

Exercise 1: Fill in the missing letters and translate in to English.

1. Je ne va_s pa_2. _e n_ _ais pas3. Je _e m_nge _amais4. Je _’ach_te jamai_5. Je ne _ange p_us6. _ersonne ne man_e7. Il ne _aut p_s mange_8. Je n’a_ pas _esoi_ de9. Je ne veu_ p_s10. _e ne _eux pa_

Exercise 2: Complete the crossword in French.

H Top 10 negatives1 I don’t go je ne vais pas 2 I don’t do je ne fais pas (de)3 I never eat je ne mange jamais

(de)4 I never buy je n’achète jamais

(de)5 I no longer eat je ne mange plus

(de)6 no-one/nobody

eatspersonne ne mange

7 you mustn’t eat il ne faut pas manger

8 I dont need any/to

je n’ai pas besoin de

9 I don’t want to je ne veux pas10

I cannot je ne peux pas

Exercise 3: Unscramble the letters to form one of the negative phrases.1. eunpejesapx2. ejmjsaèaacithen3. emasjanegnajime4. nnsneeegnpeamro5. atenreasfpnmgialu6. feanjesspia7. penmsegjluane8. pdajnneoasieebis9. unjeavpxees10. njaeespisav