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French Warm-up Activites

French Practice Questions by Chapter

Practice Questions by Chapter

Breaking the Barrier Series Author John Conner uses these warm-up questions daily in class. In fact, these exercises are the first step in his acclaimed workshop "The Ideal Lesson Plan."

To use in your own classroom: Divide students into pairs and have them take turns asking and answering the questions aloud. Encourage them to speak in complete sentences and use any relevant vocabulary or grammar from recent lessons. This activity serves as a speaking warm-up and helps build classroom routine.

French Level 1/Beginner ▼
First Steps
Steps 1-4: Comment vous appelez-vous?… Step 5: Vocabulary Step 6: Est-ce que vous avez…? Comment s'appelle…? and Vocabulary Step 7: Est-ce que vous aimez…? and Vocabulary Steps 8-10: Un, Deux, Trois … Quel jour sommes-nous? .. Quel temps fait-il aujourd'hui? .. Quelle heure est-il?
Chapter One
Interrogatives, Regular Verbs in the Present Tense Regular Verbs in the Present Tense, Interrogatives Subject Pronouns
Chapter Two
Boot Verbs in the Present Tense and Vocab, Irregular Verbs in the Present Tense and Vocab Irregular Verbs in Present Tense and Vocab, Definite and Indefinite Articles Nouns- Singular and Plural Forms, Boot Verbs in the Present Tense with Vocab
Chapter Three
Agreement of Adjectives Negative Sentences, Vocabulary Practice Other Irregular Verbs, Vocabulary
Chapter Four
Other Irregular Verbs and Vocab, Prepositions Other Irregular Verbs- Boot Verbs, Prepositions Pronouns after Prepositions
Chapter Five
Idiomatic Expressions with "Avoir," Direct Object Pronouns Other Irregular Verbs, Possessive Adjectives Possessive Adjectives with Vocab, Other Irregular Verbs with Vocab
Chapter Six
Indirect Object Pronouns, The Expressions "Il y a" and "C'est" Other Irregular Verbs, Verbs Conjugated with "Avoir" in Passe Compose Verbs Conjugated with "Avoir" in Passe Compose, Other Irregular Verbs
Chapter Seven
Adverbs, Talking about the Weather Other Irregular Verbs, Verbs Conjugated with "Etre" in Passe Compose Verbs Conjugated "Etre" in Passe Compose, Adverbs
Chapter Eight
Demonstratives Adjectives, Reflexive and Reciprocal Constructions Immediate Future and Recent Past, Demonstrative Adjectives Reflexive and Reciprocal Constructions, Immediate Future and Recent Past
Chapter Nine
Double Object Pronouns, Imperfect Tense The Imperfect Tense, Partitive Article The Partitive Article, Double Object Pronouns
Chapter Ten
Agreement of the Past Participle, Uses of "de" instead of the article Choosing between Passe Compose and Imperfect, Agreement of the Past Participle Uses of "de" instead of the article, Choosing between Passe Compose and Imperfect
Chapter Eleven
Commands, Prepositions with Geographical Nouns Prepositions with Geographical Nouns, Relative Pronouns "Qui" and "Que" Relative Pronouns "Qui" and "Que," Commands
Chapter Twelve
Future, Uses of "Tout" Uses of "On," Future
French Level 2/Intermediate ▼
Chapter One
Subject Pronouns Verbs in the Present Tense with Vocab, Interrogative Sentences
Chapter Two
Boot Verbs, Verbs Ending in "-cer" and "-ger" Definite, Indefinite and Partitive Articles Irregular Verbs in the Present Tense and Vocab, Boot Verbs
Chapter Three
The Past Tense with "Etre," Negative Sentences in the Passe Compose The Plural and Feminine Forms of Nouns
Chapter Four
More Irregular Verbs in the Present Tense with Vocab, The Imperfect The Imperfect, The Imperfect and the Passe Compose The Plural and Feminine Forms of Adjectives
Chapter Five
Expressions with "Avoir," The Recent Past and the Near Future More Irregular Verbs, Expressions with "Avoir" More Irregular Verbs, The Negatives
Chapter Six
Irregular Verbs, The Future Tense Personal Pronouns, Irregular Verbs The Future Tense, Personal Pronouns
Chapter Seven
Irregular Verbs, Reflexive Verbs More Irregular Verbs, Reflexive Verbs Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns, Demonstrative Adjectives
Chapter Eight
Relative Pronouns, The Conditional Tense Sentences with "si," Relative Pronouns The Conditional Tense, Sentences with "si"
Chapter Nine
Numbers Pluperfect, Future Perfect The Imperative, There is, There Are, It is, He is
Chapter Ten
Comparatives and Superlatives, Indefinite Adjectives and Pronouns Indefinite Articles and Pronouns, The Subjunctive Conjugations The Subjunctive Conjugation, Comparatives and Superlatives
Chapter Eleven
Adverbs, Uses of the Subjunctive Present Participle, Adverbs Uses of the Subjunctive, Present Participle
Chapter Twelve
Expressions with "Faire," The Subjunctive After Impersonal Expressions Infinitive, Expressions with "Faire" The Subjunctive After Impersonal Expressions, Idiomatic Reflexive Verbs
French Level 3/Advanced ▼
Chapter One
Conjunctions, Vocab and Verbs in the Present Tense Interrogatives, Conjunctions Subject Pronouns Vocab and Verbs in the Present Tense, Interrogatives
Chapter Two
The Imperfect Tense, The Past Tense The Past Tense and the Imperfect Tense, Stressed Pronouns The Past Tense, The Imperfect Tense
Chapter Three
The Articles and the Partitive The Pluperfect, The Imperative The Recent Past, The Pluperfect
Chapter Four
Future Tense, Idiomatic Expressions with "Avoir" Negative Constructions, Idiomatic Expressions with "Avoir" The Future Tense, The Future Perfect
Chapter Five
The Conditional Perfect Tense, Sentences with "If" The Conditional Tense, The Feminine Form of Nouns The Feminine Form of Nouns, The Conditional Tense
Chapter Six
Equal and Unequal Comparisons, Object Pronouns Object Pronouns, The Present Subjunctive The Present Subjunctive, Equal and Unequal Comparisons
Chapter Seven
Present Subjunctive after Impersonal Expressions, The Subjunctive after Emotions and Opinions The Passive Voice, The Present Subjunctive after Impersonal Expressions The Subjunctive after Emotion and Opinions, The Passive Voice
Chapter Eight
The Past Subjunctive, Uses of the Infinitive The Subjunctive after an Antecedent, The Subjunctive after some Conjunctions The Subjunctive after some Conjunctions, Uses of the Infinitive
Chapter Nine
Adjectives, Adverbs Adverbs, Adjectives Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers, More Numbers
Chapter Ten
Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns, Relative Pronouns Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns, Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns Relative Pronouns, Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns
Chapter Eleven
Past Definite, Indirect Speech Plural Nouns, Indefinite Adjectives, Pronouns and Adverbs Present Participle, Past Participle
Chapter Twelve
"Il est" vs "C'est," Verbs with Special Use Expressions of Time, "Il est" vs "C'est" Verbs with Special Use, Expressions of Time