French si clauses are so tricky! If you want your students to really master them, you’ll need to find some fun and effective ways for students to practice. Here is my students’ favorite way to practice French si clauses with le conditionnel and le futur simple.
I’ve found that even though using a well-structured worksheet for the French conditional is definitely important for helping students learn the structures, many students do even better when combined with this hands-on activity. I like to use a mix of student worksheets, this hands-on activity, and these French si clause writing prompts to make sure students are getting a lot of ways to practice.
To get started, simply cut out each sentence clause, have students place them face up on their desks, then match the correct si clause with its corresponding clause. You can easily walk the room and check their progress by using the original copy as your teacher key.
This activity contains a choice of printable sentence strips or cards that you cut out and give to students in groups of 2 or 3. All of the sentences contain French clauses, and students will match the correct si clause to a second clause using le futur simple or le conditionnel. The sentence clauses are a mix of the imparfait and conditionnel or the present and simple future.
To help students understand that the si clause can come at the beginning or end of the sentence, some sentences will start with the si clause and others will end with it. The result clause is always underlined, so students will know to match two different types of clauses.
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Your students will love it, and it will really help them understand the structures:
si + imparfait –> conditionnel and si + présent –> futur simple.
Want to add even more challenge? Have them write their own si clauses as a follow-up homework assignment. You can then use those sentences as bellwork, quiz questions, or another homework for those who need more practice!
I hope this makes si clauses fun for your students!
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Hailey Marsh says
Thank you very much, I’m a grade 10 high school student in Canada and just started learning “si” clauses last week. We have our test and exam for the course coming up in the next few weeks and your articles/notes have really helped me. Just a suggestion in the future, I know many students go online to find practice quizzes and tests that are electronic. I think you’d make amazing quizzes and tests to help more students. Thank you for the time you put into your website to help teachers and students!
Sincerely, Hailey Marsh
Ashley says
Hi, Hailey.
I’m so glad they have helped you! I’m always looking for new ways to help out, and I’m glad you and your classmates have so much technology to help you prepare. I’m curious… where do you normally find these practice tests? I’m sure it would be a useful resource for a lot of students.
Bonne continuation !