Looking for intermediate French resources for secondary students? Teaching French 2, French 3, Core French, or French immersion classes can be challenging because students are ready to move beyond the basics and tackle more complex grammar, vocabulary, and communication skills.
Intermediate French classes are often some of the most rewarding to teach, but finding the right balance can be difficult. Students need engaging activities that challenge them without becoming overwhelming, especially when working with more advanced structures like the past tenses, future and conditional forms, pronouns, and the subjunctive.
This guide will help you find intermediate French activities, grammar resources, speaking activities, reading activities, writing ideas, and teaching resources to help your students continue building confidence and fluency in French.
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What is Intermediate French?
- Moving beyond basic vocabulary and present tense
- French 2/French 3 level skills
- A2–B1 proficiency expectations
While French 2 students may be entering the intermediate range, they are still beginners in many ways! They are ready to work more independently, and they can tackle more complex grammar, but they still need structure and scaffolding to build confidence.
Intermediate French Grammar Topics
Talking about the past:
- Passé composé — building confidence with regular and irregular past participles, common auxiliary verbs, and using the tense in meaningful communication
- Imparfait — describing past habits, settings, and ongoing actions
- Passé composé vs. imparfait — helping students understand when and why to use each past tense
Although students may have been introduced to the passé composé in French 1, many continue developing confidence with this important past tense throughout French 2 and French 3.
Talking about the future:
- Futur simple
- Conditionnel
- Si clauses
Expressing opinions and possibilities
- Subjonctif
- Relative pronouns
- Object pronouns
French writing prompts
This resource includes 124 writing prompts that are perfect for intermediate and advanced students to discuss a variety of topics. With a slideshow and a printable version, it’s really versatile and a big time-saver!
If you’re looking for ways to teach French writing, check out exactly what I do in this blog post: 5 Helpful Tips for Teaching Writing in French
French reading comprehension activities
Need intermediate French resources for reading comprehension? These short reading passages are perfect to help students build confidence as they work with activities just right for them!
Each reading passage has 3 differentiated question sheets so that all students can be challenged. The multiple choice sheets can be used as a quick reading assessment. The French short answer sheets are great for students who are a little more advanced. The English question sheets allows students to answer in English so you can check their comprehension even if they struggle a bit to produce writing.
With texts for intermediate concepts like l’imparfait, le subjonctif, le futur simple, and le conditionnel, it’s an easy way to reinforce grammar in context.
If you’re looking for ways to teach French reading comprehension, I’ve detailed exactly what I do here: 9 Easy ways to get students reading in French.
Intermediate French Grammar Resources
Passé Composé Activities and Resources
Although students are often introduced to the passé composé in French 1, many continue developing confidence with this important past tense in French 2 and French 3. These resources provide practice with conjugation, irregular past participles, and using the passé composé in meaningful contexts.
I love these French songs for the passé composé when I’m teaching or reviewing with students.
French imparfait resources
The imparfait can be challenging for students because they need to understand both how to form it and when to use it. These activities help students practice describing past habits, settings, and ongoing actions.
French resources for le futur simple
Teaching le futur simple? This French bundle has so many fun and engaging resources plus helpful visuals and no-prep worksheets so you can spend less time planning and more time engaging with your students.
French verb activities for le conditionnel
With hands-on practice and movement-based activities plus easy-to-understand notes and worksheets, this bundle is both fun and engaging. Use the Boom Cards™ for self-checking practice, assign homework with easy-to-use sheets, and get students speaking and engaged with a variety of speaking activities.
French si clauses can be tricky! See exactly which French conditional resource I use for fun hands-on practice.
French subjunctive activities
A lot of teachers (and students!) get stressed about the French subjunctive, but it doesn’t have to be so hard! If you start with the right resources, intermediate students can start to work with subjunctive conjugations and they might even have fun doing it!
This bundle is the perfect place to start for students who have never seen (or heard of) the subjunctive, but it’s also great for any students needing a review, too. With fun games and speaking activities plus no-prep worksheets, it’s sure to save you time as you plan your subjunctive unit.
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