Description
Struggling to find an engaging way to practice le passé composé with your core or immersion class? Make teaching French verb conjugation so much more fun with this movement based French game! This set of task cards can be used individually or as a Scoot game for maximum student engagement!
Help your students get excited about the passé composé by mixing up the basic questions with a fun activity that will get them up and out of their seats. Students will love moving around the classroom answering questions, and it’s sure to make class time fly by! Scoot is one of my students’s favorite French games before every test.
What will you get with these passé composé task cards?
- 40 French task cards for practicing the passé composé
- Scoot game answer boards
- Lined answer pages
- Free homework prize for game winner (optional)
- Teacher key
- Slideshow with questions and answers for PowerPoint
Ideas for use:
- Play a French game of Scoot.
- Use the French task cards at a learning center.
- Use the cards as review or enrichment.
- Have students work together on the cards for test review.
- Use the slideshow for bell-ringers or exit tickets.
How does Scoot work?
- Give each student an answer sheet.
- On each desk, place (or tape) one question.
- Give students a certain amount of time to answer each question.
- When time is up, announce “Scoot!”. In my class, I say “Filez!”
- Students move in the direction indicated and do the following question.
- Proceed until all questions have been answered.
- Correct as a class.
Use these passé composé task cards to practice these skills:
- French past participles
- changing from present to passé composé
- avoir and être verbs
- French negation
- Bonus questions: 4 reflexive verbs questions
- Bonus questions: direct objects and verbs using both avoir and être
There are 32 basic questions in all with 8 challenge questions for more advanced classes.
Teacher directions are in English. All questions are in French. There is an English version of the 4 difficult grammar questions provided.
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What do teachers say about these passé composé task cards?
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Awesome resource! My students LOVE this! Playing a game makes learning the horrible Passé Composé fun! Thanks for creating this. 🙂 Highly recommend for intermediate/senior French students in Core French.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I love this activity! We used it in a grade 5/6 immersion class and it was a great way to consolidate our explicit learning of the passé composé.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I’m hooked on your SCOOT activities! My students love them!”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Awesome. Posted the cards around the class and it became an ‘I’m through, what do I do” activity.”
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Sarah M. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTPracticing wile moving
This was a great resource to get the students reading, practicing and moving around the room.
Isabel J. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTMerci beaucoup!
Thank you for this ready-made resource, this was great to get students up and moving to break-up the lesson. The cards have a nice mix of conjugation, fill in the blank, and make a sentence activities.
Kyra P. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTSuch a Fun/Unique Game
Such a fun idea for a game, I love how it gets students up and moving!
Megan R. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTAnother great scoot game
This activity was a huge hit with my students. They have asked for more practice like this.
Debra D. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTLots of options for teaching a tricky subject
Easy to use resource to keep students moving and learning.
Eva R. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTGreat activity to engage students
I’m always on the look-out for fun activities that reinforce grammar structures. Loved this one!