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Level 2 Prescribed Vocabulary List

Sound Files

Philippa Kruger (Otago High School for Girls) has recorded the vocabulary list and has kindly contributed her work to be loaded on to the website for all to use. Download the files and get your students to load them onto their Ipod or other sound player! 

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B
C
D
E
F
G-H-I
J-K-L
M-N
O-P
Q-R
S-T
U-end

Level 2 Vocabulary Understanding and Practice

Margaret Ubels-Rattray (St Peters College) has written and compiled the following cloze sentences for students to understand and practise every single word on the Prescribed Level 2 Vocabulary list!  Indisputably essential to facilitate vocabulary retention and production!  All the answers are also provided.  (See below Level 3 sound files for the Level 3 cloze sentences that Margaret has also produced.)

Cloze sentences to practise understanding of vocabulary at NCEA L 2

Level 3 Prescribed Vocabulary List
Sound Files

Philippa Kruger (Otago High School for Girls) has recorded the vocabulary list and has kindly contributed her work to be loaded on to the website for all to use. Download the files and get your students to load them onto their Ipod or other sound player! 

A
B
C
D
E
F-G
H
J-K-L
M-N
O-P
Q-R
S
T-end

Level 3 Vocabulary Understanding and Practice

Margaret Ubels-Rattray (St Peters College) has written and compiled the following cloze sentences for students to understand and practise every single word on the Prescribed Level 3Vocabulary list!  Indisputably essential to facilitate vocabulary retention and production!  All the answers are also provided.  (See above after Level 2 sound files for the Level 2 cloze sentences that Margaret has also produced.)

Cloze sentences to practise understanding of vocabulary at NCEA L 3

Topic specific prescribed vocabulary used with prescribed structures

Read this before you start!

Level 7 Grammar + Topic

Grammar + French Speaking Countries
Grammar + the Future
Grammar + Health and Well Being
Grammar + Personal Relationships
Grammar + Traditional Stories
Grammar + Leisure
Grammar + Latest Trends
French Prescribed Structures

Level 8 Grammar + Topic

Grammar + our Changing World
Grammar + the Media
Grammar + Getting a Job
Grammar + Creative Arts
Grammar + Region of France
Grammar + Social Cohesion
Grammar + Environmental Issues
Prescribed Structures

Vocabulary Related Exercises

 Confusing pairs

Games to Practice Vocabulary: choose type of game, then select which category of words you want to play with from these categories: Art and leisure | Communication | Employment | Food | Health | House, garden | Media | Nature | People | Politics and social issues | Shopping | Study | The wider world | Transport | Word groups
Crosswords and Vocabulary Building: a wide range of topics
Illustrated Vocab Lists and Practice Exercises
Interactive Vocab Revision and Practice Exercises

Vocabulary: Giving Advice and Practice Activity
L8 Vocab: fill in the gaps
L7 Vocab: Possible Words Grouping
L8 Vocab: Possible Words Grouping

Portrait Chinois

Priscilla Pollard (Manurewa High School) has put together this vocabulary building activity. Based on sentences using the conditional, students must complete the phrases by finding a suitable noun (and its article). Students can then be encourage to write their own.  

Portrait Chinois - Cloze Activity

 

Level 7 Grammar Resources

preceding direct object agreementssince/for…continuing event with starting point.
use of tenses after “si”
pouvoir vouloir devoir savoir
use of negative
verbs with à, de or nothing!
possessive pronouns
adjective agreement and position
short translations paragraphs to revise structures and tenses
tense recognition exercise
perfect or imperfect?

 Philipa Kruger (Otago High School) has put together the following PPT to introduce - the Imperfect and the second one to introduce - Si clauses.

Imperfect
Si clauses

Le Conditionel - jeu de société

Rachel McDonald (South Otago High School) has created a boardgame so that her students practise the Conditional.  Print Rachel's game and the instructions, add a dice and markers after the teams have been decided and students will get both their imagination and  motivation going to complete the sentences.

Board Game : Conditional

Grammar Lessons PPT

Julia Brown (Dilworth College) has put together these very useful presentations and she has kindly sent them on so that they can be used to introduce a range of grammar points relevant at this level.

PPT - The Present Participle by Julia Brown
PPT - Adjectives by Julia Brown
PPT - The Future by Julia Brown
PPT - The Pluperfect by Julia Brown
PPT - The Conditional by Julia Brown

Dominos - Le Futur

Designed to help students recognise and re-use phrases in the Future, the Domino worksheets below, created by Florence Lyons (Matamata College), provide your students with a sound reading activity after you have introduced the grammar.

Dominos - Futur 1
Dominos - Futur 2

Pluperfect Oral Practice

Rachel McDonald (School South Otago High School) has adapted from an ESOL website this murder mystery.  You need 3 students for this exercise, as they speak while practising the pluperfect - there is a teacher's solution at the end.

Murder Mystery and Pluperfect Oral Practice

C'est OR Il est?

Ensure your students get it right! Verna Morris (Dunstan College) provides two useful documents to make sure "C'est" and "Il/ Elle est" are used accurately.  Verna's clever choice of illustrations will have your students understand and make the correct choice! Use her PPT presentation in class and hand out the word document for future reference.

PPT - C'est ou Il est?
Hand out: C'est ou il est?
Si + Imperfect: Card Activity
Grammar: Cloze Exercises
More Cloze Tests
Translation: Subjonctive
Indirect Speech: Sentence Writing
Unjumble the Sentence

Grammar Lessons PPT

Julia Brown (Dilworth College) has put together these very useful presentations and she has kindly sent them on so that they can be used to introduce a range of grammar points relevant at this level.

NEW! PPT - Tenses 101: a comprehensive overview
PPT - The Subjonctive by Julia Brown
PPT - The Passive Voice by Julia Brown
PPT - The Conditional Perfect by Julia Brown

Dominos - Subjonctif

Designed to help students recognise and re-use phrases in the Subjonctive, the Domino worksheets below, created by Florence Lyons (Matamata College), provide your students with a sound reading activity after you have introduced the grammar.

Dominos - Subjonctif

Passé Simple

Rachel McDonald (South Otago High School)is sharing this reading activity which consists of a worksheet to practise the passé simple.  Once the worksheet is completed, students unjumble the letters to discover a hidden sentence. (The answer is provided)

Passé Simple Practice

 Grammar Revision Websites

Students can work independently on the following websites to revise structure use from Level 5

►General rules on Gender Endings
►Grammar Notes with Examples and Practice Tests  This page is called "beginner "but there is such a range of structures to play with,  it is suitable up to L7!  For other structures, including Level 8 and beyond, go to Examples and Practice Tests Intermediate
►Grammar Games and Activities