1. Je ___ au foot.......................................................................... joue 2. Je ___ de la danse.................................................................. fais 3. Je ___ au cinéma.................................................................... vais 4. Je ___ la télé........................................................................... regarde 5. J' ___ de la musique................................................................ écoute 6. Je ___ du judo......................................................................... fais 7. Je ___ avec mes amis.............................................................sors 8. Je ___ de la guitare................................................................. joue 9. J' ___ la radio...........................................................................écoute 10. Je ___ un film......................................................................... regarde 11. Je ___ à la piscine................................................................... vais 12. Je ___ du vélo......................................................................... fais
The free (non-time-limited) demo includes the above essay, broken down into 3 separate parts, plus the full essay (the pdfs are from the full essay).
Each section (the separate parts of the essay and the full essay) has about 40 interactive activities, based on the text itself as well as on selected vocab and structures.
There are 16 essays in total in the full version (which needs to be registered). (So that's over 2500 interactive activities in total, plus 100s of worksheets.)
Download the demo and have a play. It's completely free, and you don't even need to install it (just download it and run it). You don't need to have TaskMagic to access this resource, as it has it's own version of TaskMagic built in.
These resources are based on the song Mon beau sapin, sung to the tune of O Christmas Tree. Here's one of many examples on youtube (and this one is far less cheesy than most):
There are 12 pdf files all based on the same text.
There is also the TaskMagic3 Mix&Gap file (mtx3) from which the pdfs were printed (using doPDF - http://www.dopdf.com), and which provides access to 18 interactive exercises for use with PCs and / or an IWB. This file requires TaskMagic3. (See http://www.mdlsoft.co.uk/mixandgap.htm for more info about the Mix&Gap component of TaskMagic3.)
The image shows the menu screen in TaskMagic with the 18 interactive exercises represented by a screen thumbnail.
Resources below on giving opinions about past events, all practising 30 lexical items.
- matching en to fr - multi-choice matching - write the french next to the english - pairs game to cut out and play - dominoes game to cut out and play - gap-fill based on phrases made from the lexical items - anagram reconstruction based on the same phrases - find the french
These resources are based on a short holiday postcard text in French, from someone [with a strange voice] on a camping holiday in the countryside. Good practice of present tense and also likes and dislikes (+ infinitive).
The image shows the Mix&Gap front screen in TaskMagic3 (the screen thumbnails represent the available interactive exercises).
The TaskMagic3 file (mtx3 - requires TaskMagic3) provides access to multiple interactive exercises, as well as loads of worksheets. It has an embedded audio file so students can listen as they complete the exercises. (Some strange sound effects on the audio...)