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Sentence Unscrambler French

Twenty-four scrambled French sentences — six each for aller, être, avoir, and faire — have students unscramble word order across all six subject pronouns.
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Grades 6–9
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Updated Oct 12, 2021

Subject
French, Foreign Languages
Topic
French Scrambled Sentences, Grammar Worksheet
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This exercise involves scrambled sentences using the 4 most common verbs in the French language: ALLER, ÊTRE, AVOIR, FAIRE. Put all of the words in the right order to form grammatically sound sentences. Answer key included.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Students will reorder scrambled French words into grammatically correct sentences using aller, être, avoir, and faire conjugated for all six subject pronouns.

  • Students will apply correct French word order to negated sentences (e.g., "Il a peur des chiens mais pas des chats") and question forms (e.g., "Combien de frères est-ce que tu as?").

  • Students will recognize and reconstruct idiomatic expressions built on these four verbs, such as avoir besoin de, avoir peur de, and faire du bricolage.

Teaching tips

  • Work through one verb section at a time (Aller, Être, Avoir, Faire) rather than mixing all 24 items, since each section isolates one verb's conjugation pattern across all six pronouns.

  • Point out the idiomatic avoir expressions (avoir besoin de, avoir peur de, avoir froid/chaud, quel âge) before assigning the Avoir section, since these don't translate literally from English.

  • Have students check their sentence order against the Corrigé section, which is grouped by verb in the same order as the exercise.

Skills covered

  • Verb conjugation recognition — students identify the correct conjugated form of aller, être, avoir, or faire for a given subject pronoun while reordering each sentence.

  • French sentence word order — students apply subject-verb-object and negation (ne...pas) placement rules to assemble a grammatical sentence from scrambled tiles.

  • Idiomatic expression recall — students reconstruct set phrases like avoir besoin de and faire du bricolage that use these four verbs non-literally.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Which subject pronouns are covered in each of the four verb sections?

All six: each section (Aller, Être, Avoir, Faire) has one sentence per subject pronoun — je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, and ils/elles — so every pronoun is practiced with every verb.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Aller, être, avoir, faire conjugation

  • French sentence word order

  • Negation and question formation

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