French Être Conjugation Board Game – Present Tense

Students move around a French board by supplying present-tense être forms or matching pronouns, following special movement instructions along the route.
Grades
Grades 9–12
Pages
2
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PDF
Preparation
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Updated Feb 19, 2024

Subject
Foreign Languages, French
Topic
French Conjugation, Être
Resource types
Games
Preparation
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This French être board game practices present-tense verb forms in both directions: supply a verb for a subject pronoun or a matching pronoun for a verb. Players roll a die and follow the numbered route and French movement instructions.

The download contains a one-page board and a one-page how-to guide for two to four players. Supply a die and tokens, review the six verb forms and agree how to handle incorrect answers before play. The optional finish rule requires landing exactly on the final square and answering correctly.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Produce all six present-tense forms of être — suis, es, est, sommes, êtes, sont — on demand when given a subject pronoun

  • Work the pairing in reverse, naming a subject that agrees with a printed form such as SOMMES or ÊTES

  • Read and act on short French classroom instructions — Avance de 5 cases, Recule de 5 cases, Rejoue, Tu perds ton tour — without an English prompt on the board

Teaching tips

  • A die per group and one token per player are needed and are not part of the download; the how-to page lists both as "Not included"

  • The instruction squares are printed in French only on the board itself; the English glosses sit on the how-to page, which is worth showing once before the first round

  • Use the optional exact-landing rule from the how-to page to stretch a short game — players must land directly on the last square and answer it correctly to win

Skills covered

  • Present-tense conjugation of être — players supply suis, es, est, sommes, êtes or sont for the pronoun printed on the square they land on, such as JE at square 1 and NOUS at square 9.

  • Reading French classroom instructions — Avance de 5 cases, Recule de 5 cases, Rejoue and Tu perds ton tour appear on the board with no English, and players act on them during the turn.

  • Turn-taking game play — students in groups of two to four roll a die, track their position by the numbered squares, and manage forward and backward moves.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

What does a player actually have to say when they land on a square?

It depends on which half the square prints. Some squares give the subject and leave the verb blank — JE ____ at square 1, ELLE ____ at square 4 — so the player supplies the correct form of être. Others give the form and leave the subject blank — ____ EST at square 2, ____ SOMMES at square 19 — so the player has to name a pronoun that agrees with it.

What do the special squares written in French tell players to do?

The how-to page glosses all six: Départ is Start, Avance de 5 cases is move forward five spaces, Recule de 5 cases is move backward five spaces, Rejoue is play again, Tu perds ton tour is lose a turn, and Fin is End. On the board they appear at squares 11, 16, 21 and 29, with Départ at the opening square and Fin at the finish.

What has to be gathered before a group can play?

One die per group and one game token per player. The how-to page lists the printable board under "Game includes" and puts the die and tokens under "Not included", so those come from the classroom.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Verb conjugation

  • Present tense

  • Subject pronouns

  • Être

  • French grammar

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