French Être Expressions Taboo Game - Jeu de Tabou en Français
- Grades
- Grades 8–12
- Pages
- 22
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Foreign Languages, French
- Topic
- French être expressions, Taboo game
- Resource types
- Games
- Preparation
- Print ready
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Learn French Être Expressions with Taboo
Students will love practicing French vocabulary and expressions with this interactive Taboo game. The game includes 31 expression cards and one title card per version with common French phrases and vocabulary around the verb être such as descriptions, locations, states of being, and emotions.
Each card features the expressions in both French and English so students can easily understand the words. Playing Taboo gets students speaking French quickly as they try to get their partner to guess the word on the card without using the forbidden words listed. Teachers can easily modify the game for beginners or advanced students.
This fun and engaging game is perfect for partner, small-group or whole-class practice. Use it to review or introduce new être vocabulary and expressions. The printable game cards can be laminated for durability. Two versions - color and black and white - are included. Make French language learning enjoyable with this Taboo game!
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Students will describe a French être expression to a partner using only permitted French vocabulary, without using the taboo clue words.
Students will recall and correctly use selected être expressions and their English meanings from the supplied cards and reference list.
Teaching tips
Let beginner students use the printed taboo words as sentence scaffolds before removing that support for more advanced play, exactly as the included How to Play guide suggests.
Laminate the color set for a durable, reusable classroom set, and reserve the black-and-white set for a lower-cost, disposable version for at-home practice.
Skills covered
Être-expression recall — retrieving the correct French idiom or phrase from a partner’s clues.
Circumlocution — describing a word in French without using a short list of forbidden related words.
Listening and guessing — interpreting a partner's spoken French clues to identify the target expression.
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What kinds of être expressions are covered?
The 32 expressions range from straightforward states, like être malade (to be ill) or être en retard (to be late), to idioms such as être dans les nuages (to daydream) or être sur son trente-et-un (to be dressed to the nines).
Can this game be adjusted for different skill levels?
Yes -- the included How to Play guide notes that beginner students can be allowed to use the printed taboo words as a scaffold, while more advanced students play under the standard no-taboo-word rule.
Does every reference expression have a game card?
No. The list has 32 expressions, but each card set has 31 expression cards and one title card. Être heureux appears on the reference list only. The supplied files are PDFs and a cover image; no PowerPoint is included.
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Être expressions
Circumlocution
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