Name: French Être Expressions Taboo Game - Jeu de Tabou en Français
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What's inside this resource

Learn French Être Expressions with Taboo Students will love practicing French vocabulary and expressions with this interactive Taboo game. The game includes 32 game cards 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 individual, small group, or whole class practice. Use it to review or introduce new êtres 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 at least ten être expressions and their English meanings, drawn from the 32-expression set.

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 to match an English meaning under time pressure.
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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Questions teachers ask about this resource

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.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

Être expressions
Circumlocution
Idiomatic French

Topics

French game speaking game French vocabulary taboo game speaking activity vocabulary game

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