French Regular and Irregular Verbs Passé Composé Audio Drill

To get better at conjugating verbs, students need to practice a lot. This audio practice tool will assist students in practicing and getting really good at regular and tricky French verbs in the passé composé tense. It has a mix of verbs that work with "avoir" and "être" as helping verbs, and it also covers reflexive verbs. It's a verb practice session with 100 commonly used French verbs, and you can use it in class or a language lab. I've given you five useful ways to make the most of this practice tool.

The audio file you'll get is perfect for improving listening and speaking skills, doing written exercises, working with a partner, or playing a group writing game together.

During the audio recording, the verbs are not numbered. This makes it easy for you to pick 10 or 15 verbs whenever you want during your practice. You can use them as quick reviews when your students come into the French class. This practice can be used at any time in the year to help your students review. It's great for advanced students who need to go over the basics again, or you can give a copy to students who find French challenging. They can review it while riding the bus or sitting in the car.

Included:

• 20 minute mp3 audio recording of 100 French verbs in the passé composé

• Answer sheet

• Student response sheet

• 5 effective ways to use this verb drill

1. Language lab or classroom listening and speaking exercise

Students can use the drill together in class or by themselves with headphones. They will hear a verb and a pronoun to change. Students get five seconds to give their answer before hearing the right one. The verbs are not in a specific order in the recording, so you can do them in any order you like. This activity helps with listening, speaking, and practicing grammar, so there's no need to write down the answers.

2. Language lab or classroom silent written exercise

Give each student a sheet with numbers where they can write their answers. Tell students to be careful because the verbs in the recording don't have numbers. They will listen to a basic form of a verb and need to write it in the right spot. After that, they'll hear a subject pronoun and have five seconds to write their answers. This is a quick activity, so you can let students fix their answers after the recording is finished if they need to.

3. Whiteboard classroom activity - Individual or paired work

Encourage students to use whiteboards for answering questions. First, play the recording with the verb and subject pronoun. Pause it for five seconds, allowing students to write their answers. Then, play the answer for them to check their work. This is especially effective when students work in pairs, as they can assist each other, making the activity more enjoyable. You can even have pairs earn one point for each correct answer, and at the end, see which group has the most points.

4. Bell ringer activity

You've got a little bit of extra time at the end of your class, maybe just five or ten minutes. So, why not have some fun with a verb activity? There are 100 different verbs to pick from, so you can make it interesting. You can also use parts of the activity when students are coming into the classroom to get them ready for learning French. I've found this to be a really good way to help students come in quietly and get ready for class.

5. Group writing game

You probably have your students' desks arranged in rows or groups. Here's a fun way to make verb drills more exciting. Imagine you have groups of five students. Before you begin the verb drill recording, give the first person in each group a blank piece of paper and something to write with.

On the paper, put numbers from 1 to 5 (or however many students are in the group). As you play the drill, the first student should write their answer next to #1, even if they're not sure about the spelling. Right after the recording says the answer, pass the paper to the next person in the group. It's important to do this quickly because the recording keeps going.

Person #2 writes their answer, and so on, until everyone in the group has a turn. Stop the recording at this point. The last person in each group takes the paper back to the first person. The first person can review all the answers written by their group members. They can make changes to anyone's answer, but here's the rule: students can't talk to each other.

Then, pass the paper back down the row, and everyone can change their own answer or someone else's. But they need to be fast because here's the exciting part: the first group to give the teacher a paper with 100% correct answers wins that round!