French: Translation Game- Leisure- Jeopardy

In this resource file, you will find a Jeopardy game to practice translating phrases from and into French for the topic: Leisure- Les loisirs.

The game comes as a Powerpoint Presentation, which is interactive when put on full screen (presentation mode)

There are two versions of the game: version 2 is slightly more difficult than version 1

For each version:

• There are 6 categories: La musique, la télévision, le cinéma, la nourriture, les sorties, le sport.

• A total of 30 phrases to translate: 5 phrases to translate per aspect (level of difficulty increases: first three phrases are French to English, last two phrases are English to French).

• model answer provided for each phrase to translate

Advice on how to play:

• Put the PPT presentation full screen to access questions. Simply click on a box to see the question. Click anywhere to see the answer.

• Click on the button ‘Jeopardy’ from the answer slide to go back to the menu. The box corresponding to the sentences that have been translated will turn from yellow to blue.

• Students in your class take turns in picking a box (i.e: Le cinéma pour 200€) but all students should translate the phrases.

• Only students with the correct translation receive the ‘money’. At the end of the game all students add up their money to find out who has won.

Examples of phrases for version 1:

• Traduisez en anglais: Elle écoute de la musique tous les jours.

• Traduisez en français: They are going to the cinema

Examples of phrases for version 2:

• Traduisez en anglais: Quand je vais au cinéma, j'achète toujours du popcorn.

• Traduisez en français: We went to the restaurant and I loved the food.

Included in the resource file:

A .zip folder with 2 PowerPoint Presentations (version 1 and 2)

Each PPT is 61 slides

Note that this game does not include the aspect of technology. You can find a game on technology here: https://teachsimple.com/product/french-translation-game-technology-jeopardy