13 French Worksheets Websites Worth Getting Worked Up Over
One simple worksheet can accomplish much more than you’d expect.
Are you looking for a little help to revive your French classroom?
Are you searching for inspiration to energize your students?
Does it seem like your students have grown accustomed to your usual activities and need a change of pace?
Or maybe you’re looking for a simple way to organize your lessons, outline activities and create homework without working too hard at it.
Well, you’re in luck. The Internet offers a wealth of tip-top worksheets that you can use to support your students’ progress with French at every step.
Before you object that what you find online never meets your incredibly high standards, read on! We’ve assembled the ultimate collection of French worksheets for any modern French teacher who demands excellence.
First, here’s everything you need to know about finding French worksheets online.
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How to Choose French Worksheets
- Opt for a variety of content. Variety is what will make your classes lively, engaging and interesting to your students. It’s a great way to expose your students to a larger range of words, expressions and grammar patterns. Adding variety also allows you to spend time focusing on each of the four major language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening.
- Be authentic. Aim to include mainly authentic materials in your worksheets. This can build your students’ confidence and heighten their interest. You’ll quickly see that, once students know they’re working on “real” French worksheets that use language intended for natives, they’ll feel more confident in their language proficiency and more motivated overall. For that, I recommend FluentU.You can even match your worksheets with authentic French videos to give the content some context.
FluentU takes authentic videos—like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks—and turns them into personalized language lessons.
- Use challenging materials. Students tend to get bored when lessons become too easy or repetitive, and that’s quite understandable. To prevent this boredom, choose worksheets that’ll keep students on their toes with fresh themes, new grammar points and unique games. All this newness adds extra challenges to the mix.
Your students’ time in the classroom is valuable. So, use new worksheets that are age-appropriate but that go a little bit beyond their current skill level. Giving them something like this is the best sign that you value their time and that you know they can overcome a challenge.
- Ask for other teachers’ recommendations. It’s always a good idea to ask your peers for suggestions and ideas. They’ll point you in the direction of their favorite teaching materials and tell you why they love them. A good way to start asking around is in the teachers’ lounge. Have a seat, bring a snack and ask your colleagues for their opinions! What types of worksheets are working best in their classes?
You can also go online and use French teacher forums to get more opinions. Start with FLTeach, a major foreign language teaching forum.
- Make sure your worksheets lead into activities. A good indicator that you’ve chosen great French worksheets is when you can turn them into games and practical exercises. Visualization and movement greatly facilitate learning, so you’ll always want to weave more interactive elements into lessons with worksheets.
For example, if you’ve got a worksheet about French vegetables, you could use the worksheet to pre-teach vocabulary and then move on to a fun role-play where students act as vegetable vendors and market customers. They can hang onto those worksheets and refer back to them during the activity. If you’re customizing your own worksheets, you could even put activity instructions and a space for brainstorming and note-taking right on it.
13 French Worksheets Websites Worth Getting Worked Up Over
General French Vocabulary and Grammar Worksheets
1. QC French
This is a fantastic site to find free and high-quality French printouts designed specifically for use in the French classroom. Documents are listed by format type, including lessons, exercises and quizzes, and they’re all available for download as convenient PDFs. These worksheets mainly cover the basics of French, so you’ll find lots of content for your beginner to intermediate students, and even for your adult students looking for a refresher course.
2. French Resources
Created by Samantha Lunn, a French and Spanish teacher in the U.K., this site offers a rich variety of downloadable, ready-made worksheets, including Word and PDF documents. Browse resources by objectives and themes, such as furniture, daily routines and chores. The worksheets here are well-done and organized in simple categories like warm-ups, objectives, word activities, grammar points and recaps.
3. Lesson Planet
This subscription-based site offers a variety of educational resources for K-12 teachers (including lots for French) like apps, videos, lesson plans and worksheets, but seems to have an especially good handle on the latter. You can easily do a search exclusively geared towards worksheets for your French class. The idea is that all their material is reviewed by the Lesson Planet staff, which consists of certified teachers. Worksheets are sorted by grade and Common Core and state standards, making it easy for you to find exactly what you need.
4. French Linguistics
This is a great place to find free French worksheets to complement or create fun activities. You’ll love their word games, including French word searches, crosswords, flashcards and grammar exercise worksheets. It’s a great resource for finding quality, ready-made PDF documents to practice French tenses, particles and verbs.
5. Education.com
This site offers an incredible array of worksheets for French students from 1st to 4th grade. Ranked by topics and always incorporating pictures, these worksheets primarily focus on vocabulary acquisition at the beginner level, with topics ranging from the classic to the less conventional, including Family, Sports, Clothing, The Countryside and the “Frère Jacques” song.
Another nice plus is that no registration is needed to access their library of educational resources. Just hop on and start browsing!
6. iSLCollective.com
Developed by Janet, a French teacher from the U.K. with over 35 years of experience, this site offers a vast library of over 3,000 printables and slides. You’ll find plenty of fun game and exercise sheets, which are perfect if you’re looking for homework or test ideas.
Simply sign up to start downloading and using her content. Better yet, Janet often shares her teaching tips with her readers: head over to the Conseils pédagogiques section for those.
7. Languageguide.org
Entirely focused on education, this French community of 350,000 members hosts 50,000 teacher blogs. Here, you’ll find lots of illustrated vocabulary worksheets to teach students topics like the human body, food or nature.
The site also includes a wealth of printable documents to introduce your learners to French literature and practice reading. Don’t hesitate to hand them out to your upper-intermediate to advanced learners as roadmaps and recaps, or to spur on lively discussions about the novels they’ve been assigned to read.
Worksheets with Authentic Resources
8. TV5MONDE
This is quite possibly the best, most comprehensive site to find ready-made worksheets based on a variety of authentic multimedia content. Specifically created for teachers, the site includes downloadable worksheets (fiches pédagogiques) for students of levels ranging from beginner to advanced and covering subjects as diverse as music, the French Riviera and the Second World War.
9. CIA France
Created by the Centre International d’Antibes (International Center of Antibes), this site offers a rich collection of print-outs focused on French lifestyle, literature, music and more. But here you’re in for an extra treat. Each worksheet actually falls into a very detailed lesson plan so you can accurately and efficiently use them in connection with a suggested theme.
To get started, simply browse through lesson plans by titles and levels, then click on the links to download the worksheets. We particularly love “Le Parachute doré d’Alain Souchon” (Alain Souchon’s Golden Parachute), which uses Souchon’s famous song to teach business and economics, and “Paris, Je t’aime” (Paris, I love you), which turns the iconic movie into fun activities, role-plays and games to learn about the French capital.
Business French
10. Leonard Da Vinci
This site offers a vast database of content geared towards advanced and business learners, topics that are often difficult to find online. You’ll find nothing less than 900 high-quality worksheets to train students of business French. They’re all designed to help professionals master French oral skills, business writing and business etiquette.
This is a great start to get your students doing analyses, research and formal writing in French while acquiring lots of useful vocabulary and expressions they can use in business settings.
11. The Webpage of Nathan Love
If you’re looking for ready-made worksheets to introduce your students to business French, this is your site.
You’ll find a plethora of documents available for downloads covering the basics of French grammar for business French as well as mini-lessons to practice French in business settings. All these lessons are clearly explained using graphics and visuals. To get a taste of what you’ll find here, check out the worksheets on hotel booking and business meetings.
Create Your Own Worksheets
12. Google Docs
If you would like to copy-paste some Internet findings to create your own worksheets, try using Google Docs as your tool.
You can find many templates on Goodocs, and adapt them to your needs.
13. Quickworksheets
This easy-to-use site offers easily customizable templates for your French lessons that you can save to the Cloud. This is a great way to save time while creating a great variety of personalized French worksheets.
Sign up for a free account to create word searches, word generators and word trees, or upgrade to a premium account to access the full library of templates. If you’re still undecided, opt for their free 30-day trial and check out their range of features before committing.
So many fantastic French worksheets to bring to your French classroom, so little time!
The semester’s already rolling, so you better start printing now!
We’re sure your students will have a great time discovering new words and sentences.
Happy teaching!
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