Now you can use your Oxford Learner’s French
dictionary with Clic! These dictionary skills worksheets
tie in with Clic! and cover the MFL teaching objectives.
Dictionary
Worksheet
for Year 7
Pupils should be taught:
That gender and plural patterns in
nouns may differ from English and
how other words can be affected
Pupils should be taught:
How to collect and learn words
independently and form other words
in the same family and how to use
knowledge of word forms, patterns,
and context to identify meanings
Dictionary
Worksheet
for Year 9
Pupils should be taught:
That words and phrases can have
different meanings in different
contexts
Dictionary
Worksheet
for Year 8
Free dictionary
skills resources
to tie in with Clic! and MFL teaching
objectives for KS3, Year 7/8/9
For more information, see
www.schooldictionaries.co.uk/learners_french and www.oxfordsecondary.co.uk/clic
Un/une or le/la?
Find these small words confusing? Sort them out with the help of your dictionary.
When you look up an English noun, your dictionary tells you whether the French noun is masculine
(le or un), or feminine (la or une), e.g:
Always copy the French words correctly, including accents.
Note the gender of nouns (masculine or feminine)
Then decide how you need to use the noun:
• if you want to say the .... use le/la
• if you want to say a, an .... use un/une
Helping your sister
You are staying in a hotel in France, and your sister
Anna wants to write a card to her French friend
Yves. Look at her notes. Can you help her?
Look up the words in your dictionary
Once you know their gender, decide whether
you need to use le/la/l’ or un/une
Hi Yves,
We have a room with a view over the sea. T
he
room has a TV. The hotel has a terrace and
a
swimming pool. The swimming pool is cl
osed!!
There’s a cinema near the hotel. The beach
is
near the hotel too.
Love & kisses, Anna
Dictionary
Worksheet
for Year 7
Pupils should be taught: That gender and
plural patterns in nouns may