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Make French verb conjugation practice more engaging with this French Verbes au Présent Secret Code Word Search! Students first conjugate the verbs, then locate each answer in the word search. The remaining letters reveal a secret message using a fun decoding key, followed by a sentence-writing activity to reinforce the meaning of each verb.
Perfect for French Immersion Grades 4–7 and High School Core French/FSL, this no-prep activity works well for review, centres, homework, early finishers, sub plans, or assessment preparation.
More than just a word search; students must conjugate, search, decode, and apply their learning!
🩷 1 French code-breaking word search activity
🩷 1 sentence-writing extension activity
🩷 Complete answer key
🩷 Printable PDF 11 x 17
✔ Students conjugate the assigned verbs.
✔ Students locate each conjugated verb in the word search.
✔ Remaining letters are decoded using the secret-code key.
✔ Students discover the hidden message.
✔ Students write original sentences using each verb.
✔ French verb conjugation
✔ Reading and spelling French verbs
✔ Applying verb tense knowledge
✔ Vocabulary development
✔ Sentence writing
✔ French Immersion Grades 4–7
✔ High School Core French / FSL
✔ Grammar review
✔ Independent work
✔ Centres
✔ Homework
✔ Early finishers
✔ Sub plans
⚠️ Designed for French Immersion Grades 4-7 and adaptable for High School Core French/FSL.
⚠️ Includes printable PDF in 11 x 17 format.
⚠️ Students should already have some familiarity with the targeted verb tense before completing the activity independently.
✔ Highly engaging alternative to traditional conjugation practice
✔ Reinforces conjugation through multiple activities
✔ Includes a fun secret-code challenge
✔ Minimal teacher preparation
✔ Print and go!
✔ Complete answer key included
Looking for more French Code-Breaking Word Search activities?
🩷 1. Les verbes au présent 1
🩷 2. Les verbes au présent 2
🩷 3. Les verbes en -ER au présent 1
🩷 4. Les verbes en -ER au présent 2
🩷 5. Les verbes en -IR et -OIR au présent
🩷 6. Les verbes en -RE au présent
🩷 7. Les verbes en -ER à l’imparfait
🩷 8. Les verbes en -IR et -OIR à l’imparfait
🩷 9. Les verbes en -RE à l’imparfait
🩷 10. Les verbes pronominaux au présent
🩷 11. Les verbes à l’impératif
🩷 12. Les participes passés du passé composé
🩷 13. Mots souvent mal orthographiés
🩷 14. Le féminin des métiers 1
🩷 15. Le féminin des métiers 2
🩷 16. Le féminin des animaux
🩷 17. Les verbes au futur simple 1
🩷 18. Les verbes au futur simple 2
🩷 19. Une révision des verbes 1
🩷 20. Une révision des verbes 2
🩷 21. Une révision au présent
🩷 22. Une révision à l’imparfait
🩷 23. Une révision des participes passés
🩷 24. Une révision au futur simple
🩷 25. Une révision à l’impératif
🩷 26. Le conditionnel présent
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Marie C. –
My students absolutely loved this! What a great way to get them to practice conjugating their verbs.
Thanks!
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Jodie N. –
Students found this interesting and challenging! Bought more 🙂
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Julia S. –
Students loved it!
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Louise G. –
Merci! Excellente activité!
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Laurel D. –
A student I tutor has been having a really hard time with French lately and so her motivation is suffering. The secret code aspect of this activity made this French verb practice fun. This is a great reinforcement activity.
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Bounce Learning Kids –
Great resource for verb conjugation. I liked how well this was put together.
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My Digital Co-Teacher –
Fun activity for students to practice the spelling on their verbs. High schoolers loved the change from “regular” worksheet. Thank you!!!
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Jordan Forsyth Publishing –
This verb conjugation activity is awesome! I loved how you put together the secret code to make it more engaging for students. Thank you so much!
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The English Labo –
Thanks a lot for this amazing product! It was so motivating for my students. I loved the fact that you have included a secret code. That was a nice way to practice French Verbs 🙂
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Whyplanteaching –
Une bonne ressource. I really liked it. It’s hard to teach verbs, but this makes it easy. Thank you.
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Off the Page –
Great activity for both verb tense and spelling. It was a big hit with my beginner French students.
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Cozy in Kindergarten –
This is a fun way to review french! I especially love how simple it is for me to use, and students greatly enjoy it. Thank you!
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NamasteinSchool1 –
Génial! You could hear a pin drop as students worked through these secret codes. Conjugation can be a terrible pain to teach, so I very much am appreciative of all the time it must have taken to create something so engaging!
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EnglishLab by Des –
This is an AMAZING activity for French learners to practice the Present tense of verbs! My kids really enjoyed this activity as they were trying to crack the code to complete this. I really appreciate the effort you’ve clearly put into creating this product. Thank you 🙂
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Boom Hey A –
Great resource! There are different activities to practice identifying French verb vocabulary. This gives great opportunity to practice and it’s good for beginners learning French.
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jajaotrp –
This is a really great resource to practice verbs in the present tense. It was made fun and very engaging because of the secret code that the students need to find out. We all had a lovely time doing this task.
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nirali T. –
An excellent feature of this product is the ‘secret code’! This, in addition to it being a great activity to teach the present tense of verbs. Appreciate your efforts of creating such an engaging and fun resource. Thanks 🙂 .
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A Teacher and her Cat –
It can be tricky to get kids interested in conjugating verbs but the promise of a search and find puzzle made my class MUCH more interested! They absolutely love wordsearches so I told them they had to complete the conjugating first and my class RACED through this! Thanks for adding some fun to our french class!
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Giggles for Tots –
My kids were glued on doing this! They absolutely had fun while learning. They didn’t even notice that the difficulty of the task!
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Teacher Janelle OT –
Super fun and engaging way to study and practice verbs. My students love playing and cracking secret codes.
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Disha Digital School –
It was made fun and very engaging because of the secret code that the students need to find out. This gives great opportunity to practice and it’s good for beginners learning French.
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Away In Primary –
Verb conjugation can be a tricky task for students but this activity makes it fun and engaging. Students love cracking the secret code while conjugating their verbs. This is an amazing resource.
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Learning Lots with Love –
My students really enjoyed cracking the secret code!! This is so fun and engaging. Thank you so much!
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Adrienne H. –
My students loved using this activity as an engaging way to check their understanding of verb conjugation. My students are gr.6/7 French Immersion so this was a fun way to review some foundational knowledge. Great for beginning of the year review for my age group. Students can work at their own pace and love the addition of the SECRET CODE at the top. Lots of excitement when these activities come out!
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Mlle W –
Merci
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Christine S. –
I am so glad I found this product. My students really benefited from these comprehensive activities. Thank you for taking the time to create such a useful resource. Highly recommended! A+
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French Immersion avec Mme Sophie –
Je l’ai utilisé avec mes enfants lorsqu’ils étaient à la maison. C’est une excellente façon de travailler/réviser les verbes au présent. Ils étaient très engagés dans leur travail et ont beaucoup aimés.
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Malin V. –
My students loved doing this word search to solidify their verb knowledge!
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Kerri Lee S. –
It is a good ressource and great for practice of verbs.
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Erin Brown –
This resource looked like it had potential, but for my core french kids, it was a little challenging. I only ended up using it with one grade 8 group, because it would be too much for the other classes. Make sure it matches the level of your students
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Marie J. –
Excellent for my early finishers. Thank you!
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Josh M. –
This was a great way to get the year started! The kids really enjoyed it and it was an easy way for me to gauge where their French language conjugation level is at.
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Lynette M. –
I love to save this activity to do when we are nearing a break (like Christmas) because it is so engaging even when students are disengaged! I have used this activity multiple times over the last few years. My students do not even realize that they are practicing their verb conjugation.
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Kayla L. –
My students love word searches and I love how they trick my students into learning. Thanks!
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Tania M. –
Students loved it. Easy to learn from and a nice tool
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Mme L –
My students had fun doing this simple and fun crossword. It helped them practice their verbs while having fun. Merci
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Jennifer K. –
My students really liked using this resource. Can’t wait to use it again.
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Sariaira –
My students would do these all day long instead of regular practice worksheets. They don’t even realize they’re working!
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Kerry L. –
This is fun to do with students and more engaging than a worksheet but in core, we usually work with students with je, tu, nous, etc so 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person wasn’t clear to them. Great resource, just a heads up for those who are expecting the subject pronouns.
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Fabienne D. –
Very interesting activity I use with my little patients as speechtherapist.
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Sophie H. –
I used this as extra practice homework after our verb unit so students could continue practicing at home, it was great!
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Nadia S. –
Another great resource from Mme Christine that the kids enjoyed!
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Louise M. –
Who doesn’t love a crossword? This was a fun way to practice les verbes au present. Thanks for creating it!
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Linda S. –
Great resource! Thanks for putting this together!
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catherine P. –
Good but the formatting is busy.
Good but the formatting is busy. I find it hard to follow
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Sarah S. –
Great multi-purpose resource!
I used this as part of an ‘early finisher’ booklet for my Gr. 9 FSL class. However, I can see myself using them as part of sub plans or even as a bit of a game/competition. I appreciate that it gets students using a variety of skills and adds an element of fun. I printed in black & white for the booklets and, while not quite as lovely as the colour version, turned out perfect for what I needed.
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Rebeccah S. –
A great resource!
My students love “mots cachés” so this ready-made resource is perfect for practice and review.
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