How to play jeu de 7 familles?

Le jeu des sept familles - This classic card game is fun for students of all ages! Looking for easy prep literacy activities for independent work during differentiated reading instruction? This version of the game is for practicing AVOIR PRESENT TENSE CONJUGATIONS and ANIMALS.

Each of the 7 “families of cards” begins with one of the following, and conjugations in the present tense are used in the JE - TU - IL - NOUS - VOUS - ILS forms. 7 different avoir expressions are used:

J’ai + animal Je n’ai pas + animal Est-ce que j’ai + animal

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How to play

The zip file includes black and white two-sided cards with cut lines and a sheet with rules and useful vocabulary to stay in the target language and play the game. The sheet is sized so that it can be cut out and fit into a sandwich bag with the rest of the cards for easy storage.

Rules:

Goal: To collect as many complete family groups as possible!

1. Distribute 6 cards to each player. The rest of the pile is the draw pile.

2. The first player starts by asking another player if they have a place that they are looking for. The player can only ask for cards that are part of cities that they already have in their hand.

example: “(Est-ce que) tu as le père de la famille Vincent?”

3. If the player has the card, they must give it to Player 1. If the player does not have the card, they will say “Pioche!” and the first player draws a card. If there are no more cards in the draw pile, the game continues without drawing cards.

4. When a player gets all six cards for a family, they announce it to the group and lay it down for everyone to see.

5. The player with the most complete family groups at the end of the game wins.

Variations:

- To speed up the game, deal out all of the cards at the beginning.

- Students may ask for ANY card from a family or ALL the cards from a family that they have.

example: “Est-ce que tu as un membre de la famille Moreau?”

Vocabulaire du jeu:

le père

la mère

la fille aînée

la soeur

la soeur cadette

le frère

le frère aînée

les jumeaux

le bébé

le beau-père

la belle-mère

le beau-frère

la belle-soeur

le demi-frère

la demi-soeur

les parents divorcés

la grand-mère

le grand-père

les grands-parents

l'oncle

la tante

le cousin

la cousine

le neveu

la nièce

le chien

le chat

le poisson

le lapin

l'oiseau

This game features adorable stick-figure clip art from Pink Pueblo!

If you like 7 familles, check out my other games:

7 familles: Les endroits! A Game to Review Places in Town Vocabulary!

Jeu de 7 familles: la salle de classe / French School Supplies Go Fish Card Game!

Jeu de 7 familles: la nourriture / French Food Vocabulary Go Fish Card Game

Jeu de 7 familles: la maison / French House Vocabulary Go Fish Card Game

Jeu de 7 familles: les vêtements / French Clothing Vocabulary Go Fish Card Game

If you are looking for another family vocabulary review activity, check out my family speaking game: French Find Someone Who: Family Member Vocab / Trouve quelqu'un qui : la famille

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