Verb ↔ noun memory: sauter and le saut, danser and la danse

Each pair joins a verb and the noun of its action: sauter and le saut, nager and la nage, laver and le lavage. The child turns over two cards and checks that the noun names the action of the verb. The noun is written with its article: le saut, la danse, l'écriture. The pairs were chosen one by one from the Lexikit list of word families. The noun always names the action itself, never the one who does it, like chanteur. For now the pairs are in French.

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Memory page with word cards: chanter and le chant, danser and la danse — First page, made in Lexikit with the families chanter, danser, dessiner, laver, nager and sauter.

In 3 steps

Add your families: type a verb at the top, in “Add a family”: sauter, danser, nager… Lexikit also suggests the families that have a pair, one click each.
Choose 8 or 12 cards per page, and the writing: capitals, print or cursive.
Print and cut out the cards, or play on screen.

What you can set

8 or 12 cards per page, that is 4 or 6 pairs
The noun written with its article: le saut, la danse, l'écriture
Pairs chosen one by one: the noun of the action, never the one who does it
Optional blank board to lay the cards on, printed once
Handwriting: capitals, print or cursive. Printed title, outlines and colours
Decorated back for double-sided printing
On screen: a giant memory game, for the whole class or in teams

Ways to use it

In French class, discover that a noun can come from a verb
With older pupils, go from the verb to the noun to vary sentences: il saute, le saut
In speech therapy, work on morphology and the gender of nouns