Post on 22-Dec-2015
THE PRESENT TENSE OF REGULAR VERBS
There are 3 types of regular verbs in French:
• Verbs which end in ‘er’ - eg. Jouer – to play, Chanter – to sing
There are 3 types of regular verbs in French:
• Verbs which end in ‘er’ - eg. Jouer – to play, Chanter – to sing
• Verbs which end in ‘re’ – eg. Vendre – to sell, Répondre – to reply
There are 3 types of regular verbs in French:
• Verbs which end in ‘er’ - eg. Jouer – to play, Chanter – to sing
• Verbs which end in ‘re’ – eg. Vendre – to sell, Répondre – to reply
• Verbs which end in ‘ir’ - eg. Finir – to finish, Remplir – to fill
Regular Verbs
• These verbs are called REGULAR VERBS, which means that they follow a REGULAR pattern.
Regular Verbs
• These verbs are called REGULAR VERBS, which means that they follow a REGULAR pattern.
• Regular verbs have a different ending according to the person or the subject of the verb.
Regular Verbs
• These verbs are called REGULAR VERBS, which means that they follow a REGULAR pattern.
• Regular verbs have a different ending according to the person or the subject of the verb.
• We call the person or the subject of the verb a subject pronoun.
Subject Pronouns
• Je / J’ - I• Tu - You
(singular, familiar)• Il - He / It• Elle - She / It• On - One / We /
They / People
• Nous – We• Vous – You (plural,
polite)• Ils – They
(masculine or a mixed group)
• Elles – They (feminine)
ER verbs
• To form an ‘er’ verb first take off the ‘er’ then add the following endings:
ER verbs
• To form an ‘er’ verb first take off the ‘er’ then add the following endings:
• Je e
ER verbs
• To form an ‘er’ verb first take off the ‘er’ then add the following endings:
• Je e • Tu es
ER verbs
• To form an ‘er’ verb first take off the ‘er’ then add the following endings:
• Je e • Tu es• Il/Elle/On e
ER verbs
• To form an ‘er’ verb first take off the ‘er’ then add the following endings:
• Je e • Tu es• Il/Elle/On e• Nous ons
ER verbs
• To form an ‘er’ verb first take off the ‘er’ then add the following endings:
• Je e • Tu es• Il/Elle/On e• Nous ons• Vous ez
ER verbs
• To form an ‘er’ verb first take off the ‘er’ then add the following endings:
• Je e • Tu es• Il/Elle/On e• Nous ons• Vous ez• Ils/Elles ent
Jouer – to play
RE verbs
• To form an ‘re’ verb first take off the ‘re’ then add the following endings:
RE verbs
• To form an ‘re’ verb first take off the ‘re’ then add the following endings:
• Je s
RE verbs
• To form an ‘re’ verb first take off the ‘re’ then add the following endings:
• Je s • Tu s
RE verbs
• To form an ‘re’ verb first take off the ‘re’ then add the following endings:
• Je s • Tu s• Il/Elle/On - (nothing)
RE verbs
• To form an ‘re’ verb first take off the ‘re’ then add the following endings:
• Je s • Tu s• Il/Elle/On - (nothing)• Nous ons
RE verbs
• To form an ‘re’ verb first take off the ‘re’ then add the following endings:
• Je s • Tu s• Il/Elle/On - (nothing)• Nous ons• Vous ez
RE verbs
• To form an ‘re’ verb first take off the ‘re’ then add the following endings:
• Je s • Tu s• Il/Elle/On - (nothing)• Nous ons• Vous ez• Ils/Elles ent
RE verbs
• To form an ‘re’ verb first take off the ‘re’ then add the following endings:
• Je s • Tu s• Il/Elle/On - (nothing)• Nous ons• Vous ez• Ils/Elles ent
Vendre – to sell
IR verbs
• To form an ‘ir’ verb first take off the ‘ir’ then add the following endings:
IR verbs
• To form an ‘ir’ verb first take off the ‘ir’ then add the following endings:
• Je is
IR verbs
• To form an ‘ir’ verb first take off the ‘ir’ then add the following endings:
• Je is• Tu is
IR verbs
• To form an ‘ir’ verb first take off the ‘ir’ then add the following endings:
• Je is• Tu is• /Elle/On it
IR verbs
• To form an ‘ir’ verb first take off the ‘ir’ then add the following endings:
• Je is• Tu is• /Elle/On it• Nous issons
IR verbs
• To form an ‘ir’ verb first take off the ‘ir’ then add the following endings:
• Je is• Tu is• /Elle/On it• Nous issons• Vous issez
IR verbs
• To form an ‘ir’ verb first take off the ‘ir’ then add the following endings:
• Je is• Tu is• /Elle/On it• Nous issons• Vous issez• Ils/Elles issent
Finir – to finish