Transcript PROMENADES - Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy

The infinitives of most French verbs end in -er. To form the
present tense of regular -er verbs, drop the -er from the
infinitive and add the corresponding endings for the
different subject pronouns. This chart demonstrates how
to conjugate regular -er verbs.
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Here are some other verbs that are conjugated the same
way as parler.
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Note that je becomes j’ when it appears before a verb that
begins with a vowel sound.
With the verbs adorer, aimer, and détester, use the
definite article before a noun to tell what someone loves,
what someone likes, or what someone hates.
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Use infinitive forms after the verbs adorer, aimer, and
détester to say that you like (or hate, etc.) to do
something. Only the first verb should be conjugated.
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The present tense in French can be translated in different
ways in English. The English equivalent for a sentence
depends on its context.
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Verbs ending in -ger (manger, partager, voyager)
and -cer (commencer) have a spelling change in the
nous form.
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Unlike the English to look for, the French chercher
requires no preposition before the noun that follows it.
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Essayez!
Complete the sentences with the correct
present tense forms of the verbs.
Je ________
(parler) français en classe.
parle
Nous ________ (habiter) près de (near) l’université.
Ils ________(aimer) le cours de sciences politiques.
Vous ________ (manger) en classe?!
Le cours ________(commencer) à huit heures
(at eight o’clock).
6. Marie-Claire ________(chercher) un stylo.
7. Nous ________ (partager) un crayon en cours de maths.
8. Tu ________ (étudier) l’économie.
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