Transcript verbs conjugation in ppt

Putting It Together
An ER verb assembly kit
Sue Nicholson– French teacher
Stantonbury Campus
Putting It Together
An ER verb assembly kit
Setup
Getting
Started
FAQ’s
Projects
A do-it-yourself program for constructing complete
thoughts and actions using regular ER verbs
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Owner’s Manual
Setup
The process of verb conjugation
Parts and accessories
La Conjugaison des Verbes
Verb Conjugation
So what is conjugation? What does “conjugate” mean?
In grammatical terms, it’s…
Taking the regular form of the verb
(such as: to have, to eat, to dance, to
speak, etc) and changing it to agree
with the subject of the verb (the
person/object performing the action)
Lost? Don’t you worry. We conjugate verbs in
English every day! How???
La Conjugaison des Verbes
Verb Conjugation
Watch carefully as our verb repair specialty crew
conjugates an English verb in the present tense.
to be
I am
We are
You are
You (pl) are
He/She is
They are
La Conjugaison des Verbes
Verb Conjugation
Don’t they do excellent work? Here are some
other familiar projects:
to eat
to dance
I dance
We dance
I eat
We eat
You dance
You (pl) dance
You eat
You (pl) eat
He/She eats
They eat
He/She dances They dance
Is it making sense yet? We change “to dance” to
“dance” or “dances” depending on who we’re talking
about (I, You, They). The same goes for “to eat.”
Try a few on your own:
La Conjugaison des Verbes
Verb Conjugation
Here are a few verbs try. Remember to use the
present tense!
to watch
to work
I watch
We watch
I work
We work
You watch
You (pl) watch
You work
You (pl) work
He/She works
They work
He/She watches They watch
How did you do?
C’est facile, n’est-ce pas?
La Conjugaison des Verbes
Verb Conjugation
Would you say… (click on each one)
I is?
You be?
He are?
They watches?
She work?
I to be?
You to work?
Oops! Of course not! Conjugated verbs are not
interchangeable! It sounds ridiculous! It’s the
same way with the French language.
Now that you are experts, lets check out the nuts
and bolts of conjugating French verbs.
La Conjugaison des Verbes
Parts and Accessories
In order to be a successful verb conjugator, you
will need to know the following 4 terms:
Subject- The person or thing doing the action (je, vous, la télé)
Infinitive- The verb by itself: danser, parler, inviter, regarder
What others can you name?
travailler
habiter
organiser
écouter
chanter
Stem- The verb without the er: dans, parl, invit, regard
La Conjugaison des Verbes
Parts and Accessories
And most importantly:
Ending- The combination of letters that we put in place of the
“er” that we dropped earlier. Each pronoun has it’s own
ending to be used.
Below is a chart that gives these endings
-ER Endings
Je
e [—]
Nous ons [ohn]
Tu
es [—]
Vous
ez [eh]
Il/
Elle
e [—]
Ils/
Elles
ent [—]
La Conjugaison des Verbes
Parts and Accessories
Or think of it this way:
Subject
The worker:
Infinitive
The drill
packaging:
Stem
The drill:
(packaging
removed)
Ending
The drill bits:
er
Je, Tu, Nous,
la fille, Ils
aimer, danser, aim, dans,
chanter, parler chant, parl
e, es, e, ons,
ez, ent
The worker chooses the bit for each drill!!!
La Conjugaison des Verbes
Parts and Accessories
Ok, here’s the drill : Try to conjugate these
French verbs by following the 4 simple step:
1. Take note of the worker
2. Choose your drill package
3. Remove ALL er packaging from the drill (how
else are you going to use it?)
4. Select the correct bit for the worker given
*Notice, there are 6 workers for each verb!*
parler
Je
Tu
Il/Elle
Nous
Vous
Ils/Elles
La Conjugaison des Verbes
Parts and Accessories
parler
Je
Tu
Il/Elle
jouer
Nous
Vous
Ils/Elles
Je
Tu
Il/Elle
habiter
Je
Tu
Il/Elle
Nous
Vous
Ils/Elles
aimer
Nous
Vous
Ils/Elles
Je
Tu
Il/Elle
Nous
Vous
Ils/Elles
Go to the next page to see how you did!
La Conjugaison des Verbes
Parts and Accessories
parler
jouer
Je parle
Nous parlons
Je joue
Nous jouons
Tu parles
Vous parlez
Tu joues
Vous jouez
Il/Elle parle Ils/Elles parlent Il/Elle joue
Ils/Elles jouent
habiter
J’habite
Tu habites
Il/Elle habite
Nous habitons
Vous habitez
Ils/Elles
habitent
aimer
J’aime
Tu aimes
Il/Elle aime
Nous aimons
Vous aimez
Ils/Elles aiment
How did you do? Ready for a new twist?
Getting Started
Parts Review
The Rule of THREE
Parts Review
Surveying the Foundation
You should know the following terms before proceeding:
-conjugate
-subject
-infinitive
-stem
-ending
Remember, when putting something together, it’s always
better to have a strong foundation than a weak one. You
want what you are making to last, right? Make sure your
foundation is strong before you begin further building.
Les exemples au Web
More examples: (click on links to hear
an authentic pronunciation)
http://www.frenchtutorial.com/standard/present/group1.php
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/ver1.html
The above links are the internet examples (described in your packet)
Les Projets
Projects
Visit the following sites and try to activities to test your
newfound skills and knowledge:
1. be sure to following instructions in parentheses! 
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/HotPotatoes/in
dex.htm  (click on “Français, scroll down and select Present Tense,
click on Regular –ER Verbs)
2. http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa101199t.htm
3. http://www.quia.com/mc/66100.html (you may play several times)
4. http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/ver1.html (scroll down towards
the bottom, starting with “fill in the blanks”)