Spring Semester Flip Chart FINAL EXAM NOTES Spring Semester Flip Chart

Name Grammar Concepts RE Verbs IR Verbs Faire Question Words FRENCH ONE SEMESTER TWO RE Verbs IR Verbs Faire Question Words Préférer and Acheter Aller and the futur proche Adjectives as nouns Venir and the passé récent GER & CER Verbs Prendre, Partitive and Commands

RE VERBS Like regular ER verbs, regular verbs that end in RE follow a conjugation pattern. RE VERB ENDINGS Je _s nous _ons Tu _s vous _ez Il/elle _ ils/elles _ent Example Nous attendons le bus = We’re waiting for the bus

RE VERBS Other regular RE verbs Entendre = to hear Perdre = to lose Répondre = to answer Vendre = to sell Rendre = to return Rendre visite a = to visit someone Attendre = To wait for

FAIRE Faire is an irregular verb Faire = to do / to make je fais nous faisons tu fais vous faites il/elle fait ils/elles font EXAMPLES Elle fait du jogging Nous faisons du ski Ils font du patin

FAIRE Faire is often used with weather expressions Il fait beau Il fait du soleil Raining, snowing and freezing do NOT use faire. Il neige Il pleut Il gèle

GER and CER verbs Verbs that end in –ger are conjugated like –er verbs in every form except the nous form Manger = to eat Je mange nous mangeons tu manges vous mangez il/elle mange ils/elles mangent OTHER GER VERBS Changer = to change Echanger = to exchange Corriger = to correct Déranger = to disturb Encourager = to encourage Voyager = to travel

GER and CER verbs Verbs that end in –cer are also conjugated like –er verbs in every form except the nous form Commencer = to begin Je commence Nous commençons tu commences vous commencez il/elle commence ils/elles commencent Other CER verbs Placer = to place/put Prononcer = to pronounce Remplacer = to replace Avancer = to go forward Lancer = to throw

Préférer and Acheter The verbs préférer and acheter follow a slightly different pattern from other –er verbs. Préférer = to prefer Je préfère nous préférons tu préfères vous préférez il/elle préfère ils/elles préfèrent Other verbs like préférer Espérer – to hope Répéter – to repeat / rehearse

Préférer and Acheter Acheter = to buy je achète nous achetons tu achètes vous achetez il/elle achète ils/elles achètent Other verbs like acheter Amener – to bring along someone Emmener – to take along someone Lever – to raise Promener – to take for a walk

Adjectives as nouns To avoid repetition, you can drop a noun leaving an article and an adjective to stand for it. The article and adjective agree in gender and number with the noun that was dropped. Le tee-shirt bleu ou le blanc? Tu aimes le cahier jaune ou le rouge?

Adjectives as nouns You often use this when talking about preferences Est-ce que tu aimes la grande télé ou la petite? Je préfère la grande.

Question Words You know how to ask a yes/no question by using est-ce que and intonation Tu aimes le base-ball? Est-ce qu’il fait du jogging? To ask for other information besides yes or no, use a question word followed by est-ce que then a subject and verb

Question Words Question Words Quand ~ when Pourquoi ~ why Que (qu’) ~ what Comment ~ how Qui ~ who Avec Qui ~ with whom Où ~ Where

Question Words Examples Quand est-ce que tu fais du théâtre? Avec qui est-ce qu’il joue au tennis? You DO NOT use est-ce que with a question word when they are followed by the verb être Où est ton frère? Comment est ton amie?

Aller and the Futur Proche The verb aller is irregular Aller = to go je vais nous allons tu vas vous allez il/elle va ils/elles vont * Je vais au cinéma. You can use aller plus an infinitive to talk about something that is going to happen in the near future. Je vais jouer au basket. Nous allons aller au lac. Ils vont étudier demain.

Venir and the Passé Récent The verb venir is an irregular verb Venir = to come je viens nous venons tu viens vous venez il/elle vient ils/elles viennent Example Ils viennent au parc avec Paul They’re coming to the park with Paul

Venir and the Passé Récent You can also use venir plus de plus the infinitive of another verb to say something just happened. Examples Je viens de téléphoner a Marie I just called Marie Nous venons de manger We just ate.

IR VERBS The last group of regular verbs are IR verbs. IR VERB ENDINGS je is nous issons tu is vous issez il/elle it ils/elles issent Other Regular IR Verbs Choisir = to choose Grossir = to gain weight Maigrir = to lose weight Grandir = to grow Réussir (a) = to succeed / to pass Finir = to finish

Prendre = To take / to have (food/drink) The verb Prendre is irregular Prendre = To take / to have (food/drink) Je prends nous prenons tu prends vous prenez il/elle prend ils/elles prennent Other verbs conjugated like prendre Apprendre = to learn Comprendre = to understand Réprendre = to have more

The Partitive To say you want part of or some of an item, use de with the definite article that goes with the item Masculine Singular Feminine Singular Singular before a vowel Plural Du De la De l’ des

The Partitive In French you ALWAYS need to include the article (le, la , les, un, une, du, de la etc.) Examples: Tu veux du beurre? Je veux des oeufs Je mange de la banane

The Partitive To say you want a whole item use the indefinite articles un or une Je veux un pamplemousse. Nous voulons une tarte The partitive and un/une become just DE in a negative sentence Je ne veux pas de lait. Nous ne voulons pas de tart.

The Imperative To form the imperative or command form, use the TU, NOUS or VOUS form of the verb in the present tense without the subject. Prends un verrre Finissons nos devoirs Mangez du pizza!

The Imperative NOTE: In the tu form of –er verbs only drop the “s” when making the imperative Joue de la guitare! To make a command negative, put ne before the verb and pas after Ne buvez pas de lait!