in French and in English Conjugating verbs in French and in English

Verb A verb is an action word, a word of doing or being; it’s what you do! The infinitive is the “basic” verb form, that goes at the top of the conjugation graphic organizer. All infinitives in English start with the word “to…” All infinitives in French end in –er, -ir, -re

(infinitive in French – infinitive in English) At the top of your verb conjugation graphic organizer, write the infinitive in French and in English. It should look like this: être – to be (infinitive in French – infinitive in English)

Subject pronouns The subject pronouns represent the person or thing that is “verbing”; whoever or whatever is doing the verb action. First person is who is talking (I/we) Second person is who I’m talking to (you) Third person isn’t part of the conversation, they’re the one we’re talking about (he,she,it,they)

Subject Pronouns singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person

Subject Pronouns I je we nous singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person

Subject Pronouns I je we nous you tu vous singular plural 1st person 2nd person you tu vous 3rd person

Subject Pronouns I je we nous you tu vous he / it il they ils she / it singular plural 1st person I je we nous 2nd person you tu vous he / it il they ils 3rd person she / it elle elles “one” on

Conjugation When you conjugate the verb, you change the verb so it “goes” with the subject. This is called “agreement”. If the verb doesn’t agree with the subject, the verb is not conjugated correctly: “I are” is an example of incorrect conjugation; “I am” is an example of agreement

Conjugation – getting started Once you have written the infinitives in French and in English: être – to be

Conjugation – setting up Once you have written the infinitives in French and in English: être – to be and you have written the subject pronouns: je nous tu vous il ils elle elles on

Conjugation je nous tu vous il ils elle elles on Then you need to write in the correct form of the verb next to each subject: je nous tu vous il ils elle elles on

Conjugation je suis nous sommes tu vous il ils elle elles on Then you need to write in the correct form of the verb next to each subject: je suis nous sommes tu vous il ils elle elles on

Conjugation je suis nous sommes tu es vous êtes il ils elle elles on Then you need to write in the correct form of the verb next to each subject: je suis nous sommes tu es vous êtes il ils elle elles on

Conjugation je suis nous sommes tu es vous êtes il ils elle est elles Then you need to write in the correct form of the verb next to each subject: je suis nous sommes tu es vous êtes il ils elle est elles sont on

Completed form: je suis nous sommes tu es vous êtes il ils elle est être – to be je suis nous sommes tu es vous êtes il ils elle est elles sont on

Same verb…different chart

A toi! J’aime bien Lucie. Elle__________très gentile Paul et Pierre___________amusants. Toi, tu _______________génial! Nous _____________en retard! Allez, viens! Mes parents ne____________pas gentils. Sa femme ______________très belle. Vous _______________intelligents!