The Present Tense of Regular Verbs

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The Present Tense of Regular Verbs We use the Present Tense to talk about what is happening right now, at this very minute, e.g. “The teacher is talking.” “The boy is listening.” A “regular” verb follows a pattern Eg I sing we sing you sing you sing he/she sings they sing The pattern in English is EASY!

ER verbs The pattern in French is more complicated. There are three groups of regular verbs in French and we are going to look at each group separately. The first group is ER verbs 90% of French verbs are regular ER verbs so it is well worth learning these endings.

je nous ons e tu vous ez es il/elle/on e ils/elles ent To form the present tense of a regular ER verb, you should follow these rules: Start off with the infinitive, i.e. regarder – to watch Take off the ER at the end, leaving the stem, i.e. regard Add the endings as shown: je nous ons e tu vous ez es il/elle/on e ils/elles ent

1. 2. regard er regard 3. ons nous regard je regard e ez vous regard Here’s how it’s done: 1. 2. Take off the ER, leaving the stem: Take the infinitive: regard er regard 3. Add the following endings: ons nous regard je regard e ez vous regard tu regard es ent il/elle/on regard ils/elles regard e

regarder = to watch Je regard Tu regard Il regard Elle regard On regard Nous regard Vous regard Ils regard Elles regard Je regarder Tu regarder Il regarder Elle regarder On regarder Nous regarder Vous regarder Ils regarder Elles regarder Je regardE Tu regardES Il regardE Elle regardE On regardE Nous regardONS Vous regardEZ Ils regardENT Elles regardENT Je Tu Il Elle On Nous Vous Ils Elles I watch, am watching You watch, are watching He watch, is watching She watches, is watching We watch, are watching You all watch, are watching They watch, are watching (girls only)

Let’s use those rules to create all the parts of the verb écouter = to listen J’écoute Tu écoutes Il écoute Elle écoute On écoute Nous écoutons Vous écoutez Ils écoutent Elles écoutent I listen You listen He listens She listens We listen They listen

1. Je ____________ la télé. (regarder) REGULAR “ER” VERBS PRACTICE EXERCISES   1. Je ____________ la télé. (regarder) 2. Il _____________ à Dornoch. (habiter) 3. Nous _______________ à la disco. (danser) 4. Elles ______________ au volleyball. (jouer) 5. Tu ____________ faire les magasins. (aimer) 6. Vous ______________ de la musique. (écouter) 7. On _________________ au téléphone. (parler) 8. Elle _______________ des baskets. (chercher) 9. Ils _______________ au collège. (travailler) 10. Elles ______________ au cinéma. (arriver) regarde habite dansons jouent aimes écoutez parle cherche travaillent arrivent

REGULAR “ER” VERBS PRACTICE EXERCISES   1. I watch the tv 2. He lives in Brechin. 3. We sing at the disco. 4. They play volleyball. 5. You like going shopping. 6. You listen to music. 7. We speak on the phone. 8. She is looking for her trainers. 9. They work at school. 10. They arrive at the cinema. PRACTICE EXERCISES   1. Je regarde la télé. 2. Il habite à Brechin. 3. Nous chantons à la disco. 4. Elles jouent au volleyball. 5. Tu aimes faire les magasins. 6. Vous écoutez de la musique. 7. On parle au téléphone. 8. Elle cherche des baskets. 9. Ils travaillent au collège. 10. Elles arrivent au cinéma.

Some common ER verbs Copy and match up travailler – porter – penser - chanter - ranger - laver – oublier – trouver - chercher - se presenter - to forget to sing to introduce to find to wash to look for to tidy to work to wear to think

The second group of verbs are ‘RE’ verbs. REGULAR “RE” VERBS There are relatively few common « RE » verbs. Here are some of the most common ones: vendre - to sell entendre - to hear attendre - to wait for répondre - to reply descendre- to go down perdre - to lose

je nous s ons tu vous s ez il/elle/on ils/elles ent - The RE verbs work in the same way as ER verbs: To form the present tense of a regular RE verb, you should follow the following rules: Start off with the infinitive, e.g. vendre – to sell Take off the RE at the end, leaving the stem, i.e. vend Add the endings as shown: je nous s ons tu vous s ez il/elle/on ils/elles ent -

1. 2. vendre vend 3. je vend nous vend ons s vous vend tu vend ez s Here’s how it’s done: Take off the RE, leaving the stem: 1. Take the infinitive: 2. vendre vend 3. Add the following endings: je vend nous vend ons s vous vend tu vend ez s il/elle/on vend ils/elles vend ent -

vendre = to sell Je vend Tu vend Il vend Elle vend On vend Nous vend Vous vend Ils vend Elles vend Je vendre Tu vendre Il vendre Elle vendre On vendre Nous vendre Vous vendre Ils vendre Elles vendre Je vendS Tu vendS Il vend_ Elle vend_ On vend_ Nous vendONS Vous vendEZ Ils vendENT Elles vendENT Je Tu Il Elle On Nous Vous Ils Elles I sell, am selling You sell, are selling He sells, is selling She sells, is selling We sell, are selling You all sell, are selling They sell, are selling (girls only)

1. J’ ___________ le bus. (attendre) Practice Exercises: 1. J’ ___________ le bus. (attendre) Il ___________ son ballon. (perdre) Nous ___________ notre maison. (vendre) 4. Elles ____________ la colline. (descendre) On _____________ les oiseaux. (entendre) 6. Tu _____________ à la lettre. (répondre) 7. Vous ____________ des livres. (vendre) 8. Je _____________ l’escalier. (descendre) 9. Ils _____________ la sonnerie. (entendre) 10. Elle _____________ au courier électronique. (répondre) attends perd vendons descendent entend réponds vendons descends entendent répond

REGULAR “IR” VERBS There are relatively few common « IR » verbs. Here is some practice with the most common ones: finir - to finish grossir - to get fat rougir - to blush nourrir - to feed choisir - to choose

ir verbs issons je is nous tu issez is vous il/elle/on it ils/elles The third group of verbs are: To form the present tense of a regular IR verb, you should follow these rules: Start off with the infinitive, i.e.finir – to finish Take off the IR at the end, leaving the stem, i.e. fin 3. Add the endings as shown: issons je is nous tu issez is vous il/elle/on it ils/elles issent

1. 2. finir fin 3. is nous fin issons je fin tu fin is vous fin issez Here’s how it’s done: 1. 2. Take off the IR, leaving the stem: Take the infinitive: finir fin 3. Add the following endings: is nous fin issons je fin tu fin is vous fin issez il/elle/on fin ils/elles fin issent it

finir = to finish Je fin Tu fin Il fin Elle fin On fin Nous fin Vous fin Ils fin Elles fin Je finir Tu finir Il finir Elle finir On finir Nous finir Vous finir Ils finir Elles finir Je finIS Tu finIS Il finIT Elle finIT On finIT Nous finISSONS Vous finISSEZ Ils finISSENT Elles finISSENT Je Tu Il Elle On Nous Vous Ils Elles I finish am finishing You finish, are finishing He finishes, is finishing She finishes, is finishing We finish, are finishing You all finish, are finishing They finish, are finishing (girls only)

Tu ____________ tes devoirs. (finir) Il ____________. (rougir) finis Tu ____________ tes devoirs. (finir) Il ____________. (rougir) Elles mangent trop de gâteaux et elles _____________. (grossir) On ______________ le chien. (nourrir) Nous ______________ la grande pizza. (choisir) Elle _______________ les oiseaux. (nourrir) Je _____________ le livre. (finir) Vous ______________. (grossir) Ils ________________ parce qu’ils sont timides. (rougir) Je ________________ la robe bleue. (choisir) rougit grossissent nourrit choisissons nourrit finis grossissez rougissent choisis

Summary of Regular Verb Endings To form the present tense take off the last 2 letters of the infinitive (ER, RE or IR) and add the following endings. ER RE IR I Je -e -s -is You Tu -es He/She/We Il/Elle/On - -it We Nous -ons -issons You all/You (f) Vous -ez -issez They Ils/Elles -ent -issent