The Present Tense Le présent The present tense is used to describe events that are happening now, things that you usually do or things that do not change.

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The Present Tense Le présent

The present tense is used to describe events that are happening now, things that you usually do or things that do not change. Remember that there is only one form of the present tense in French so, for instance, il travaille means he works,he is working and he does work.

HOW TO FORM PRESENT TENSE Regular verbs form the present tense in one of three ways, depending on whether the infinitive of the verb ends in –er, -re or –ir. We then remove these endings and add different ones depending on which person we are talking about.

-ER VERBS jouer – to play je joue (I) tu joues (you) il/elle/on joue (he/she/we/one) nous jouons (we) vous jouez (you) ils/elles jouent (they)

Make up some sentences using the following common regular –er verbs: téléphonerTo telephone écouterTo listen to parlerTo speak donnerTo give marcherTo walk trouverTo find resterTo stay/remain travaillerTo work

-RE VERBS répondre – to answer/reply je réponds (I) tu réponds (you) il/elle/on répond (he/she/we/one) nous répondons (we) vous répondez(you) ils/elles répondent (they)

Make up some sentences using the following common regular –re verbs: répondreTo answer/reply vendreTo sell attendreTo wait fondreTo melt

-IR VERBS finir – to finish je finis (I) tu finis (you) il/elle/on finit (he/she/we/one) nous finissons (we) vous finissez (you) ils/elles finissent (they)

Make up some sentences using the following common regular –ir verbs: finirTo finish choisirTo choose punirTo punish vomirTo be sick

EXERCISES Fill the gap with the correct form of the present tense. 1)Je _____ avec ma soeur(parler) 2)Il _____ la voiture(laver) 3)Ils _____ de la musique(écouter) 4)Elle _____ avec son copain(danser) 5)Tu _____ à ta mère(téléphoner) 6)Vous _____ à la question(répondre) 7)On _____ des glaces ici(vendre) 8)Elles _____ leurs devoirs(finir) 9)Je ______ la bonne direction(choisir) 10)Il _____ dans le jardin(vomir)

ANSWERS 1)Je parle avec ma soeur(parler) 2)Il lave la voiture(laver) 3)Ils écoutent de la musique(écouter) 4)Elle danse avec son copain(danser) 5)Tu téléphones à ta mère(téléphoner) 6)Vous répondez à la question(répondre) 7)On vend des glaces ici(vendre) 8)Elles finissent leurs devoirs(finir) 9)Je choisis la bonne direction(choisir) 10)Il vomit dans le jardin(vomir)

The following common verbs are irregular. Check out their forms and make up some sentences. allerTo go avoirTo have êtreTo be boireTo drink devoirTo have to direTo say/tell dormirTo sleep faireTo do/make mettreTo put(on) partirTo leave

partirTo leave pouvoirTo be able to/can prendreTo take recevoirTo receive savoirTo know(fact) sortirTo go out suivreTo follow venirTo come voirTo see vouloirTo want