Objectives: Learn the use of the present tense (1)

FormationVerbs ER

Verbs IR-Verbs REExercises

The present tense is used:

-to describe what is happening now-I am watching TV.

-to describe what usually happens- I watch TV every day.

There is only one present tense in French:

Je regarde- I am watching or I watch

To use a verb in the present tense, you must change the infinitive according to a set of rules. You need to learn these rules by heart.

- er verbs for example change their endings like this…

regarder- to watch (the infinitive)

Je regarde- I watchTu regardes- you watchil/elle/on regarde- he/she watchesnous regardons- we watchvous regardez- you watchils/elles regardent- they watch

More examples!

For other examples of verbs-just enter an infinitive in the link above-just click on the blue box!

THE INFINITIVE

When you look up a verb in the dictionary, you find its original, unchanged form, which is called the infinitive: regarder (to watch), finir (to finish), vendre (to sell) etc. The infinitive often ends in –ER, -IR or -RE

PICK OUT THE 10 INFINITIVES

regardes visite arriver finir

avoir être se lève suis

as finit aimer écouter décider va aller déteste

est écrire faire joue

arriver écouter finir

avoir être aimerdécider

aller écrire faire

Which form to use?When you talk about yourself I JeWhen you talk to a friend You TuWhen you talk about someone else He/she Il/elleWhen you talk about us We On/ nousIf you are talking to an older person or a group of people

You VousIf you are talking about a group of people they Ils/elles

Pronouns

Formation: There is only 1 form of the present tense in French. There are 3 groups of regular verbs: ER, IR, RE

REGARD ER FIN IR VEND RE

Je regarde Je finis Je vends

Tu regardes Tu finis Tu vends

Il/ Elle regarde Il/ Elle finit Il/ Elle vend

On regarde On finit On vend

Nous regardons Nous finissons Nous vendons

Vous regardez Vous finissez Vous vendez

Ils/Elles regardent Ils/Elles finissent Ils/Elles vendent

The infinitive

A worksheet you can print!

Practice what you have learnt so far- Write the correct form of the verbs below-Type your answers in the boxes.

a/ jouer

b/ donner

c/ manger

d/ montrer

e/ commencer

f/ aimer

Babelnet link ER

Webfle link ER

Webfle link IR

Momes.net link ER

CORRECTION!

a/ jouer

b/ donner

c/ manger

d/ montrer

e/ commencer

f/ aimer

vrai

vrai

vrai

vrai

vrai

vrai

vrai

vrai

vrai

fauxfauxfauxfauxfaux

faux

faux

faux

faux

faux

vrai

Je regardes

Tu joues

Ils jouent

Vous écouter

Nous mangeons

Vrai ou faux? Is the verb correctly spelt? Tick the box.

Elle aime

Nous habitez

Je mange

Vous jouez

Elle marche

CORRECTION

vrai

vrai

vrai

vrai

vrai

vrai

vrai

faux

faux

fauxJe regardes

Tu joues

Ils jouent

Vous écouter

Nous mangeons

Vrai ou faux? Is the verb correctly spelt? Tick the box.

Elle aime

Nous habitez

Je mange

Vous jouez

Elle marche

You can practice more here- Grammar section

Nous habitons

Je regarde

Vous écoutez

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