REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PRESENT; NEGATION; VERBS

FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE

Français 3Chapitre 1

Grammaire 1

REGULAR VERBS IN THE PRESENT

To conjugate –er, -ir and –re verbs in the present tense (to say that something is

happening or happens), drop the last two letters from the infinitive and add the

following endings.

aimer/choisir/attendre

aimer choisir attendreje/j’tuil/elle/onnousvousils/elles

TO MAKE SENTENCES NEGATIVE PUT NE…PAS

AROUND THE VERB

Il attend le bus.Il _____attend _____ le bus.

IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PRESENT

You’ve already learned many irregular verbs. Do you remember

how to conjugate these verbs?

AVOIR=

j’tuil/elle/onnousvous ils/elles

Idioms with Avoir

What do these idiomatic expressions mean in English? What verb do we use in English instead of “to have”?

avoir faim avoir soif avoir besoin de avoir # ans avoir chaud avoir froid

ÊTRE=

je tuil/elle/onnous vous ils/elles

Create your own sentences using être and an adjective with each subject pronoun

Je Tu Il Elle On Nous Vous Ils Elles

ALLER=

je tuil/elle/on nous vous ils/elles

aller + infinitive aller + à

Compose original sentences stating where you are going and what you are going to do there.

Je Tu Elle Nous Vous Ils

FAIRE=

je tu il/elle/on nous vous ils/elles

Idioms with faire

Write the English meaning of the following idiomatic expressions with faire.

faire du ski (or any other sport/game you do)

faire froid faire chaud faire cuire

PRENDRE=

jetuil/elle/on nous vous ils/elles

Comprendre; apprendre; surprendre

Conjugate the verbs that are part of the family of the verb prendre. Write their meanings in English.

comprendre apprendre surprendre

VENIR=

je venir de + inf.tuil/elle/on revenirnous devenirvous souvenirils/elles

venir

The family of venir includes several verbs, list their conjugations and English meanings.

revenir devenir souvenir

venir de + infinitive

Remember to say what one “just did” in French you use the correct form of venir followed by the preposition de and the infinitive of the main verb. Translate the following into French.

I just ate. He just fell. We just left. They just called.

Verbs followed by the infinitive

Three more verbs that are followed by an infinitive are vouloir (to want), devoir (to have to), and pouvoir (to be able). Conjugate.

vouloir devoirpouvoir

Verbs followed by the infinitive

Translate

Tu veux nager demain?

Il doit tondre la pelouse.

Elles peuvent bien danser.