Present Tense Review Present Tense of regular and
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Present Tense Review Present Tense of regular and irregular verbs
Regular Verbs For all regular verbs: 1. Drop the ER/IR or RE to get stem 2. Add the correct ending that matches the subject
ER Verbs ER verb endings Je _ e Tu _ es il/elle _e Nous _ ons Vous _ ez ils/elles _ent
ER Verbs with Spelling Changes ●GER verbs - add ‘e’ before ‘ons’ in nous form ●CER verbs - add cedille to the ‘c’ before ons in nous form ●YER verbs - change ‘y’ to ‘i’ in je, tu , il/elle and ils/elles form
ER Verbs with spelling changes ●Acheter - add accent grave on first ‘e’ in je, tu, il/elle and ils/elles form ○same is true in lever, amener and emmener ●Préférer - change the second accent aigu to accent grave in je, tu, il/elle and ils/elles plural form ○same is true in espérer and répéter
IR Verbs IR verb endings je _ is tu_is vous_issez il/elle _it _issent nous_issons ils/elles
RE Verbs Re verb endings je _s nous _ons tu _s vous _ez il/elle _(nothing) ils/elles _ent ●Remember that you still have to take off
Irregular Verbs Irregular verbs follow their own conjugation rules. Below is a list of verbs that are irregular. ● aller * prendre ● etre * dormir ● venir * sortir ● faire * partir You may research their conjugations and add them to your notes
