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Studio grammaire

Verbs – the present tense
Regular verbs
A dictionary gives verbs in the infinitive form. Often this ends in –er.

chanter (to sing) aimer (to like) habiter (to live) jouer (to play)
The present tense is used to talk about:

• what is happening now I am playing the guitar
• what usually happens I sing every day
• how things are I like spaghetti
chanter je chante I sing
tu chantes you (familiar) sing
il/elle chante he/she sings

1 Write out the verb danser (to dance) in the 2 Write out the verbs using the correct
present tense and translate it into English. form of the present tense.
1 Je [jouer] de la guitare.
je dans
2 Je [chanter] tous les jours.
tu dans 3 Tu [aimer] les consoles de jeux?
il/elle dans 4 Tu [parler] français?
5 Il [habiter] à Saint-Sauveur.
6 Elle [aimer] les animaux.

Irregular verbs avoir to have

Some verbs are irregular. They don’t j’ai I have
follow the regular verb patterns. tu as you have
il/elle a he/she has
être to be
je suis I am
tu es you are
il/elle est he/she is

3 Fill in the gaps in these sentences, then 4 Unjumble the forms of être, then match them
translate them into English. to the English.
1 Dans mon kit de survie, j’ un portable.
2 Tu un animal? 1 il [ste] you are
3 Il un frère. 2 je [iuss] she is
4 Elle une sœur. 3 tu [se] he is
5 Il beaucoup de talent. 4 elle [tes] I am
6 Elle une guitare.

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