1. -er verbs in French

2. What is a verb? A doing word Why do we use them? To describe an action by us or someone else e.g. (in English) I play tennis with my friends which bit of the sentence is the verb? the word play

3. When you look up a verb in the dictionary, it is given in the infinitive –This is the name of the verb –In English, we use the word to... e.g. to play; to drink; to read In French, there are 3 categories of infinitives -er, -ir and -re

4. In French, there is a certain structure in which you write verbs. This is so you can say who is doing the action. jeje I tutu you (singular or informal) il/ elle/ onil/ elle/ on he/ she/ we nousnous we vousvous you (plural or formal) ils/ ellesils/ elles they (boys/ girls) singular plural

5. -er verbs – e.g. habiter -ejhabite -estu habites -eil / elle habite -onsnous habitons -ezvous habitez -entils habitent With –er verbs, take away the er from the end, and then add the following endings:- habiter