EXTRA: WRITE IN ENGLISH Starter/Test lundi, 11 juin La mer est bleu. Ma voiture est cher. Mes parents son sévère. L’été dernière. Les maths sont ennuyeux. La fille est bavard. La soupe est bon. Les vêtements sont sèches. Correct the incorrect adjectives in the sentences below. Stuck? Use a dictionary to check the gender. EXTRA: WRITE IN ENGLISH C’est un restaurant cher. b) J’ai ma propre maison. c) Ma maison est propre. d) Je suis le seul français en Écosse. e) Un ancien élève. f) La ville ancienne. 1

Objectif: Résultat: lundi, 11 juin Il fait beau To be able to confidently use verbs in the present tense. Résultat: We will have revised what we already know about verbs already in French. We will know how to form regular verbs in the present tense. We will start to learn some of the irregular verbs in the present tense and aim to know all of these soon. 2

Verbs Verbs are doing words. They are actions. I ran quickly. She thought about it a lot. We go out every day. They will visit the historic castle.

Present Tense The present tense is used to talk about something which is happening now. In English we have more than one way of expressing the present tense but in French it is more straightforward. J’étudie. I study. I am studying. I do study.

Conjugation The starting point for putting any verb into a tense is getting the infinitive form of the verb. The infinitive is only form of the verb to be found in a dictionary. The infinitive translates into the ‘to ____’ or the ‘ing’ form of the verb in English. manger (to eat/eating) finir (to finish/finishing)

Fill the verb endings into your booklet. Present Tense Fill the verb endings into your booklet. Infinitive: 3 types of verb - ER, - IR, - RE e.g. ‘parler’ 2) Stem: remove the ending: ‘parl-’ 3) Form: add appropriate endings Je parl Tu parl Il/elle/on parl Nous parl Vous parl Ils/elles parl e es ons ez ent Endings for ER verbs 6

Fill the verb endings into your booklet. Present Tense Fill the verb endings into your booklet. Infinitive: 3 types of verb - ER, - IR, - RE e.g. ‘finir’ 2) Stem: remove the ending: ‘fin-’ 3) Form: add appropriate endings Je fin Tu fin Il/elle/on fin Nous fin Vous fin Ils/elles fin is it issons issez issent Endings for IR verbs 7

Fill the verb endings into your booklet. Present Tense Fill the verb endings into your booklet. Infinitive: 3 types of verb - ER, - IR, - RE e.g. ‘vendre’ 2) Stem: remove the ending: ‘vend-’ 3) Form: add appropriate endings Je vend Tu vend Il/elle/on vend Nous vend Vous vend Ils/elles vend s ons ez ent Endings for RE verbs 8

FINISHED? Work through the textbook exercises to practise these. The Present Tense Copy onto lined paper with the heading ‘present tense’. ER IR RE Je e is s Tu es Il/elle/on it Nous ons issons Vous ez issez Ils/elles ent issent FINISHED? Work through the textbook exercises to practise these. 9

Present Tense Game Roll Pronouns 1 Je 2 Tu 3 Il/elle/on 4 Nous 5 Vous 6 Ils/elles 10