1. 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

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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)

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. ‘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

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. ‘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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Present Tense Game Roll Pronouns 1 Je 2 Tu 3 Il/elle/on 4 Nous 5 Vous6
Ils/elles 10