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 _ eNous _ ons Tu _ esVous _ ez il/elle _eils/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 esp érer and répéter

IR Verbs IR verb endings je _ isnous_issons tu_is vous_issez il/elle _itils/elles _issent

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 the RE for il/elle

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