Adverbs

Objective Students will be able to form adverbs from a given adjective on a worksheet. Students will be able to describe how they do something.

Do Now: Find the nous form: Parler Mincir Tordre Finir Jouer

Adverbs In english, an adverb is a word that describes an action. In most cases, it ends in « ly. » I run really fast He reads absolutely well.

How do you form them in French? You will see three kinds of adjectives: Ones that end in consonants - « actif » ones that end in vowels (a,e,i,o,u) ones that end in -ant or -ent

The first kind: if the adjective ends in a consonant (anything except a,e,i,o,u), find the feminine form. How do you find the feminine form? Let’s review.

Feminine adjectives: There are regular ones - brun-) brune There are ones that end in -eux , which become « euse » Heureux - heureuse There are ones that end in f, which become ve actif- active There are ones that end in c, which become che blanc -) blanche

Find the feminine forms of these adjectives: actif franc malheureux bleu

Once you have the feminine form, making an adverb is simple Just add an -ment to it franc- franche - franchement actif - active - activement malheureux - malheureuse - malheureusement

If the adjective ends with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u), simply place -ment at the end absolu - absolument vrai - vraiment

if the adjective ends in -ant or -ent change the ending to -amment or -emment constant- constamment courant - couramment différent - différemment évident -évidemment

New: the imperfect This is where you want to take notes

The imperfect tense means "was" I was running I was sleeping He was playing We were studying

In order to form the imperfect Find the nous form of the verb Nous parlons Nous aimons Nous trouvons

Chop off the ons Parl Aim Trouv

Endings Ais Ait Ions Iez Aient

Parler Je parlais Tu parlais Il parlait Nous parlons Vous parliez Ils parlaient

Let's try out in the imp. Regarder Jouer