1. and how to form them in French
Regular -er verbs
and how to form them in French

2. How to recognise er verbs
When you look at this list, what do all the verbs have?
Regarder to watch
Manger to eat
Travailler to work
Porter to carry
Jouer to play
Ecouter to listen to

3. How to use these verbs
When we have er on the end of a verb, it means to …….
So, regarder means to watch.
We want to be able to say:-
I watch we watch
you (sg) watch you (pl) watch
he watches they (m) watch
she watches they (f) watch
one watches

4. To do this we have to follow a pattern.
1. Remove the er
2. Decide who is doing the action of the verb
3. Add the correct ending to the stem

5. Let’s look at the endings we will need to use.
je e
tu es
il e
elle e
on e
nous ons
vous ez
ils ent
elles ent

6. For our example we will look at regarder.
je regarde
tu regardes
il regarde
elle regarde
on regarde
nous regardons
vous regardez
ils regardent
elles regardent

7. What were the endings? je e tu es il e elle e on e nous ons vous ez
ils ent
elles ent

8. Now let’s try another “er” verb.
je joue
tu joues
il joue
elle joue
on joue
nous jouons
vous jouez
ils jouent
elles jouent

9. Jouer means to play How would I say “I play” in French? Je joue
He plays
Il joue
We play
Nous jouons
She plays
Elle joue

10. Now try these. Write the answers in your books.
Porter = to carry
1. He carries
2. They (m) carry
3. You (sg) carry
4. I carry
5. You (pl) carry
6. We carry
7. One carries
How did you do?

11. Match your answers with these!
1.He carries il porte
2.They (m) carry ils portent
3.You (sg) carry tu portes
4.I carry je porte
5.You (pl) carry vous portez
6.We carry nous portons
7.One carries on porte

12. Manger has a sting in the tail! Can you notice anything different?
je mange
tu manges
il mange
elle mange
on mange
To eat
nous mangeons
vous mangez
ils mangent
elles mangent

13. “cer” verbs have something different about them, too.
Commencer
je commence
tu commences
il commences
elle commence
on commence
To begin
nous commençons
vous commencez
ils commencent
elles commencent

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