1. Adverbs

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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

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

9. 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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Chop off the ons
Parl
Aim
Trouv

16. Endings
Ais
Ait
Ions
Iez
Aient

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

18. Let's try out in the imp.
Regarder
Jouer