1. French The Present Tense
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2. What is the Present Tense?
The Present Tense describes what is happening now or what happens on a regular basis. An example is ‘I am playing’ refers to something you are doing now, whereas ‘I play’ refers to something that you do regularly.
Normally, the present tense is shown by endings, however some irregulars have to be learned.

3. The Irregulars
The Irregular Verbs are verbs that do not follow the rules. If you like, they are the rebels of the French world as they have their own forms.
Let’s first of all look at how verbs are supposed to be conjugated. >>

4. Present Tense Endings  Person ER IR RE je -e -is -s tu -es il/elle
-it 
nous
-ons
-issons
vous
-ez
-issez
ils/elles
-ent
-issent

5. être avoir The Useful Irregulars Je suis I am J’ai I have
Tu es You are
Il/elle est He/she is
Nous sommes We are
Vous êtes You are
Ils/elles sont They are
avoir
J’ai I have
Tu as You have
Il/elle a He/she has
Nous avons We have
Vous avez You have
Ils/elles ont They have

6. pouvoir vouvoir The Useful Irregulars Je peux I can Tu peux You can
Il/elle peut He/she can
Nous pouvons We can
Vous pouvez You can
Ils/elles peuvent They can
vouvoir
Je veux I want
Tu veux You want
Il/elle veut He/she wants
Nous voulons We want
Vous voulez You want
Ils/elles veulent They want

7. And finally…
This is the most important tense that you ever learn. It’s also the easiest. Please make sure that you know this inside out, back-to-front, sideways and every and any other way because you’ll need it for your exams to at least scrape through (if not do really well).

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I hope that helped!
Matthew Vernon