1. Learning Objective To remind ourselves how to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense.

2. La conjugaison Le sablier des verbes

3. Les temps - Tenses What are tenses? Tenses are what tells you when something happens

4. Fun: a conjugating dog

5. For example: Past: I was at the store. Sometimes the verb "to have" is used to convey the past tense: I have been there before. Present: I am at the store. In English you can also have a tense called the continuous present: Now, I am going to the store Future: I will go to the store. In English, sometimes the verb "to go" is used to convey the future tense: I'm going to go to the store. Can you think of any examples? Past Present Future

6. Infinitives In English infinitives start with TO – to walk – to be – to have In French the endings tell you if the verb is in its infinitive form: Stem+ER / Stem+IR / Stem+RE Jouer / finir / vendre What is an infinitive?An infinitive is the full form of a verb. It is the word you find in the dictionary. Can you think of any examples in French or English?

7. Personal pronouns je –I /tu- you singular /elle,il,on - she,he, one /nous-we /vous-you plural /elles,ils-they fem,masc) In French verb endings change to agree with the subject (here the personal pronoun) Can you think of any personal pronouns in French or English?

8. Le présent There is only one present in French ( No continuous presents!) ER verbs jouer (to play) Je Tu Elle,il,on Nous Vous Elles,ils IR verbs finir (to finish) Je Tu Elle,il,on Nous Vous Elles,ils RE verbs vendre (to buy) Je Tu Elle,il,on Nous Vous Elles,ils Can you remember any rules to conjugate the present tense? joue finissent joues jouons jouez vends finis finissons finit vends vend vendons vendez vendent jouent joue finissez

9. Le présent There is only one present in French ( No continuous presents!) ER verbs jouer (to play) Je jou- Tu jou- Elle,il,on jou- Nous jou- Vous jou- Elles,ils jou- IR verbs finir (to finish) Je fin- Tu fin- Elle,il,on fin- Nous fin- Vous fin- Elles,ils fin- To conjugate the verbs in the present take the ER or IR or RE off and replace by: RE verbs vendre (to buy) Je vend- Tu vend- Elle,il,on vend- Nous vend- Vous vend- Elles,ils vend- -ent –ons – e –ez –es –e –it –issez –is -issent – is –issons -ent – s –ez –s – –ons

10. Le présent There is only one present in French ( No continuous presents!) ER verbs jouer (to play) Je jou- Tu jou- Elle,il,on jou- Nous jou- Vous jou- Elles,ils jou- IR verbs finir (to finish) Je fin- Tu fin- Elle,il,on fin- Nous fin- Vous fin- Elles,ils fin- To conjugate the verbs in the present take the ER or IR or RE off and replace by: RE verbs vendre (to buy) Je vend- Tu vend- Elle,il,on vend- Nous vend- Vous vend- Elles,ils vend- – e –es –e –ons –ez -ent – is –it –issons –issez -issent – s – –ons –ez -ent