1. Conjugating verbs in French and in English

2. Verb A verb is an action word, a word of doing or being; it’s what you do! The infinitive is the “basic” verb form, that goes at the top of the conjugation graphic organizer. All infinitives in English start with the word “to…” All infinitives in French end in –er, -ir, -re

3. Infinitive At the top of your verb conjugation graphic organizer, write the infinitive in French and in English. It should look like this: être – to be (infinitive in French – infinitive in English)

4. Subject pronouns The subject pronouns represent the person or thing that is “verbing”; whoever or whatever is doing the verb action. First person is who is talking (I/we) Second person is who I’m talking to (you) Third person isn’t part of the conversation, they’re the one we’re talking about (he,she,it,they)

5. Subject Pronouns singularplural 1 st person 2 nd person 3 rd person

6. Subject Pronouns singularplural 1 st person Ijewenous 2 nd person 3 rd person

7. Subject Pronouns singularplural 1 st person Ijewenous 2 nd person youtuyouvous 3 rd person

8. Subject Pronouns singularplural 1 st person Ijewenous 2 nd person youtuyouvous he / itiltheyils 3 rd person she / itelletheyelles “one”on

9. Conjugation When you conjugate the verb, you change the verb so it “goes” with the subject. This is called “agreement”. If the verb doesn’t agree with the subject, the verb is not conjugated correctly: “I are” is an example of incorrect conjugation; “I am” is an example of agreement

10. Conjugation – getting started Once you have written the infinitives in French and in English: être – to be

11. Conjugation – setting up Once you have written the infinitives in French and in English: être – to be and you have written the subject pronouns: jenous tuvous ilils elleelles on

12. Conjugation Then you need to write in the correct form of the verb next to each subject: jenous tuvous ilils elleelles on

13. Conjugation Then you need to write in the correct form of the verb next to each subject: jesuisnoussommes tuvous ilils elleelles on

14. Conjugation Then you need to write in the correct form of the verb next to each subject: jesuisnoussommes tuesvousêtes ilils elleelles on

15. Conjugation Then you need to write in the correct form of the verb next to each subject: jesuisnoussommes tuesvousêtes ilils elleestellessont on

16. Completed form: être – to be jesuisnoussommes tuesvousêtes ilils elleestellessont on

17. Same verb…different chart