Famous people: -er verbs in the present tense
I can understand short texts about famous people written in the 1st person singular of a range of verbs, then summarise them in French using the 3rd person singular.
Famous people: -er verbs in the present tense
I can understand short texts about famous people written in the 1st person singular of a range of verbs, then summarise them in French using the 3rd person singular.
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Key learning points
- Numbers in French should be practised regularly as they come up in many contexts.
- The 1st person singular of any verb is the 'je' form, the 3rd person singular is the 'il, elle' form.
- To summarise a text written in the 1st person singular, we switch the verb forms to the 3rd person singular.
- For regular -er verbs, these two forms are spelt the same, but for irregular verbs like 'être' they will be different.
Keywords
1st person singular - the 'je' form of the verb
3rd person singular - the 'il, elle' form of the verb
Common misconception
The 1st person singular and 3rd person singular verb forms are always spelt the same.
The 1st and 3rd person singular verb forms are spelt the same for regular -er verbs, but for irregular verbs like 'être' and 'avoir' they are different.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
je
tu
il, elle
nous
vous
ils, elles
to like, liking
to work, working
to create, creating
to live, living
to spend, spending (time)
to think, thinking
le monde
les vêtements
le pays
l'Angleterre
une année
la Côte d'Ivoire
reste
change
étudie
est
habite
a
Exit quiz
6 Questions
trois
onze
sept
six
deux
huit
neuf
quatre
dix
cinq
douze
un