Leçon 7 Study Guide: Les verbes en –er le singulier. 1. Take off the

Leçon 7 Study Guide:
A. Les verbes en –er le singulier.
1. Take off the infinitive ending: -er, and then add the following endings that
agree with the subject:
Je (I) -e
Tu (You) -es
Il (He) -e
Elle (She) -e
New verbs: aimer=to like habiter=to live inviter=to invite
organiser=to organize visiter=to visit (a place)
Examples:
chanter= to sing. She sings. = Elle chante.
danser= to dance. I am dancing. = Je danse.
B. Les verbes en –er le pluriel.
1. Take off the infinitive ending –er, and then add the following endings that
agree with the subject:
Nous (We) -ons
Vous (You) -ez
Ils (They) -ent
Elles (They) -ent
C. Le negative: to make a sentence negative/ to say that someone is NOT doing
something: add ne… pas around the conjugated verb!
I play tennis. = Je joue au tennis. I don’t play tennis. = Je ne joue pas au tennis.
Mots Utiles (Useful words) p. 100
bien= très bien= mal=
beaucoup= un peu= souvent=
toujours= aussi= maintenant=
rarement=
D. La construction verbe + infinitif (2 verb construction)
(conjugate the first verb, second verb will be the infinitive)
J’aime parler français. Elle aime danser. Nous n’aimons pas chanter.
I dance.
Je danse.= I am dancing.
I do dance.