Starter quiz
- Match the following French words to their English translations.
- entendre⇔to hear, hearing ✓
- prendre⇔to take, taking ✓
- aimer⇔to like, liking ✓
- payer⇔to pay, paying ✓
- traduire⇔to translate, translating ✓
- écrire⇔to write, writing ✓
- In which of these words do we hear a hard [s] sound, like in 'maison'?
- joues
- danser
- dessiner
- disons ✓
- oiseau ✓
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- Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the following sentence: 'Elle aime __________ au foot.'
- jouer ✓
- joue
- jouez
- jouent
- jouons
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- Match the subject pronouns to the correct forms of the verb 'vendre'.
- je⇔vends ✓
- il⇔vend ✓
- nous⇔vendons ✓
- vous⇔vendez ✓
- elles⇔vendent ✓
- Which word in the following sentence would you replace 'cette robe' with to say 'It is beautiful.'? 'Cette robe est belle.'
- Il
- Elles
- Elle ✓
- Ils
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- Translate the following sentence into French: 'She likes to dance.'
- 'Elle aime danser.' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match these French infinitives to the correct English translations.
- produire⇔to produce, producing ✓
- oublier⇔to forget, forgetting ✓
- raconter⇔to tell, narrate ✓
- rendre⇔to return, give back ✓
- chanter⇔to sing, singing ✓
- conduire⇔to drive, driving ✓
- Match the following French verbs to their English translations.
- entendre⇔to hear, hearing ✓
- prendre⇔to take, taking ✓
- traduire⇔to translate, translating ✓
- écrire⇔to write, writing ✓
- Which of these verbs follows the same pattern as 'écrire'?
- jouer
- se laver
- décrire ✓
- raconter
- aimer
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- What do all the following verbs have in common? 'Lire', 'dire', 'conduire', 'produire', 'construire'.
- They follow the pattern of 'écrire'.
- They follow the pattern of 'entendre'.
- They follow the pattern of 'prendre'.
- They follow the pattern of 'traduire'. ✓
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- What letter do we add to the stem in the plural forms of the verb 'écrire'?
- 'v' ✓
- Which form of 'écrire' fills the gap in the following sentence correctly? 'Vous ______ une lettre.'
- 'écrivez' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Some -re verbs in the present tense follow the pattern of 'traduire' (-s added to stem for 'nous/vous/ils/elles' forms)
- [s] is pronounced as in 'maison' when between two vowels.
- The verb 'écrire' and its derivatives are conjugated differently (-v added to stem in 'nous/vous/ils/elles' forms).
- Four groups of -re verbs are verbs like 'entendre', verbs like 'prendre', verbs like 'traduire' and verbs like 'écrire'.
- All four groups of -re verbs can be combined with -er verbs to describe somebody's interests and achievements.
Common misconception
[s] is always a silent final consonant.
[s] is usually a silent final consonant, but is pronounced when between two vowels. It's helpful to look out for verbs that start with a vowel. With such verbs in the third person plural, the 's' on 'ils' and 'elles' is pronounced.
Keywords
Entendre - an example of the most common group of -re verbs, meaning ‘to hear’
Prendre - an example of another group of -re verbs, meaning 'to take'
Traduire - an example of a further group of -re verbs, meaning ‘to translate’
écrire - an example of a further group of -re verbs, meaning ‘to write’
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