French Weekly Lesson/ Leçon de la semaine:
French Vocabulary/ Vocabulaire
- une tour: a tower
- une éolienne; a windmill
- l'energie propre: the clean energy
- un panneau: a sign
- soutenir une campagne : to support a campaign
French Verbs
Present Indicative of French regular verbs (2nd group):
-ir verbs (type "finir" = to finish)
| je finis (I finish) | nous finissons (we finish) |
| tu finis (you finish: sing) | vous finissez (you finish: plur) |
| il/elle finit (he/she finishes) | ils/elles finissent (they finish) |
French Negative Form - (I am not finishing, I do not finish):
| je ne finis pas (I do not finish) | nous ne finissons pas (we do not finish) |
| tu ne finis pas(you do not finish: sing) | vous ne finissez pas(you do not finish: plur) |
| il/elle ne finit pas(he/she doesn't finish use) | ils/elles ne finnissent pas(they do not finish) |
| est-ce que je finis? (do I finish) | finissons-nous?(do we finish) |
| finis-tu (do you finish? sing) | finissez-vous? (do you finish? plur) |
| finit-il/elle? (does he/she finish?) | finissent-ils/elles? (do they finish?) |
- A hyphen is written between the subject and the verb: finis-tu?
- When asking a question with a noun as subject, first state the noun, and then invert the verb and the pronoun subject: les étudiants réussissent-ils? (Do the students succeed?).
Here is a list of common French -ir verbs ( 2nd group):
accomplir: (to accomplish), agir: (to act) , applaudir: (to applaud), approfondir (to go into details), atterrir (to land), avertir (), bâtir: (to build), bénir: (to bless), choisir: (to choose), désobeir: (to disobey), divertir (to distract, to entertain), démolir (to demolish), enrichir: (to enrich, to improve), envahir: (to invade), établir: (to establish), fleurir: (to bloom), fournir: (to provide, to supply), franchir: (to pass over), garantir: (to garantee), grandir: (to grow), grossir: (to put on weight, to gain weight), guérir: (to heal, to cure), investir: (to invest), jaunir: (to turn yellow), maigrir: (to lose weight), nourrir: (to feed), obéir: (to obey), punir: (to punish), réfléchir: (to think), remplir: (to fill), réussir (to succeed, to pass), rougir: (to blush), saisir: (to seize), subir (to undergo, to suffer, to endure), trahir: (to betray) ...
Exercise/ Exercice:
Present Tense of French Regular -ir verbs:
Directions :
Fill in the following blanks with the correct verb form of the Present Indicative:
To see the answer, double click in the the next box.
1. (choisir/ to choose). Elle un livre (she chooses a book).
| choisit |
2. (réfléchir/ to think). Ils intensément. (They think hard).
| réfléchissent |
3. (atterrir /to land). L'avion à Boston. (The plane lands in Boston).
| atterrit |
4. (réussir/ to pass). Vous tout. (You[plur] succeed in everything).
| réussissez |
5. (applaudir/ to applaud). J' à la fin du spectacle. (I applaud at the end of the show).
| applaudis |
6. (agir / to act). Tu n' pas bien! (You [sing] don't act well!).
| agis |
7. (grossir/ to put on weight). Je en ce moment. (I am putting on weight these days).
| grossis |
8. (fleurir/ to bloom). Les pommiers au printemps. (apple trees bloom in spring).
| fleurissent |
9. (finir/ to finish, to end). Tu mton travail à 7 heures. (You [sing] end my work at 7h ).
| finis |
10. (guérir/ to cure). Ce médicament -il sa maladie. (Does this medicine cure his/her disease).
| guérit |
11. (remplir/ to fill). Vous ne pas votre verre avec de l'eau. (you don't fill your glass with water).
| remplissez |
12. (choisir/ to choose). Nous un autre film. (we choose another movie).
| choisissons |
13.(subir/to suffer ). Ils les conséquences de la sécheresse. (They suffer consequences of drought).
| subissent |
14.(accomplir/ to accomplish), to achieve. Le coureur une performance. (the runner achieves a performance).
| accomplit |
15. (investir/ to invest). -vous dans l'or? (Do you invest in gold?).
| investissez |
7 comments:
I have to say, Dorothee, this was a tough one for me. I'm going to come back and go over it again.
The amount of work you do to produce these lessons is amazing! I appreciate it very much! Thank you.
French verbs are a real nightmare! Dorothée, don't forget to tell your English speaking readers it's VERY difficult for French people too ;-)!
Drothee,
this lesson was great! I read through it and took the test and I answered correctly each time :) It seems like you put alot of work and effort into this blog, it looks great!
~Margot
Dorothee*
Hi everyone,
Thank you so much for your so nice comments. I love doing this blog, but I have to admit it's a tremendous work to produce only one lesson. Blogger is not very flexible, so I have to use HTML code a lot.
> Don't gove up George twonboy!
> Tu as raison Alice. C’est parfois un cauchemar. Mes étudiants de Boston (même les enfants) sont très patients heureusement et adorent notre langue, donc ils s’accrochent.
> Bonjour Margot!
I am glad this lesson helped you and Bravo for your score :-) Thanks a lot for your kind words.
oops,typo! I mean: Don't GIVE up George townboy :-)
have a great day!
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I only remember _some_ French, from H.S. French, of many years ago. {I turned 71 yesterday, so it IS many, many years ago! Took Spanish in collge} But I love the sound of the French language. Maybe I'll re-learn some, by visiting here.
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