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Boot verbs!

Boot verbs!. Aim: to be able to recognise a pattern in a verb conjugation. With the help of Tex’s French grammar and Frenchabout.com and Special thanks to Madame H Desmier for sharing her ideas and Madame D Reed for her PowerPoint. A reminder:.

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Boot verbs!

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  1. Boot verbs! Aim: to be able to recognise a pattern in a verb conjugation. With the help of Tex’s French grammar and Frenchabout.com and Special thanks to Madame H Desmier for sharing her ideas and Madame D Reed for her PowerPoint.

  2. A reminder: There are three major groups of regular verbs in French: • verbs with infinitives ending in -er, • verbs with infinitives ending in -ir, and • verbs with infinitives ending in -re.

  3. Since -er verbs are the most numerous, they are considered the first conjugation. To conjugate these verbs: • drop the -er from the infinitive to form the stem. • Next, add the –er endings to the stem. (Different tenses have different endings.)

  4. The following endings: -e, -es, -e, -ons, -ez, -ent are for forming the present tense. What pattern can you see? 1. The endings (-e, -es, -e, and -ent) are all silent. 2. The only endings that are pronounced are the nous (-ons) and the vous (-ez) endings.

  5. The four silent endings form a boot shape in the verb conjugation. if you draw the pattern with one continuous line, it looks like a boot. Read and listen to the following example.

  6. Parler = to speak Past participle: parlé

  7. Now give examples of other verbs you know that follow a boot pattern. • Can you find different boot patterns? Stem-changing verbs are also known as boot verbs, because the irregular stems occur in all the singular forms as well as the third person plural.

  8. 1. Verbs in –ayer Payer* = to pay *Note: -ayer verbs have an optional stem change in which y changes to aniin all forms but nous and vous as well as in the future & conditional.

  9. 2. Verbs in –oyer nettoyer = to clean *Note: *Note: in the present tense requires stem change y toiin all forms but nous and vous & in all forms of the future & conditional.

  10. 3. Verbs in –uyer ennuyer* = to annoy / bore *Note: in the present tense requires stem change y toiin all forms but nous and vous & in all forms of the future & conditional.

  11. 4. Verbs in –eler appeler = to call *Note: present tense: l becomes ll in all forms but nous and vous. Present tense: e in the penultimate (next-to-the-last) syllable

  12. 5. Verbs in –eter jeter = to throw *Note: present tense: t becomes tt in all forms but nous and vous. Present tense: e in the penultimate (next-to-the-last) syllable

  13. 6.Verbs with e in the penultimate syllable (except for the -eler and -eter verbs, above) lever = to lift / to raise *Note: present tense: e in the penultimate syllable changes to è in all forms but nous and vous. Present tense: e in the penultimate (next-to-the-last) syllable

  14. 7.Verbs with é in the penultimate syllable considérer = to consider *Note: present tense: é in the penultimate syllable changes to è in all forms but nous and vous. Present tense: e in the penultimate (next-to-the-last) syllable

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