Family activities: singular regular -er verbs | French

Starter quiz

Which of these French words doesn't have the [e] sound.

cheval

petit

samedi

méchant ✓
Match the French to the English.

je mange

⇔

I eat, I am eating ✓

tu manges

⇔

you eat, you are eating ✓

il mange

⇔

he eats, he is eating ✓

elle mange

⇔

she eats, she is eating ✓

manger

⇔

to eat, eating ✓
Which French verb means 'to wear, wearing'.

donner

porter ✓

parler

regarder

passer
Translate into English 'c'est facile de parler en anglais'.

'It's easy speaking English.' ✓
Match the French to the English.

mon ami

⇔

my friend ✓

ma mère

⇔

my mother ✓

ton frère

⇔

your brother ✓

ton ami

⇔

your friend ✓

ta mère

⇔

your mother ✓

ma sœur

⇔

my sister ✓
Which word would help translate 'Samedi, je ______ un film avec mon ami'.

'regarde' ✓

Match the French to the English.

écouter

⇔

to listen ✓

préparer

⇔

to prepare ✓

chanter

⇔

to sing ✓

manger

⇔

to eat ✓

passer

⇔

to spend ✓

regarder

⇔

to watch ✓
Match the English to the French.

I listen, am listening

⇔

j'écoute ✓

you listen, are listening

⇔

tu écoutes ✓

you eat, are eating

⇔

tu manges ✓

I eat, am eating

⇔

je mange ✓

I give, am giving

⇔

je donne ✓

you give, are giving

⇔

tu donnes ✓
Translate into English: 'aujourd'hui, je porte un t-shirt'.

'Today, I wear a t-shirt.' ✓
'Dimanche, je parle au téléphone avec mon père'. Choose the correct translations.

On Sunday, I talk to my mum on the telephone.

On Saturday, I talk to my dad on the telephone.

On Sunday, I talk to my dad on the telephone. ✓

On Sunday, I am talking to my dad on the telephone. ✓

On Monday, I am talking to my sister on the telephone.
Which word means 'lunch'?

dîner

petit-déjeuner

repas

déjeuner ✓

manger
Translate into French: 'she prepares chicken, she is preparing chicken'.

'Elle prépare le poulet.' ✓

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Accents can change the pronunciation of a letter in French. The SSCs [e], [è] and [é] make different sounds.
'Manger' (to eat) and 'passer' (to spend) are two regular -er verbs.
In French, there is only one way to talk about things in the present tense: je regarde.
In English, there are two ways to refer to the present: I watch and I am watching.
Regular -er verbs have the following endings in the singular form: (je) -e, (tu) -es, (il) -e and (elle) -e.

There are two ways of referring to the present tense in French, as in English. For example: I watch and I am watching.

There is only one way to refer to the present tense in French: je regarde. This can be translated as both 'I watch', and 'I am watching'.

[e] - prnounced as in 'cheval'
[è] - pronounced as in 'frère'
[é] - pronounced as in 'répéter'
-er verb - a verb which has an infinitive form ending in -er
Present tense - describing an action that is currently happening, or an event that happens regularly