Famous people: -er verbs in the present tense | French

Starter quiz

Match the description to the correct pronoun.
- 1st person singular
  
  ⇔
  
  je ✓
- 2nd person singular
  
  ⇔
  
  tu ✓
- 3rd person singular
  
  ⇔
  
  il, elle ✓
- 1st person plural
  
  ⇔
  
  nous ✓
- 2nd person plural
  
  ⇔
  
  vous ✓
- 3rd person plural
  
  ⇔
  
  ils, elles ✓
Which is the correct order for numbers 1-12 in French?
- un, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix, onze, douze, deux
- un, deux, trois, neuf, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, dix, onze, douze
- un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, dix, sept, huit, neuf, six, onze, douze
- un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix, onze, douze ✓
- un, deux, quatre, huit, cinq, six, sept, trois, neuf, dix, onze, douze
Match the French and English.
- aimer
  
  ⇔
  
  to like, liking ✓
- travailler
  
  ⇔
  
  to work, working ✓
- créer
  
  ⇔
  
  to create, creating ✓
- habiter
  
  ⇔
  
  to live, living ✓
- passer
  
  ⇔
  
  to spend, spending (time) ✓
- penser
  
  ⇔
  
  to think, thinking ✓
Match the English with the French.
- the world
  
  ⇔
  
  le monde ✓
- clothes
  
  ⇔
  
  les vêtements ✓
- the country
  
  ⇔
  
  le pays ✓
- England
  
  ⇔
  
  l'Angleterre ✓
- a year
  
  ⇔
  
  une année ✓
- Ivory Coast
  
  ⇔
  
  la Côte d'Ivoire ✓
Which of the following verbs are in their 'je' form?
- gagner - gagne ✓
- jouer - jouent
- être - suis ✓
- chanter - chantez
- avoir - ai ✓
Match the correct verb infintive with its 'il, elle' form.
- rester
  
  ⇔
  
  reste ✓
- changer
  
  ⇔
  
  change ✓
- étudier
  
  ⇔
  
  étudie ✓
- être
  
  ⇔
  
  est ✓
- habiter
  
  ⇔
  
  habite ✓
- avoir
  
  ⇔
  
  a ✓

Exit quiz

Choose the missing number in each sequence.
- un, deux, quatre, cinq, six, sept
  
  ⇔
  
  trois ✓
- sept, huit, neuf, dix, douze
  
  ⇔
  
  onze ✓
- quatre, cinq, six, huit, neuf, dix
  
  ⇔
  
  sept ✓
- quatre, cinq, sept, huit, neuf
  
  ⇔
  
  six ✓
- un, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit
  
  ⇔
  
  deux ✓
- six, sept, neuf, dix, onze, douze
  
  ⇔
  
  huit ✓
Work out the equations.
- trois + six =
  
  ⇔
  
  neuf ✓
- deux x deux =
  
  ⇔
  
  quatre ✓
- douze - deux =
  
  ⇔
  
  dix ✓
- (onze - dix) + quatre =
  
  ⇔
  
  cinq ✓
- six + quatre + deux =
  
  ⇔
  
  douze ✓
- (douze - onze) x un =
  
  ⇔
  
  un ✓
Which pronoun is the first person singular?
- vous
- tu
- il, elle
- je ✓
- ils, elles
Regular present tense -er verbs in their 1st person singular form end in ...
- -es
- -e ✓
- -ons
- -ent
- -er
Which of the following verbs are irregular in the third person singular form?
- travailler
- être ✓
- avoir ✓
- penser
- danser
Which of the following verbs are in the third person singular form?
- ont
- crée ✓
- regardent
- est ✓
- reste ✓

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Key learning points

Numbers in French should be practised regularly as they come up in many contexts.
The 1st person singular of any verb is the 'je' form, the 3rd person singular is the 'il, elle' form.
To summarise a text written in the 1st person singular, we switch the verb forms to the 3rd person singular.
For regular -er verbs, these two forms are spelt the same, but for irregular verbs like 'être' they will be different.

Common misconception

The 1st person singular and 3rd person singular verb forms are always spelt the same.

The 1st and 3rd person singular verb forms are spelt the same for regular -er verbs, but for irregular verbs like 'être' and 'avoir' they are different.

Keywords

1st person singular - the 'je' form of the verb
3rd person singular - the 'il, elle' form of the verb