Conversations: verbs like 'prendre' and 'dire' | French

Starter quiz

Match the French and English pronouns.
- je
  
  ⇔
  
  I ✓
- tu
  
  ⇔
  
  you ✓
- il
  
  ⇔
  
  he ✓
- elle
  
  ⇔
  
  she ✓
'Être' means to be or being. Match the pronoun and the verb.
- je
  
  ⇔
  
  suis ✓
- tu
  
  ⇔
  
  es ✓
- il, elle
  
  ⇔
  
  est ✓
'Avoir' means to have or having. Match the pronoun and the verb.
- j'
  
  ⇔
  
  ai ✓
- tu
  
  ⇔
  
  as ✓
- il, elle
  
  ⇔
  
  a ✓
'Faire' means to do, make. Complete: Complete: je fais, tu fais, il, elle ______
- 'fait' ✓
'Montrer' is an -er verb and means to show. Complete: je montre, tu montres il, elle ______
- 'montre' ✓
Choose the correct English translation: J'aime regarder des films avec ma famille.
- I watch films with my family.
- I like to watch films with my family. ✓
- I like films with my family.
- I like to watch films with my friends.

Exit quiz

Which words have the [(a)in] sound?
- maintenant ✓
- certain ✓
- magasin ✓
- univers
- animal
Match the French and the English.
- dire
  
  ⇔
  
  to say, tell ✓
- prendre
  
  ⇔
  
  to take ✓
- apprendre
  
  ⇔
  
  to learn ✓
- comprendre
  
  ⇔
  
  to understand ✓
Fill in the gap with the appropriate word: L'anglais c'est difficle ! Je fais souvent des ______.
- vérité
- erreurs ✓
- comprendre
- dire
- facile
Fill in the gap with the appropriate word: Pour un examen, j'aime ______ des notes pour réviser.
- facile
- comprendre
- dire
- vérité
- prendre ✓
Order the singular forms of the verb dire: I (1), you (2), he (3), she (4)
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  je dis
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  tu dis
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  il dit
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  elle dit
How do you say 'she takes' in French?
- 'elle prend' ✓

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Key learning points

The SSC [(a)in] is pronounced as in the French word 'train'.
'Je dis', 'tu dis' and 'il, elle dit' are the singular forms of the -re verb 'dire', to say, saying.
'Je prends', 'tu prends', 'il, elle prend' are the singular forms of the -re verb 'prendre', to take.
The same verb endings can be applied to the -re verbs 'apprendre', to learn, and 'comprendre', to understand.

Common misconception

The verbs 'dire' and 'prendre' have the same verb endings.

‘Dire’ and ‘prendre’ are high frequency -re verbs that have slightly different endings from each other, and from the most common -re pattern of endings.

Keywords

[(a)in] - sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) pronounced as in ‘train’
Dire - French -re verb meaning 'to say, to tell'
Prendre - French -re verb meaning 'to take'