Une rencontre : verbs like connaitre in present tense | French

Starter quiz

Complete the sentence : The ______ tense is used to describe what is happening now.

'present' ✓
Select the sentence in the present tense.

Je vais connaitre Paris !

Je connais Paris ! ✓

J'ai connu Paris !

Je connaissais Paris !

Je connaitrai Paris !
Translate the following sentence into French: Today I am going to the shopping centre in town .

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aujourd'hui

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je

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vais

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au

5

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centre commercial

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en

7

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ville
What is the third person singular form of the verb 'connaitre'? Il/elle/on ...

'connait' ✓
Match the infinitives to their meaning in English.

connaitre

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to know, to be familiar with ✓

accepter

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to accept, to admit ✓

se disputer

⇔

to argue, arguing ✓

rire

⇔

to laugh, laughing ✓

exprimer

⇔

to express, expressing ✓

promettre (à ... de)

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to promise (someone) (+verb), promising (someone) (+verb) ✓
Which words can be used for people?

ami ✓

cravate

fille ✓

étranger ✓

salaire

Exit quiz

What is the third person plural conjugation of 'connaitre'?

'connaissent' ✓
Which verbs are conjugated in the same way as 'connaitre' in the present tense?

naitre ✓

devoir

savoir

apparaitre ✓

disparaitre ✓
What is the spelling ending for the 'vous' form of verbs that end 'aitre' in the present tense?

'aissez' ✓
Choose the correct name for this accent: ô

acute

cedilla

circumflex ✓

grave
Which of the words have a closed [o] sound?

contrôle ✓

rose ✓

porte

photo ✓

homme
Match the verb forms together.

je connais

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I know, I am familiar with ✓

tu apparais

⇔

you appear, you are appearing ✓

il parait

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he appears, seems ✓

nous disparaissons

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we disappear, we are disappearing ✓

vous connaissez

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you know, you are familiar with ✓

elles naissent

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they are being born ✓

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Key learning points

Connaitre is conjugated as follows in the present tense: connais, connais, connait, connaissons, connaissez, connaissent
Verbs like connaitre are disparaitre, apparaitre, paraitre, naitre.
An [o] sound can be open, as in 'porte', or closed, as in 'photo'. An [ô] is a closed sound.

Common misconception

The letter 'o' is consistently pronounced in French words.

An 'o' sound can be open or closed. 'O' is open when it is followed by a consonant (votre). 'O' is closed when it is written with a circumflex (ô), it is the last sound in a syllable (trop) or is followed by a 'z' sound (rose).

Keywords

Present tense - describes habitual events in the present: 'I do'
Closed [o/ô] - pronounced as in 'photo'
Open [o] - pronounced as in 'porte'