'On part pour la France' : -ir verbs like 'choisir' and 'partir'; adjectives | French

Starter quiz

Match these places in a town to their English translations.

la place

⇔

(town) square ✓

le magasin

⇔

shop ✓

le château

⇔

castle ✓

le bâtiment

⇔

building ✓

le lac

⇔

lake ✓

l'église (f)

⇔

church ✓
Which letter is normally added to an adjective to make it feminine?

'e' ✓
In which of the words below is the [s] or [ss] a soft sound?

saucisse ✓

magasin

maison

nécessaire ✓

salon ✓
Match these adjectives to their gender and number description.

hautes (high, tall)

⇔

feminine plural ✓

grand (big, tall)

⇔

masculine singular ✓

bonne (good)

⇔

feminine singular ✓

ouverts (open)

⇔

masculine plural ✓
Match these verbs to their English translations.

choisir

⇔

to choose ✓

finir

⇔

to finish ✓

nourrir

⇔

to feed ✓

partir

⇔

to leave ✓

sortir

⇔

to go out ✓

dormir

⇔

to sleep ✓
Make the noun, verb and adjective in the following sentence plural: 'Le magasin est petit.' (The shop is small.)

'Les magasins sont petits.' ✓

Exit quiz

Match these adjectives to their English translations.

célèbre

⇔

famous ✓

énorme

⇔

enormous ✓

gratuit

⇔

free ✓

joli

⇔

pretty, attractive ✓

nouveau

⇔

new ✓

beau

⇔

beautiful ✓
What is added to the adjectives 'beau' and 'nouveau' to make their masculine plural form?

'x' ✓
Match the verb endings for verbs like 'choisir' to the correct pronouns.

je

⇔

-is ✓

tu

⇔

-is ✓

il/elle/on

⇔

-it ✓

nous

⇔

-issons ✓

vous

⇔

-issez ✓

ils/elles

⇔

-issent ✓
In which of the following verbs do we hear the [s] or [ss] sound?

ils choisissent ✓

tu pars

je cours

nous finissons ✓
For verbs like 'partir', which letters do we remove to form the stem for the 'je', 'tu' and 'il/elle/on' forms?

-it

-tir ✓

-rtir
Fill in the gaps in the following sentence: 'Je __________ (choose) le théâtre parce que j’aime les bâtiments qui sont __________ (beautiful) et __________ (old).'

choisis - belles - vieux

choisit - beaux - vieilles

choisis - beaux - vieux ✓

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Key learning points

Adjectives often change their spelling for feminine and plural forms. Those ending in -e do not change in the feminine.
Adjectives beau, nouveau and vieux have feminine forms: belle, nouvelle and vieille. Beau and nouveau add -x in plural.
Many -ir verbs in the present follow the pattern of choisir: remove -ir and add -is, -is, -it, -issons, -issez, -issent.
Many -ir verbs follow the pattern of 'partir': remove -(t)ir and add: -s, -s, -t, -ons, -ez, -ent.
The sounds [i] like 'midi', [s/ss] like 'saucisse' and [r] like 'rue' are common in verbs like 'choisir' and 'partir'.

Common misconception

All -ir verbs follow the same pattern in the present tense, like -er verbs.

-ir verbs can be grouped into verbs like 'choisir', verbs like 'partir', verbs like 'venir' and verbs like 'ouvrir'. By learning the stem formation and endings for these four verbs, students should be able to use wide range of -ir verbs.

Keywords

Adjective - a word that describes and usually agrees in number and gender with a noun or pronoun
Choisir - an example of a common group of -ir verbs, meaning ‘to choose’
Partir - an example of a common group of -ir verbs, meaning ‘to leave’