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What is a verb?• A ‘doing’ word

Why do we use them?• To describe an action by us or

someone else

e.g. (in English) I play tennis with my friends which bit of the sentence is the verb?

the word ‘play’

• When you look up a verb in the dictionary, it is given in the infinitive– This is the name of the verb– In English, we use the word ‘to’...

•e.g. to play; to drink; to read• In French, there are 3 categories of

infinitives-er, -ir and -re

In French, there is a certain structure in which you write verbs. This is so you can say who is doing the action.

• jeje I• tutu you (singular or informal)• il/ elle/ onil/ elle/ on he/ she/ we

• nousnous we• vous vous you (plural or formal)• ils/ ellesils/ elles they (boys/ girls)

singular

plural

-er verbs – e.g. habiter

• -e j’habite• -es tu habites• -e il / elle habite• -ons nous habitons• -ez vous habitez• -ent ils habitent

With –er verbs, take away the ‘er’ from the end, and then add the following endings:-

habiter