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Teaching French - Grammar - Verbs

Verbs

A handy list of links to resources for teaching verbs

French Steps (Beginners)
Stage 2: Saying what you do. Grammar Tip: 1st and 2nd person endings of regular verbs. Common irregular verbs: être, aller, faire, avoir.
Stage 3: Asking about the food. Grammar Tip: How to say 'not'. How to say 'none' or 'not any'.
Stage 4: Understanding instructions. Grammar Tip: Negatives with ne...pas.
Stage 5: Taking the train. Grammar Tip: 3rd person endings of regular verbs.
Ma France (Post-Beginners)
Unit 1: Preview. Grammar Notes: The use of 'je' and 'vous' with the present tense; phrases with 'c'est'
Unit 2: Directions. Grammar Notes: Using verbs with 'vous': vous suivez... (you follow...), vous prenez... (you take...), vous traversez... (you cross...) etc.
Unit 5: Work. Grammar Notes: Verbs with je in the present tense (regular, irregular and reflexive) : je fais (I do), je travaille (I work), je suis (I am), je me lève (I get up).
Unit 8: Adventure sports. Grammar Notes: Imperatives (using vous); saying what must be done using on doit and il faut followed by a verb in the infinitive
Reportage (Intermediate)
Present participle
Imperative
Impersonal
Infinitives
Interrogative
Negative forms
Passive voice
Forms: Regular, irregular, reflexive

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