Conjugating verbs in French and in English. Verb A verb is an action word, a word of doing or being; it’s what you do! The infinitive is the “basic” verb.

Conjugating verbsin French and in English

Verb• A verb is an action word, a word of doing or

being; it’s what you do!

• The infinitive is the “basic” verb form, that goes at the top of the conjugation graphic organizer.

• All infinitives in English start with the word “to…”

• All infinitives in French end in –er, -ir, -re

Infinitive• At the top of your verb conjugation graphic

organizer, write the infinitive in French and in English.

• It should look like this:

être – to be(infinitive in French – infinitive in English)

Subject pronouns• The subject pronouns represent the person or

thing that is “verbing”; whoever or whatever is doing the verb action.

• First person is who is talking (I/we)

• Second person is who I’m talking to (you)

• Third person isn’t part of the conversation, they’re the one we’re talking about (he,she,it,they)

Subject Pronounssingular plural

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Subject Pronounssingular plural

1st person I je we nous2nd person

3rd person

Subject Pronounssingular plural

1st person I je we nous2nd person you tu you vous

3rd person

Subject Pronounssingular plural

1st person I je we nous2nd person you tu you vous

he / it il they ils3rd person she / it elle they elles

“one” on

Conjugation• When you conjugate the verb, you change

the verb so it “goes” with the subject.

• This is called “agreement”.

• If the verb doesn’t agree with the subject, the verb is not conjugated correctly:

“I are” is an example of incorrect conjugation;

“I am” is an example of agreement

Conjugation – getting startedOnce you have written the infinitives in French

and in English:

être – to be

Conjugation – setting upOnce you have written the infinitives in French

and in English:

être – to be

and you have written the subject pronouns:

je nous

tu vous

il ils

elle elles

on

ConjugationThen you need to write in the correct form of the

verb next to each subject:

je nous

tu vous

il ils

elle elles

on

ConjugationThen you need to write in the correct form of the

verb next to each subject:

je suis nous sommes

tu vous

il ils

elle elles

on

ConjugationThen you need to write in the correct form of the

verb next to each subject:

je suis nous sommes

tu es vous êtes

il ils

elle elles

on

ConjugationThen you need to write in the correct form of the

verb next to each subject:

je suis nous sommes

tu es vous êtes

il ils

elle est elles sont

on

Completed form:être – to be

je suis nous sommes

tu es vous êtes

il ils

elle est elles sont

on

Same verb…different chart