Study Guide - Le Collège Champagneur
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Study Guide - Le Collège Champagneur
Study Guide Subject pronouns: I You He (Man) She (Woman) It (Object, animal, concept) We They (People and objects) The simple present When we use it The present tense describes a habit, routine, or a fact (une habitude, une routine ou un fait) Key words How we conjugate it words generally used for the present tense: (les mots qui indiquent que le verbe est au présent) NEVER, ALWAYS, SOMETIMES, RARELY, OFTEN, USUALLY Ex: play I Play You Play He* Plays She* Plays It* Plays We Play You Play they play Exceptions To be = am / is / are To have (3rd person singular) = has *Rule for the third person singular 1. for verbs that end with "Y" preceded by we remove the "Y" and add "IES" a consonant (b,d,c,f,h,j,k,l,etc.) ex: I study – he studies N.B. For verbs that end with "Y" but, that aren't preceded by a consonant, we just add "s" Ex: he plays 2. For verbs that end with "S","SH","CH","X","Z", and "O", we add "ES" ex: She fixes 3. For the other verbs, we just add "S" Simple present - Negative 2 ways 1. TO BE: - You just add "not" after the verb To be – negative Contracted form I am not You are not He/she/it is not We are not You are not … You aren't He/she/it isn't We aren't You aren't They are not They aren't 2. THE REST (DO) - Just put do not/ don't before the verb ex: you go = you don't go - If the verb ends with an "S", put "does not" or "doesn't" before the verb ex: he goes = he doesn't go NEGATIVE FORM (Regular and contracted) I do not go You do not go He does not go She does not go It does not go We do not go You do not go They do not go I don't go You don't go He doesn't go She doesn't go It doesn't go We don't go You don't go They don’t go Present Continuous When we use it We use the present continuous for an action that is happening as we speak. (Nous utilisons ce temps de verbe pour decrier une action qui est en train de se produire) Key words - Now - Presently - At the moment How we use it We just add "am-is-are" in front of the verb and add "ING" at the end of the verb Simple present vs present continuous I go = I am going You speak = you are speaking He reads = he is reading NEGATIVE FORM We just add "not" after the "to be" auxiliary Ex: I am not going You aren't speaking Articles ( a, an, or nothing) 1.) ''A'' is used before a consonant. Example: Mike eats a strawberry. 2.) ''An'' is used before a vowel. Example: Adam eats an apple. 3.) Nothing is used for the plural form, sports, proper names, school subjects, countries or languages. examples of words that don't use articles: - school subjects (ex: geography,math) - languages, countries, cities (ex: English, Italy, Montreal) - sports (ex: baseball, hockey) - general concepts (ex: life, love, death, school) Plurals Basic rule 1. Most words take an “S” at the end 2. words that end with “Y” preceded by a consonant change the “Y” for “IES” 3. Words that end with “S”, “X”, “SH”, “CH”, “Z” and sometimes “O” use “ES” 4. Some irregular plurals: man = men mouse = mice woman = women child = children foot = feet goose = geese tooth = teeth - La plupart des mots prennent un “S”. - Les mots qui se terminent par un “Y” précédé d’une consonne prennent IES à la place du « Y » - Les mots qui se terminent par S,X, SH,CH, et parfois O (Tomatoes, potatoes, volcanoes, tornadoes) prennent ES Certains pluriels sont « irréguliers » man = men woman = women foot = feet tooth = teeth mouse = mice child = children goose = geese