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