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Regular Verbs

Infinitive Present Past Past participle French

1 To add add(s) added added additionner
2 To ask ask(s) asked asked demander
3 To boil boil(s) boiled boiled bouillir
4 To burn burn(s) burned burned brûler
5 To change change(s) changed changed changer
6 To close close(s) closed closed fermer
7 To count count(s) counted counted compter
8 To cross cross(es) crossed crossed traverser
9 To dance dance(s) danced danced danser
10 To drop drop(s) dropped dropped échapper
11 To earn earn(s) earned earned se mériter ($)
12 To end end(s) ended ended terminer
13 To enter enter(s) entered entered entrer
14 To excuse excuse(s) excused excused excuser
15 To fill fill(s) filled filled remplir
16 To finish finish(es) finished finished finir
17 To help help(s) helped helped aider
18 To hope hope(s) hoped hoped espérer
19 To hurry hurry(ies) hurried hurried se dépêcher
20 To invite invite(s) invited invited inviter
21 To jump jump(s) jumped jumped sauter
22 To knock knock(s) knocked knocked frapper
23 To land land(s) landed landed atterrir
24 To last last(s) lasted lasted durer
25 To learn learn(s) learned learned apprendre
26 To like like(s) liked liked aimer
27 To live live(s) lived lived vivre/habiter
28 To look look(s) looked looked regarder
29 To mail mail(s) mailed mailed poster
30 To need need(s) needed needed avoir besoin
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Infinitive Present Past Past participle French

31 To paint paint(s) painted painted peindre/peinturer
32 To part part(s) parted parted séparer
33 To pick pick(s) picked picked ramasser
34 To place place(s) placed placed placer
35 To play play(s) played played jouer
36 To point point(s) pointed pointed pointer
37 To pour pour(s) poured poured verser
38 To pull pull(s) pulled pulled tirer
39 To push push(es) pushed pushed pousser
40 To rent rent(s) rented rented louer
41 To rest rest(s) rested rested se reposer
42 To rush rush(es) rushed rushed se hâter
43 To save save(s) saved saved sauver/épargner
44 To seem seem(s) seemed seemed sembler
45 To smoke smoke(s) smoked smoked fumer
46 To spell spell(s) spelled spelled épeler
47 To stop stop(s) stopped stopped arrêter
48 To talk talk(s) talked talked parler
49 To thank thank(s) thanked thanked remercier
50 To touch touch(es) touched touched toucher
51 To try try(ies) tried tried essayer
52 To turn turn(s) turned turned tourner
53 To use use(s) used used utiliser
54 To wait wait(s) waited waited attendre
55 To walk walk(s) walked walked marcher
56 To want want(s) wanted wanted vouloir/désirer
57 To wash wash(es) washed washed laver
58 To watch watch(es) watched watched regarder
59 To wish wish(es) wished wished souhaiter
60 To work work(s) worked worked travailler
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Irregular verbs

Infinitive Present Past Past participle French

1 To be am/are/is was/were been être
2 To beat beat(s) beat beat battre
3 To become become(s) became become devenir
become
4 To begin begin(s) began begun commencer
5 To bite bite(s) bit bitten mordre
6 To bleed bleed(s) bled bled saigner
7 To blow blow(s) blew blown souffler
8 To break break(s) broke broken briser
9 To bring bring(s) brought brought apporter
10 To build build(s) built built bâtir
11 To burn burn(s) burned burnt(ed) brûler
12 To burst burst(s) burst burst éclater
13 To buy buy(s) bought bought acheter
14 To catch catch(es) caught caught attraper
15 To choose choose(s) chose chosen choisir
16 To come come(s) came come venir
17 To cost cost(s) cost cost coûter
18 To creep creep(s) crept crept ramper
19 To cut cut(s) cut cut couper
20 To dig dig(s) dug dug creuser
21 To do do(es) did done faire
22 To draw draw(s) drew drawn dessiner
23 To drink drink(s) drank drunk boire
24 To drive drive(s) drove driven conduire
25 To eat eat(s) ate eaten manger
26 To fall fall(s) fell fallen tomber
27 To feed feed(s) fed fed nourrir
28 To feel feel(s) felt felt (se) sentir
29 To fight fight(s) fought fought (se) battre
30 To find find(s) found found trouver
31 To fly fly(ies) flew flown voler
32 To forbid forbid(s) forbade forbidden interdire
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Infinitive Present Past Past participle French

33 To forget forget(s) forgot forgotten oublier
34 To forgive forgive(s) forgave forgiven pardonner
35 To freeze freeze(s) froze frozen geler
36 To get get(s) got got(ten) obtenir
37 To give give(s) gave given donner
38 To go go(es) went gone aller
39 To grow grow(s) grew grown croître
40 To hang hang(s) hung hung (sus)pendre
41 To have have/has had had avoir
42 To hear hear(s) heard heard entendre
43 To hide hide(s) hid hidden cacher
44 To hit hit(s) hit hit frapper
45 To hold hold(s) held held (main)tenir
46 To hurt hurt(s) hurt hurt blesser
47 To keep keep(s) kept kept garder
48 To know know(s) knew known savoir/connaître
49 To leave leave(s) left left quitter/partir
50 To lend lend(s) lent lent prêter/passer
51 To let let(s) let let laisser
52 To lose lose(s) lost lost perdre
53 To make make(s) made made fabriquer
54 To mean mean(s) meant meant vouloir dire
55 To meet meet(s) met met rencontrer
56 To pay pay(s) paid paid payer
57 To put put(s) put put mettre
58 To read read(s) read read lire
59 To ride ride(s) rode ridden aller en/à
60 To ring ring(s) rang rung sonner
61 To rise rise(s) rose risen (s') élever
62 To run run(s) ran run courir
63 To say say(s) said said dire
64 To see see(s) saw seen voir
65 To seek seek(s) sought sought chercher
66 To sell sell(s) sold sold vendre
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Infinitive Present Past Past participle French

67 To send send(s) sent sent envoyer
68 To set set(s) set set placer/préparer
69 To sew sew(s) sewed sewn coudre
70 To shake shake(s) shook shaken secouer
71 To shine shine(s) shone shone briller
72 To shoot shoot(s) shot shot tirer/fusiller
73 To show show(s) showed shown montrer
74 To shrink shrink(s) shrank shrunk rétrécir
75 To shut shut(s) shut shut fermer
76 To sing sing(s) sang sung chanter
77 To sink sink(s) sank sunk couler
78 To sit sit(s) sat sat (s') asseoir
79 To sleep sleep(s) slept slept dormir
80 To slide slide(s) slid slid glisser
81 To smell smell(s) smelt smelt sentir
82 To speak speak(s) spoke spoken parler
83 To spend spend(s) spent spent dépenser
84 To split split(s) split split diviser
85 To stand stand(s) stood stood être debout
86 To steal steal(s) stole stolen dérober/voler
87 To stick stick(s) stuck stuck coller
88 To sting sting(s) stung stung piquer
89 To sweep sweep(s) swept swept balayer
90 To swim swim(s) swam swum nager
91 To take take(s) took taken prendre
92 To teach teach(es) taught taught enseigner
93 To tell tell(s) told told dire/raconter
94 To think think(s) thought thought penser
95 To throw throw(s) threw thrown jeter/lancer
96 To understand understand(s) understood understood comprendre
97 To wake wake(s) woke woken s'éveiller
98 To wear wear(s) wore worn porter
99 To win win(s) won won gagner
100 To write write(s) wrote written écrire
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Prepositions

 Une préposition est un mot placé devant un nom pour préciser un contexte.

Sens et utilisations Exemples

À peu près He's about 6 feet tall.

About Environ It's about 2 o'clock.
Au sujet de We talked about you.

Autour de I'll walk around the block.

Around
Vers I'll meet you around 6 pm.
À (heure/âge) We always eat at 5:30 pm.
At À, au (endroit ponctuel) I'll wait at the bus stop.
We ate at McDonald's.

Par He went by this road.

D'ici, avant I'll finish my homework by 5 pm.
By À, au (quantité) They buy their meat by the pound.
En, à (transport) We came by bus.
Presqu'à côté de He lives by the sea.

For Pour This gift is for you.

Pendant (temps) I waited for two hours.

De, du, des I come from Quebec City.

From Provenance This letter is from Sam.

En, dans (dates) In September 2001, two planes…

In À, en, dans (lieu) She's in hospital.
À, au (ville, pays) I live in St-Jovite, in Canada.

Dans (mouvement) I saw a man going into your house.

Into En (changement) Jesus turned water into wine.
Translate into English.

De, du, des (possession) The pen of Eric is blue.

Of En, de (matériaux) The house is made of wood.

À, au (déplacement) I go to school every day.

To
À, au (attribution) He gave it to me.

Jusqu'à They waited until he arrived.

Until Avant (temps) I won't be ready until next week.
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A. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate preposition.

1. I walked for two hours.

2. We ate St-Hubert. We were finished 8 o'clock.
3. He slowly walked the door.
4. They were here noon.
5. The children ran the table.
6. The party is 5 pm to 8 pm.
7. We always shop Adrenaline.
8. This gift is me. I bought it you.
9. Brian is hospital. He ran a chair and broke his leg.
10. It should be completed the weekend.
11. This new t-shirt is Samantha.
12. The show starts 8 pm.
13. Where do you come ?
14. The name my mother is Diane.
15. I was born 1990.
16. She travels plane.
17. She turns her old jeans shorts.
18. She comes London.
19. They rented a cottage the cliff.
20. They lived France 10 years.
21. The car crashed the house.
22. I will not be able to finish next week.
23. This is the doll my sister.
24. She likes talking music.
25. Windows are made glass.
26. She was there three hours.
27. It happened me.
28. She will be here 5 minutes. Wait her.
29. Nancy has to work 9 o'clock.
30. They went Florida last year.
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Plural of nouns

Terminaison Exemples

cat  cats
Noms réguliers S tree  trees
pencil  pencils

kiss  kisses
Mots finissant box  boxes
par: SS, CH, SH, ES ash  ashes
X, O and Z. echo  echoes
Tomato  tomatoes
kimono  kimonos
Mots étrangés S photo  photos
finissant par: O sombrero  sombreros

leaf  leaves
knife  knives
Mots finissant VES
wolf  wolves
par le son F
half  halves
thief  thieves

Mots finissant key  keys

parY précédés S valley  valleys
d'une voyelle

Mots finissant study  studies

IES lady  ladies
parY précédés
d'une consonne victory  victories

child  children
changent man  men
Pluriels
complètement woman  women
irréguliers
mouse  mice
die  dice

Noms collectifs Ne changent pas Voir p. 24

du tout
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A. Write the plural of the following words.

1, wife 27. mouse

2. tooth 28. tomato
3. victory 29. potato
4. salesman 30. copy
5. echo 31. piano
6. shoe 32. company
7. sheep 33. boy
8. purse 34. fly
9. train 35. thief
10. safe 36. donkey
11. solo 37. meal
12. sugar sugar 38. room
13. class 39. concert
14. cafeteria 40. fruit
15. door 41. chief
16. teacher 42. valley
17. copybook 43. deer deer
18. ox 44. information
19. woman 45. cliff cliffs
20. sister 46. house
21. leaf 47. knowledge
22. child 48. duck
23. cat 49. vegetable
24. face 50. garbage
25. goose 51. die
26. foot 52. hero
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Simple Future

Simple Progressive Perfect Perfect

Modes Progressive
Present Present Present Present
Past Past Past Past
Tenses
Future Future Future Future
Conditional Conditional Conditional Conditional

 Utilisation du simple future

Le simple future exprime:

a) Une décision prise sur le fait.

Ex: I'll get it.

I will repair your car tomorrow.

b) Une probabilité avec si (présent passé).

Ex: If you behave, you'll have a gift.

c) Une prédiction.

Ex: It will rain tomorrow.

I think they will be absent.

d) Une action future certaine (Verb to be + going to).

Ex: I'm going to go to Montréal this weekend.

You are going to eat at 5 o'clock tonight.
She is not going to call you tomorrow.

N.B. Le simple future se traduit généralement par le futur simple de l'indicatif ou le

futur proche:

Futur indicatif: J'irai à Montréal...

Futur proche: Je vais aller à Montréal...
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Subject Will Verb (infinitive) Object

Contraction

I I'll
You You'll work tomorrow.
Affirmations
He He'll
She She'll will be present.
It It'll
We We'll go to Montreal.
You You'll
They They'll

Subject Will Not Verb (infinitive) Object

Contraction
work tomorrow.
Negations I
You will won't not be present.
She
They go to Montreal.

Auxiliary Subject Verb (infinitive) Object

Yes/no they work tomorrow?

questions
Will you be present?

he go to Montreal?

Question Auxiliary Subject Verb Object

word (infinitive)
Information work
questions Where will you go tomorrow?
be

 Mots clés: Tomorrow/next/in…

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A. Conjugate the verbs in the simple future using the subject in brackets.

1. To play (I)

2. To go (you)

3. To sleep (he)

4. To wait (she)

5. To pull (we)

6. To verify (you)

7. To be (I)

8. To stay (she)

9. To ask (you)

10. To laugh (they)

11. To write (you)

12. To push (we)

13. To cough (I)

14. To water (they)

15. To cry (he)

16. To swim (it)

17. To travel (you)

18. To work (she)

19. To display (you)

20. To whistle (I)

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B. Conjugate the verbs in the simple future.

1. If you study, you (to have) good marks.

2. I think Peter (to win) the race.

3. They don't think they (to stay) home.

4. When Sarah (to go) to the party?

5. If we arrive too late, we (to miss) the show.

6. Finally, I don't think I (to buy) this dress.

7. I (to try) to help you.

8. it (to be) sunny tomorrow?

9. Jamie (to like) your brother.

10. When you (to go) to Mexico?

11. If you walk under the ladder, you (to get) hurt.

12. I (to do) the laundry tomorrow.

13. She (to go out) with us next week.

14. Christine (to be, negation) alone.

15. Where you (to go) tomorrow?

16. We (to go, negation) to cinema.

17. How you (to get) there?

18. If you don't study, you (to have, negation) good marks.

19. I (to be) 13 years old next year.

20. She (to sing) at the show.

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C. Translate the following sentences into French or English.

1. Je vais dormir.

2. Pourquoi dormira-t-il?

3. Pourquoi est-ce qu'il dormira?

4. She'll come.

5. Will you talk ?

6. Tu ne viendras pas.

7. Nous quitterons.

8. You won't study.

9. Will we talk?

10. Conduiront-elles?

11. Est-ce qu'elles partiront?

12. Il ne dormira pas (le chien).

13. She is going to study.

14. Vous ne mangerez pas.

15. Quitteront-elles?

16. Will they be at school?

17. Elle ne cuisinera pas.

18. Where will she skate?

19. Ils ne vont pas dormir.

20. Will he cook?

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21. Vous étudierez.

22. J'aurai 13 ans.

23. Elles ne boiront pas.

24. We won't go to cinema.

25. She will drink.

26. Je vais aller à Vancouver.

27. Will you paint your house?

28. Si tu cours, tu vas tomber.

29. Will they be present?

30. Nous étudirons.

31. Je ne vendrai pas ma bicyclette.

32. Why will you be absent?

33. It will be sunny tomorrow.

34. Il n'ira pas à Montréal.

35. She won't drive.

36. Où irons-nous demain?

37. Ils ne mangeront pas ici.

38. Je vais jouer au football.

39. If you sleep, you'll miss the bus.

40. Je vais passer mon anglais.

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There will be

 There will be est la formule utilisée pour exprimer il y aura.

There Verb to be Object

(future)
Affirmations
a book on the table.
There will be
two books on the table.

There Verb to be No Object

(future)
Negations Contraction book on the table.
There will be won't no
be books on the table.

no

Will There Verb to be Object

Question a book on the table?

Will there be
books on the table?

no

A. Use the correct form of there will be.

1. someone at the door in 2 minutes?

2. many policemen in our city next summer.

3. flowers on the table tomorrow?

4. many mistakes in your sentence if you write too fast.

5. two cars in the parking lot tonight.

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B. This is the house of your dreams. Describe this picture using there will be. Use
negations too.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

C. Translate these sentences into French or English.

1. Y aura-t-il un crayon sur la table demain?

2. There will be 30 students in my group next year.

3. There will be a pool in my backyard.

4. Il n'y aura personne à la maison.

5. There will be animals at the zoo.