Present Tenses - Made easy

How to form present tenses with ease

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Er Verbs

With the ending of er verbs, you must change this ending to make it present tense.

Je - with Je you change the ending to e

Tu - with Tu you change the ending to es

Il/Elle - with Il/Elle you change the ending to e

Nous - with nous you change the ending to ons

Vous - with vous you change the ending to ez

Ils/Elles - with Il/Elles you change the ending ent

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Ir verbs

With the ending of ir verbs, you must change this ending to make it present tense.

Je - with Je you change the ending to is

Tu - with Tu you change the ending to is

Il/Elle - with Il/Elle you change the ending to it

Nous - with nous you change the ending to sons

Vous - with vous you change the ending to sez

Ils/Elles - with Il/Elles you change the ending ent

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Re Verbs

With the ending of re verbs, you must change this ending to make it present tense.

Je - with Je you change the ending to s

Tu - with Tu you change the ending to s

Il/Elle - with Il/Elle you do not add anything, after removing Re

Nous - with nous you change the ending to ons

Vous - with vous you change the ending to ez

Ils/Elles - with Il/Elles you change the ending ont

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Comments

Emma Woolf

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I think this is wrong, I got the information from another slide and simplified it. But if its right, YEY 

Get Revising Moderator 2

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Nope, this is definitely right. Simple and clear explanation, well done!

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