Animal quiz time….

1. Animal quiz time…. Le 9 Mai

2. Take out your verb list: • pouvoir • vouloir • rire

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4. * pay

5. Write a summary of 17; read 18 • Online edition of Le Petit Prince is here. AP link to listening to accompany practice exam are here.  • Note on present participles and their very limited USE

6. Notes present participle- VERBALS • PRESENT PARTICIPLES* • Take the nous form of the verb ; drop –ons and add –ant • Verb”ing” parlant=speaking *ayant=having *étant=being • *sachant=knowing changeantcommençant • Use these forms with the preposition EN and no other preposition. Remember this is NOT a verb form instead this is an adjective type verbal or a gerund verbal • M. Ed est un cheval parlant. La fille souianteSachant est important! • Try these : Watching Waiting Working Living • Remember these can only be Adjectives(agree with the noun being described) or Nouns in French language. • EN= while, by, during, wearing, upon…. • *There are 3 irregular present participles: ayant, étant, and sachant

7. COMPOSED PARTICIPLES • Use the present participle of avoir or êtreas the helping verb + a past participle • note: please remember that this is a compound tense and therefore agreement rules apply • ayant vu= having seen • étanttombée=having fallen • Upon having lost the game, they…. • Having heard the truth, he…..

8. What verbal does one use with all other prepositions? • The INFINITIVE or past infinitive! • After all prepositions except en and après use the infinitive of past infinitive regardless of what we use in English! • Without talking = sans parler • Instead of saying= au lieu de dire • Before starting= avant de commencer • -French adjectives may never be followed directly by an infinitive, either à or de will split them. • use de after an adjective of feeling • use à after an adjective not describing a feeling • Not applicable if the subject is it • with ce as a subject, use à • with il/elle as a subject, use de • Il est bon de vous voir. • C’est bon à vous voir.