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En + present participle This icon indicates the slide contains activities created in Flash. These activities are not editable. This icon indicates that the slide contains sound. For more detailed instructions, see the User Guide presentation.
En + the present participle 2 En + the present participle is used most often to say “while ...ing”: Il est tombéen peignantle mur.– He fellwhilepaintingthe wall. Il s’est fait mal au brasen jouantau tennis. – He hurt his armwhileplaying tennis.
En + the present participle 3 In English, we do not always have to use the word while: Il s’est fait mal au poignet enfaisantdu skate. – He hurt his wrist skateboarding.
ant ant ant En + the present participle 4 To form the present participle: 1. take the nousform of the verb 2. remove the nous 3. remove the -ons and add -ant nous mange ons nous pren ons nous finiss ons
En + the present participle 5 Only a few verbs have an irregular present participle: Luckily, you will probably not need to use these often! 1 être – to be en étant – (while) being 2 avoir – to have en ayant – (while) having 3 savoir – to know en sachant – (while) knowing