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Exercise B1
Complete the table with the present participle and the gerund of the verbs.
Infinitive |
Present Participle |
Gerund |
perdre |
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marcher |
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lire |
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écrire |
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réfléchir |
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Complete the sentences with the present participle of the verbs in brackets.
- C’est une chambre (donner) sur la rue.[It’s a room facing the street.]|nous donnons → donnant
- J’ai lu un livre (passionner) .[I read an exciting book.]|nous nous passionnons → passionnant
- Ne (voir) pas le panneau, elle se gare au mauvais endroit.[Not seeing the sign, she parked in the wrong place.]|nous voyons → voyant
- Nous cherchons une personne (parler) anglais.[We’re looking for an English-speaking person.]|nous parlons → parlant
- C'est une coïncidence (troubler) .[It’s a worrying coincidence.]|nous nous troublons → troublant|Here the present participle is used as an adjective, so must agree in gender and number with the noun (une coïncidence)|feminine singular = add -e
Choose between the present participle, the past participle or the perfect participle to complete the sentences.
- Martin est (tomber) dans la piscine.[Martin fell in the pool.]|Sentence in the passé composé → past participle
- Ce film (effrayer) m’a fait crier.[This scary film made me scream.]|Adjectif verbal describing the noun ce film → present participle
- Jeanne (oublier) les clefs de l’appartement, nous dormîmes dans la voiture.[Since Jeanne had left the keys in the apartment, we slept in the car.]|Expressing one past action that happened prior to another (first Jeanne forgot the keys, then they slept in the car) → perfect participle
- (partir) tôt, ils furent seuls sur la route.[Since they had left early, they were all alone on the road.]|Expressing one past action that happened prior to another (first they left early, then they were on the road): perfect participle|We can also omit the auxiliary être and just use the past participle here → partis
- Ton seau est (trouer) ![Your bucket has a hole!]|Adjective form of the verb trouer → past participle