Key learning points

1. Accents can change the pronunciation of a letter in French. The SSCs [e], [è] and [é] make different sounds.
2. 'Manger' (to eat) and 'passer' (to spend) are two regular -er verbs.
3. In French, there is only one way to talk about things in the present tense: 'je regarde'.
4. In English, there are two ways to refer to the present: 'I watch' and 'I am watchin'.
5. Regular -er verbs have the following endings in the singular form: 'je' -e, 'tu' -es, 'il' -e and 'elle' -e.

Keywords

• [e] - pronounced as in 'cheval'

• [é] - pronounced as in 'répéter'

• [è] - pronounced as in 'frère'

• -er verb - a verb which has an infinitive form ending in -er

• Present tense - describing an action that is currently happening, or an event that happens regularly

Common misconception