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-ir verbs

ALR Curated French Course -ir verbs

-ir verbs

Key Words & Phrases

Regular -ir verbs present tense endings

Finir - in the indicative present

Other common regular -ir verbs

Choisir
Réfléchir
Réussir

Common verbs conjugated like “tenir” and “venir”

appartenir – to belong to
contenir – to contain
devenir – to become
entretenir – to look after, to support
maintenir – to maintain
obtenir – to obtain
parvenir – to reach, to achieve
prévenir – to warn
retenir – to retain
soutenir – to support
souvenir – to remember

Learn

Regular -ir verbs

Irregular -ir verbs (up to 7.10)

Venir

Read

Lawless French: Regular -ir verbs

Lawless French: Irregular -ir verbs

Agir en français: All -ir verbs

Watch

Céline’s Easy French: Regular -ir verbs

Français Immersion: Regular -ir verbs

Rachèle DeMéo: Regular and irregular -ir verbs

Emilie Talpin: Verbs like “sortir”

Read

ThoughtCo: Regular -ir verbs

Love Learning Languages: regular -ir verbs

Ohlala I speak French: Regular -ir verbs

Ohlala I speak French: Irregular -ir verbs

Practice

Interactive Exercises

Tex’s French Grammar: practice regular -ir verbs

Tex’s French Grammar: practice “partir”, “sortir”, and “dormir”

CCSF: practice regular -ir verbs

Writing

Using one of the recommended resources to get writing feedback, respond to the prompt below.

Write at least five questions using -ir verbs you would ask to your pen pal Antoine, try to choose some regular and some irregular verbs. Do not focus too much on the meaning of the questions, as long as they are grammatically correct!

Speaking

Using one of the platforms for finding a tutor or language exchange partner, practice the speaking activities below.

Partner Speaking Exercise:

Ask your French-speaking partner the questions you wrote in the previous exercise, and listen carefully to their answers. Then, ask your partner to come up with questions using -ir verbs for you, and try to answer them.

Independent Speaking Exercise:

Practice conjugating -ir verbs by making sentences in the present tense with the verbs below. Try to make at least two sentences for each verb, using a different subject pronoun. Be careful: some of these are irregular!

Partir
Offrir
Choisir
Finir
Salir
Tenir

Check your answers on this website, by typing the infinitive of the verb from the list in the field and click “Conjuguer”. The results you are interested in will be on the top left, under “Indicatif / Présent”.