Present tense of -er verbs, with its subject
CEFR A1 · part 1
edumaterial's parts within the level. The European framework does not subdivide them.
Accents and the cedillaPlacing é, è, ê and ç correctly, and knowing that in French an accent changes the sound…Gender that does not match your languageChoosing le or la for nouns whose gender does not match your own language.Negating with ne … pasPlacing both halves of the negation around the verb, and not doubling it.Être and avoir, and telling your ageConjugating être and avoir in the present, and using avoir where French requires it…The plural you cannot hearMarking the plural where it shows —the article and the written -s— even though you…Numbers from 70 to 99Reading and writing the numbers from 70 to 99, which French builds by adding: 70 =…The rule, in three lines
-er verbs drop the ending and add -e, -es, -e, -ons, -ez, -ent. French has no continuous tense: je parle means both «I speak» and «I am speaking».
The usual slip. Building «je suis parlant» for «I am speaking». That form does not exist in French.
Why it catches you out. English already requires a subject, so you will not make the other three's mistake. Yours is the opposite one: English has I am working and French does not. Je suis travaillant is not French.