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ER Present Participles

French: AQA GCSE (2025 Exams), topic 4.1.17

Present Participles with ER Verbs

The present participle of 'parler' (to speak) translates as 'speaking'. The process for forming the present participle is:

1) Take the present tense 'nous' form

1) Take the present tense 'nous' form

  • Parlons
2) Remove the 'ons'

2) Remove the 'ons'

  • Parlons → parl
3) Add 'ant'

3) Add 'ant'

  • Parl → parlant

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