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Present Participle (2/2)

French: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 6.1.13

Present Participles with RE Verbs

The present participle of 'attendre' (to wait) translates as 'waiting'. The process for forming the present participle is:

1) Take the present tense 'nous' form

1) Take the present tense 'nous' form

  • Attendons
2) Take off the 'ons'

2) Take off the 'ons'

  • Attendons → attend
3) Add 'ant'

3) Add 'ant'

  • Attend → attendant

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