Porter et Mettre

Porter et Mettre

By Tracey Salinas

Verbs to use with Clothing Vocab

Porter and Mettre​

• Porter--to wear

  • Ex: Je porte un pantalon bleu. (I wear/am wearing blue pants)​

• Mettre--to put/to put on

  • Ex: Je mets mes bottes. (I put on my boots)​

Let's learn how to conjugate and pronounce them!

Multiple Choice

Which verb means to wear?

• Porter

• Mettre

Multiple Choice

What does mettre mean?

• To wear

• To put/put on

Je Porte

Tu portes

il/elle on porte

Nous portons

Vous portez

ils/elles portent​

add these endings:

Je: -e

Tu: -es

Il/elle/on: -e ​

Nous: -ons

Vous: -ez

Ils/elles: -ent​​

Drop the -er

To Conjugate Porter:

Here it is:

Multiple Choice

He wears

• il porte

• elle porte

• tu portes

• Je porte

Multiple Choice

You (formal/plural) wear

• tu portes

• nous portons

• vous portez

• ils portent

Fill in the Blanks

I wear/ am wearing Je

Fill in the Blanks

we wear/ are wearing= nous

​Je mets

Tu mets

Il/elle on met

Nous mettons

Vous mettez

Ils/elles mettent​

add these endings:

Je: -s

Tu: -s

Il/elle/on: nothing

Nous: -ons

Vous: -ez

Ils/elles: -ent​​

Drop the -re

To Conjugate Mettre:

Here it is:

Multiple Choice

I put on my shoes

• je mets mes chaussures

• je porte mes chaussures

• il met ses chaussures

• tu mets tes chaussures

Multiple Choice

He puts on

• il met

• elle met

• nous mettons

• ils mettent

Multiple Choice

They (m) put on

• il met

• ils mettent

• elles mettent

• elle met

Fill in the Blanks

Which verb means to wear?

Fill in the Blanks

Which verb means to put/to put on?