Talking about ourselves

How do I describe myself?

Multiple Choice

What is a verb? Select the most accurate.

• A verb

• A subject

• A verb that is not conjugated and in its simplest form

• An action word

Multiple Choice

What is an infinitive? Select the most accurate.

• a verb

• an action word

• a verb that is not congugated and in its "generic" form

• a subject

Dropdown

What word is in front of English infinitives?​

Select answer

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Multiple Choice

What is an infinitive? Select the most accurate.

• a verb

• a subject

• an unconjugated verb in its "generic" form

• An action word

Parts of speech

What are the parts of speech in the following ?

I am blond.

Drag and Drop

I​

Placeholder

am​

Placeholder

blond​

Placeholder

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

subject

verb

adjective

Open Ended

Fill in the blank with a French adjective that describes you.

Frayer foldable

Fold your paper in half and then half again

After you fold twice into a 4 square, find the center of the paper. This will be the corner with 2 folded sides. Fold over a small triangle at this corner. It will create a diamond in the center of your four-square. This is where the word you are focusing on will go.

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​Infinitive

​Definition

​What it is

​What it is NOT

Why is it an important term?

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​Infinitive

​Definition

​What it is

​What it is NOT

Why is it an important term?

• a verb that is not conjugated

  • Rob to be blond. (doesnt' sound right)

• verb in general form

• English always has to in front of it

  • to eat, to have, to run, to talk...

• a verb with a subject/conjugated

  • Rob is blond.

• a verb without to in front of it

  • I run very fast.

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​Infinitive

​Definition

​What it is

​What it is NOT

Why is it an important term?

• a verb that is not conjugated

  • Rob to be blond. (doesnt' sound right)

• verb in general form

• English always has to in front of it

  • to eat, to have, to run, to talk...

• any language teacher uses this word.

• it is the form for looking up the
  meaning of a word

• it is used gramatically many ways

• a verb with a subject/conjugated

  • Rob is blond.

• a verb without to in front of it

  • I run very fast.

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​Infinitive

​Definition

​What it is

​What it is NOT

Why is it an important term?

• a verb that is not conjugated

  • Rob to be blond. (doesnt' sound right)

• verb in general form

• English always has to in front of it

  • to eat, to have, to run, to talk...

• any language teacher uses this word.

• it is the form for looking up the
  meaning of a word

• it is used gramatically many ways

• a verb with a subject/conjugated

  • Rob is blond.

• a verb without to in front of it

  • I run very fast.

An infinitive is a verbal consisting of the word to plus a verb (in its simplest "stem" form) and functioning as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

Multiple Choice

What is an infinitive? Select the most accurate.

• A verb

• A subject

• A verb in its simplest form. Not conjugated

• An action word

Open Ended

Respond to the question: Es-tu serieux?