Group 2 'IR' verbs: Past tense

This video tutorial covers the conjugation of second group IR verbs in French, focusing on their identification through present participle forms and conjugation in the past tense using auxiliary verbs. The tutorial provides examples with verbs like 'choisir' and offers practice sentences for better understanding. It emphasizes the importance of memorizing key verbs and understanding the conjugation patterns to effectively use them in sentences.

What is a key indicator that an IR verb belongs to the second group?

• It is a regular verb.

• Its present participle ends with 'issant'.

• It is used with the auxiliary verb 'avoir'.

• It ends with 'ir' in its infinitive form.

Which auxiliary verbs are used to conjugate second group IR verbs in the past tense?

• Avoir and être

• Avoir and faire

• Être and aller

• Faire and aller

How do you form the past participle of a second group IR verb?

• Add 'u' to the verb stem

• Add 's' to the verb stem

• Add 'i' to the verb stem

• Add 'é' to the verb stem

What is the past participle of 'choisir'?

• Choisait

• Choisi

• Chois

• Choisissant

Translate the sentence 'We have chosen a present for my brother' into French.

• Nous choisissons un cadeau pour mon frère.

• Nous avons choisi un frère pour mon cadeau.

• Nous choisissons un frère pour mon cadeau.

• Nous avons choisi un cadeau pour mon frère.

Which of the following verbs is NOT a second group IR verb?

• Partir

• Choisir

• Obéir

• Finir

What should you memorize to effectively conjugate second group IR verbs in the past tense?

• The future tense of all verbs

• The past participles of all verbs

• The auxiliary verbs 'avoir' and 'être' in the present tense

• The infinitive forms of all verbs