Year 3 What I and others do: singular regular -er verbs worksheet

“In class: -er verbs” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 3 French unit “What I and others do: singular regular -er verbs”, for children aged 7 to 8, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 25 to 30 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

In class: -er verbs

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 3 · French · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can spot an -er infinitive and say its ending with a bright ay sound.

A Look back3 min

1.
Circle the French word for this number.
quatresixneuf
2.
Circle the French word for this number.
sixneufsept
3.
Circle the French word for this number.
sixsepthuit

B Watch me, then you4 min

A teacher says a word at the start of a sentence. Look at how we work out what it means.

A small radio sitting on a classroom shelf beside some books

Watch me

écouter ends in -er, so it is an infinitive.

At the start of a sentence, we usually say ‘listening’.

Say the ending like ‘ay’: ay-coo-TAY.

Now you

1.
The sentence starts with parler. It means:
speakingto speakspeaks

C Your turn6 min

Each sentence starts with an -er verb. Circle what it means at the start of a sentence.

A classroom desk with a pencil case, a closed book and a pot of pens.

1.
The sentence starts with écouter. It means:
listeningto listenlistens
2.
The sentence starts with parler. It means:
speakingto speakspeaks
3.
The sentence starts with répéter. It means:
repeatingto repeatrepeats
4.
The sentence starts with utiliser. It means:
usingto useuses

Say it out loud: What stayed the same in every row, and what changed?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A classroom radio on a desk beside a small plant

Ola says: “Écouter ends in -er like ‘colder’, so the ending sounds like ‘er’.”

1.
How should the -er in écouter sound? Explain in a few words.

E Think deeper3 min

A classroom shelf holding books, a clock and a globe

1.
Pick one more -er verb from this sheet. Say what it means at the start of a sentence. Tell your grown-up how you know it is an infinitive.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

In class: -er verbs · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. quatre

2. neuf

3. six

B

1. speaking, to speak

C

1. listening, to listen

2. speaking, to speak

3. repeating, to repeat

4. using, to use

D

1. Look for: Says the -er sounds like ay, the same as the é in répéter, not er as in colder. If your child says the ending sounds like ‘er’, play the word and ask them to copy the ay sound. Then ask: does the ending sound like the é in répéter?

E

1. Look for: Names one -er verb from this sheet, gives an English meaning such as listening or to listen, and says the -er ending shows an infinitive.

1. Look for: A feeling word such as happy, unsure or proud, with a short reason.

Words to use

Say“Read the verb, then say the ending with a bright ay sound. StudyDen plays the French words aloud in the app.”

Instead of“Tell them the English word straight away and move on.”

After the sheet

Say a mix of words, such as parler, chat, répéter, livre and écouter. Give each -er verb a bright ay ending. Ask your child to clap only when they hear an -er ending.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Two English meanings(with a plan)
I and you at school(with a plan)
Who Does What?(with a plan)
Le, la or l'?(with a plan)
She and he at parties(with a plan)

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