Practice some of the vocabulary from this song and its present tense verbs using these flashcards, games and exercises.

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Activities

Vocabulary Excercises

We have chosen 15 terms out of this song’s lyrics to form our vocabulary list, which can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice this vocabulary.

Vocabulary Flashcards – Learn the vocabulary from this song with our sets of French to English and English to French flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.

Vocabulary Games – Practice the vocabulary for this song using our memory and matching games and our word search puzzle.

Vocabulary Exercises – Fill in the missing vocabulary with drag and drop and fill in the blanks exercises.

Grammar Exercises

This song really provided almost nothing grammatically to be practiced, so we’ll work on present tense verbs, both regular and irregular. A refresher of the conjugations of all these verbs can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice these verbs.

Present Tense Verb Flashcards – Practice the present tense verbs in this song with our sets of French to English and English to French flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.

Present Tense Verb Games – Practice the present tense verbs in this song using our memory and matching games.

Present Tense Verb Exercises – Practice the present tense verbs in this song using our drag and drop, fill in, and highlighting exercises.

Resources

Vocabulary List

Term	Meaning	P of S	Context
aube	dawn, daybreak	fem noun	aube
bord	edge, rim; (river) bank	masc noun	bord
cachette	hiding place, hideout	fem noun	cachette
champ	field	masc noun	champ
douleur	pain	fem noun	douleur
faille	fault, rift; flaw	fem noun	failles
frôler	brush past/against; verge on, be close to, approach	reg verb	frôle
morceau	piece, bit, fragment	masc noun	morceaux
paupière	eyelid	fem noun	paupières
retenir	catch; hold on to, hold back	irreg verb	retenir
soigner	to treat; care for, look after; be a cure for	reg verb	soigner
souffle	breath; breeze, puff of wind, blast of air	masc noun	souffles
tordre	to wring, twist, contort	reg verb	tord
univers	universe	masc noun	univers
vide	emptiness, empty space, void, vacuum, nothingness	masc noun	vide

Present Tense Verbs

Regular Verbs

There are three types of regular verbs in French: ‘-er’, ‘-ir’ and ‘-re’. We see examples of ‘-er’ and ‘-re’ verbs in this song. Following are the regular verb endings:

Subject	-er	-ir	-re
1st person singular – je	-e	-is	-s
2nd person singular – tu	-es	-is	-s
3rd person singular – il, elle, on	-e	-it	–
1st person plural – nous	-ons	-issons	-ons
2nd person plural – vous	-ez	-issez	-ez
3rd person plural – ils, elles	-ent	-issent	-ent

-ER Verbs

Let’s look at an example ‘-er’ verb from this song. The verb ‘rester’ means ‘to remain’ or ‘to be left’.

	Singular	Plural
First person	je reste	nous restons
Second person	tu restes	vous restez
Third person	il/elle/on reste	ils/elles restent

Following are the other regular ‘-er’ verbs found in this song:

• frôler: brush past/against; verge on, be close to, approach
• décliner: weaken, sicken, become weaker; decline; reject, refuse; state, give
• éclater: to smash, break, crack; split, divide; pulverize; burst, explode, shatter; break out; erupt, come out
• retrouver: find; encounter, meet; get back; remember; get back (to)

-RE Verbs

Now let’s look at the one regular ‘-re’ verb found in this song. The verb ‘tordre’ means ‘to wring’, ‘to twist’ or ‘to contort’.

	Singular	Plural
First person	je tords	nous tordons
Second person	tu tords	vous tordez
Third person	il/elle/on tord	ils/elles tordent

Irregular Verbs

The following charts show the full present tense conjugations of the two irregular verbs found in this song.

être: to be

	Singular	Plural
First person	je suis	nous sommes
Second person	tu es	vous êtes
Third person	il/elle/on est	ils/elles sont

voir: to see

	Singular	Plural
First person	je vois	nous voyons
Second person	tu vois	vous voyez
Third person	il/elle/on voit	ils/elles voient