For the exams you will need to have these four verbs off like nobody’s business….They form the basis for many phrases in French and of course for the Passé Composé they are key.
avoir, aller, faire, être….if you don’t know these – you’re on the wrong bus!
Click here for some tests on french verbs. See what you think…do you really know them ?
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For the next few days I will be travelling (very busy) so there are no plans to conduct the online grind this week. Keep the emails and forum entries coming and I will try to anwer as many as possible.
Today I decided to go back to basics. I feel that a lot of students haven’t maybe paid attention in class say back in first year and are flapping about since. In French, as I’m sure you must now by now, there are certain rules that seem to crop up everywhere and spoil the party for those in the dark….
I have met Leaving Cert students scrambling about weeks before their exam who have not grasped the points below. Now these are the very foundations of French so if you are bored already maybe its time to start Applied Metalwork instead….
Now if you have 10 minutes I want you to learn just three things. Not just learn – I want you to understand. Le and la.
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Starting next Wednesday 11th of November you can access online grinds for free. Simply register with WizIQ and they will send you a reminder email with a link to the class. You can click on this email next Wednesday at 8:00 PM and you will be brought into the online class. You will need a headset (headphones+microphone – so you can ask a question if you want) and also a webcam. Nothing else! The grind will last about 40 minutes and we will go through some of the topics that cause the most grief to students.

Class Link with WiziQ
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