Present participles
What Present participles means in French GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
French words ending in ant that match English words ending in 'ing', where the infinitive of the verb is a listed word.
Forms made by adding the termination [α˜] to the stem of listed verbs, such as mangeant and gémissant.
Topics that use Present participles
- Near-cognates (AQA GCSE)
- Using common patterns between French and English (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Adjective agreement
- Adjective endings
- Articles and determiners
- Consonant substitutions
- Definite articles
- Grammatical markers
- Impersonal expressions
- Listening comprehension strategies
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