French GCSE

Regular '-ir' and '-re' verbs

What Regular '-ir' and '-re' verbs means in French GCSE, as defined for AQA.

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Verb groups where the singular form ends in a silent consonant, as in 'il vend' with a silent 'd' and 'il finit' with a silent 't', while the plural introduces a pronounced consonant.

AQA · Using common patterns between French and English

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