French 1 Quiz: Regular Er Verbs Present Tense
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Lisez cet extrait d'un courriel: « Bonjour! Je m'appelle Chloé. J'  à Paris avec ma famille. Nous   dans un appartement près du métro. »

The two missing verbs are 'habiter' (to live) conjugated for 'je,' and 'habiter' again conjugated for 'nous.' Which pair correctly fills both blanks in order?

habites / habitons
habite / habitons
habite / habitent
habites / habitez
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French 1 Quiz: Regular Er Verbs Present Tense

Practice Regular Er Verbs Present Tense in French 1 with focused quiz questions that help you check what you know, review explanations, and build confidence with test-style prompts.

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This quiz focuses on Regular Er Verbs Present Tense, giving you a quick way to practice the rules, question types, and explanations that matter most for French 1.

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Question 1

Lisez cet extrait d'un courriel: « Bonjour! Je m'appelle Chloé. J'  à Paris avec ma famille. Nous   dans un appartement près du métro. »

The two missing verbs are 'habiter' (to live) conjugated for 'je,' and 'habiter' again conjugated for 'nous.' Which pair correctly fills both blanks in order?

  1. habites / habitons
  2. habite / habitons (correct answer)
  3. habite / habitent
  4. habites / habitez
Explanation: When conjugating -ER verbs in French, the ending you attach depends entirely on the subject pronoun. For habiter, you must match the verb ending to whoever is performing the action — this is called subject-verb agreement, and it's one of the most tested skills in French 1. Here's the pattern for regular -ER verbs: je → -e, tu → -es, il/elle → -e, nous → -ons, vous → -ez, ils/elles → -ent. Notice that je and il/elle share the same ending (-e), while tu gets -es. In the passage, the first blank follows "je", so habiter becomes habite (drop -er, add -e). The second blank follows "nous", so habiter becomes habitons (drop -er, add -ons). That gives you habite / habitons — answer B, which is correct. Now, why are the others wrong? A) habites / habitons uses habites for the first blank, which is the tu (you, singular) form — not the je form. This is the most common trap: confusing je with tu because they sound similar in casual speech. C) habite / habitent gets the first blank right but uses habitent, which is the ils/elles (they) form — not nous. D) habites / habitez gets both blanks wrong: habites belongs to tu, and habitez belongs to vous (you, plural/formal). A quick memory tip: write out the full -ER conjugation chart and recite it until it's automatic. On French 1 exams, subject-verb agreement accounts for a huge portion of verb questions — knowing which ending matches which pronoun is non-negotiable.

Question 2

Un étudiant traduit la phrase anglaise suivante en français: 'My brother and I study a lot.' Il écrit: « Mon frère et moi   beaucoup. »

The student must conjugate 'étudier' (to study). Which conjugation correctly completes the translation?

  1. étudie
  2. étudions (correct answer)
  3. étudient
  4. étudiez
Explanation: When conjugating French verbs, your first step is always to identify the subject — the person or thing performing the action. Here, the subject is "Mon frère et moi" (my brother and I), which combines two people: a third party and the speaker. In French, when you combine any person with "moi" (me/I), the result is a first-person plural subject, equivalent to "nous" (we). That means you need the nous form of étudier. For regular -er verbs like étudier, the nous conjugation drops the infinitive ending and adds -ons: étudi + ons = étudions. This confirms that B) étudions is correct. Here's why the other choices miss the mark: A) étudie is the first-person singular (je) or third-person singular (il/elle) form — it fits "I study" or "he studies," but not a plural subject like "my brother and I." C) étudient is the third-person plural (ils/elles) form, used for "they study." This is a tempting trap because "mon frère et moi" sounds like it could be "they," but whenever moi is part of a compound subject, French grammar treats it as nous, not ils. D) étudiez is the second-person plural (vous) form, meaning "you (all) study" — there's no vous in this sentence. A handy tip: whenever you see a compound subject that includes moi, automatically think nous → -ons. Write it in the margin before you even look at the answer choices.

Question 3

Luc et Sophie sont frères et sœurs. Luc dit: « Ma sœur et moi, nous   souvent à des jeux vidéo le soir. »

Luc is conjugating the verb 'jouer' to complete his sentence. Which form is grammatically correct AND spelled correctly?

  1. jouons (correct answer)
  2. jouez
  3. jouent
  4. joeons
Explanation: When conjugating a verb in French, you need to match the verb ending to the subject pronoun. Here, the subject is nous ("my sister and I"), which means you need the nous form of jouer. To conjugate regular -er verbs like jouer, you drop the -er ending and add the appropriate ending for each pronoun: je joue, tu joues, il/elle joue, nous jouons, vous jouez, ils/elles jouent. For nous, the ending is always -ons — giving you jouons, which makes A the correct answer. Here's why the other choices miss the mark. B) jouez is the vous form, used when speaking to a group or formally to one person — not appropriate for nous. C) jouent is the ils/elles form, used for third-person plural subjects like "they" — but Luc is speaking about himself and his sister as nous, not describing them from the outside as ils. D) joeons is simply a misspelling that doesn't exist in French — there is no -oe- combination in -er verb conjugations, so this is a invented form designed to look plausible but is grammatically and orthographically wrong. A helpful tip: whenever you see nous as the subject, the verb ending is almost always -ons for regular verbs (and many irregular ones too). Memorizing the nous → -ons pattern is one of the most reliable rules in French conjugation, and spotting the subject pronoun first will always steer you toward the right ending.

Question 4

A student wants to say 'You (formal/singular) speak French very well' in French. Which sentence is correct?

  1. Tu parles très bien le français.
  2. Vous parlent très bien le français.
  3. Vous parlez très bien le français. (correct answer)
  4. Vous parle très bien le français.
Explanation: When speaking French, one of the first things you need to master is matching your subject pronoun to both the formality of the situation and the correct verb conjugation. This question tests both at once. In French, there are two ways to say "you" in the singular: tu (informal, used with friends or family) and vous (formal or polite, used with strangers, authority figures, or in professional settings). Since the question asks for the formal/singular "you," vous is required — which immediately eliminates choice A. Now, with vous, the verb parler must be conjugated as parlez. This is the standard -ER verb conjugation pattern for vous: drop the infinitive ending and add -ez. So the correct sentence is Vous parlez très bien le français — confirming that C is correct. Looking at the wrong answers: A uses tu parles, which is grammatically correct French but uses the informal "you," not the formal one the question specifies. B uses vous parlent — a critical error, because parlent is the third-person plural conjugation (ils/elles), not the vous form. Mixing vous with a third-person ending is a very common mistake. D uses vous parle, which is the third-person singular conjugation (il/elle), making it doubly wrong. A handy tip: memorize the full conjugation of parler as your model for all regular -ER verbs — je parle, tu parles, il/elle parle, nous parlons, vous parlez, ils/elles parlent. Getting this pattern solid will save you on many future questions.

Question 5

Marie écrit dans son journal: « Aujourd'hui, mes amis et moi   au café après les cours. »

Which conjugation correctly completes Marie's journal entry, where she is describing an activity she and her friends do together?

  1. mange
  2. mangeons (correct answer)
  3. mangez
  4. mangent
Explanation: When conjugating French verbs, your first step is always to identify the subject — who is performing the action? In Marie's journal entry, she writes "mes amis et moi," meaning "my friends and I." This compound subject combining moi (me) with others always translates to nous (we) in French, which requires the nous form of the verb. For regular -er verbs like manger (to eat), the nous conjugation is formed by dropping the -er and adding -ons, giving you mangeons. Notice the extra e before the -ons — this is a small but important spelling adjustment to preserve the soft g sound, which is a quirk specific to -ger verbs. So B) mangeons is the correct answer. As for the wrong choices: A) mange is the je/il/elle form, used for a single person — Marie alone, or one friend, not the group together. C) mangez is the vous form, used when speaking directly to someone (or a group you're addressing), not when describing what "we" are doing. D) mangent is the ils/elles form, which would mean "they eat," referring to the friends without Marie — but since Marie includes herself with "mes amis et moi," she's part of the group, making nous the right call. A handy tip: whenever you see "[people] et moi" in a French sentence, mentally replace the whole phrase with nous before choosing your verb form. This saves time and prevents the common trap of defaulting to ils/elles.

Question 6

Un professeur demande à ses étudiants de compléter la phrase suivante: « On   souvent dans ce restaurant parce que la nourriture est délicieuse. »

A student must conjugate 'dîner' (to dine) to complete the sentence. The subject is 'on.' Which answer is correct?

  1. dînons
  2. dînez
  3. dîne (correct answer)
  4. dînent
Explanation: When conjugating regular -ER verbs in French, your first step is always to identify the subject pronoun, because each pronoun has its own unique ending. The tricky pronoun here is "on," which is frequently misunderstood by new learners. "On" is a third-person singular pronoun — even though it often translates to "we" or "people" in English, it grammatically behaves exactly like il or elle. That means you drop the -er from dîner and add -e, giving you dîne. So the completed sentence — "On dîne souvent dans ce restaurant parce que la nourriture est délicieuse" — means "We often dine at this restaurant because the food is delicious." Answer C is correct. Now let's look at why the other choices miss the mark. Answer A, dînons, is the nous form (we). This is the most common trap: because "on" often means "we," students reach for the "we" conjugation — but grammatically, "on" is singular, not plural. Answer B, dînez, is the vous form (you all/you formal), which applies to a completely different subject pronoun and has no connection here. Answer D, dînent, is the ils/elles form (they), which is third-person plural — again, "on" is third-person singular, so this ending is incorrect. A handy tip: whenever you see "on" as the subject, mentally replace it with "il" before conjugating. If it works with il, it works with on — they always share the same form.

Question 7

Deux amis discutent de leurs habitudes. Amélie dit: « Est-ce que tu   souvent? » et Thomas répond: « Oui, je   presque tous les jours. »

Both blanks require the verb 'dessiner' (to draw). Which pair of conjugations correctly fills both blanks in order?

  1. dessines / dessine (correct answer)
  2. dessine / dessines
  3. dessinons / dessinent
  4. dessinez / dessine
Explanation: When conjugating French verbs in the present tense, you need to match the verb ending to the subject performing the action. The key here is identifying who is speaking in each sentence. In the first blank, Amélie is asking Thomas a question using "tu" (you, informal singular). In the second blank, Thomas responds about himself using "je" (I). So you need the tu-form first, then the je-form of dessiner. For regular -ER verbs like dessiner, the present tense endings follow a predictable pattern: je → -e, tu → -es, il/elle → -e, nous → -ons, vous → -ez, ils/elles → -ent. Applying this: tu dessines and je dessine — which makes option A the correct answer. Option B reverses the pair (dessine / dessines), giving you the je-form for the tu-question and the tu-form for Thomas's self-response — the subjects and endings are mismatched. Option C uses dessinons (nous/we) and dessinent (ils/they), neither of which matches "tu" or "je" — these subjects don't appear in the dialogue at all. Option D uses dessinez, which is the vous-form (formal or plural "you"), and while the second blank (dessine) would actually be correct for "je," the first blank is wrong because Amélie is speaking casually to a friend, making "tu" the appropriate register, not "vous." A useful tip: always locate the subject pronoun before choosing a verb form. In conversation-based questions, pay attention to who is speaking and who is being addressed — these shift with every turn.

Question 8

Which of the following is the correct present-tense conjugation of 'commencer' (to begin) for the subject 'nous,' keeping in mind French spelling conventions for -cer verbs?

  1. commençons (correct answer)
  2. commençez
  3. commençent
  4. commenceons
Explanation: When conjugating -cer verbs in French, you need to watch for a spelling convention: the letter c must stay soft (pronounced like an s) in front of every vowel. In French, c is naturally soft before e and i, but it becomes hard (like a k) before a, o, and u — unless you add a cedilla (ç) to keep it soft. This matters for commencer because the nous ending is -ons, which starts with o. Without modification, writing commençons looks wrong to some learners, but it's actually exactly right. The cedilla on the ç preserves the soft /s/ sound before the o, giving you commençons — answer A, which is correct. Looking at the wrong choices: B (commençez) uses the vous ending -ez instead of nous — it's the wrong subject entirely, even though the cedilla is correctly applied. C (commençent) uses -ent, which is the ils/elles (third-person plural) ending, not nous — another subject mismatch. D (commenceons) correctly uses the nous ending but drops the cedilla, leaving a hard c before o, which would make it sound like "commenkeons" — a pronunciation error and a spelling rule violation. A helpful memory trick: for any French verb ending in -cer, ask yourself whether the next letter is a, o, or u. If yes, swap the c for ç. This rule applies across all -cer verbs like placer, lancer, and avancer, so mastering it once pays off many times.

Question 9

Which of the following sentences contains an error in the conjugation of a regular -er verb?

  1. Elles regardent la télévision ensemble chaque soir.
  2. Nous écoutons de la musique dans la voiture.
  3. Il travailles beaucoup pour ses examens. (correct answer)
  4. Tu cherches tes clés depuis ce matin.
Explanation: When conjugating regular -er verbs in French, the endings change depending on the subject pronoun. For the present tense, the pattern is: je (-e), tu (-es), il/elle (-e), nous (-ons), vous (-ez), ils/elles (-ent). Memorizing this chart is essential for spotting conjugation errors quickly. The error appears in C: "Il travailles beaucoup pour ses examens." The subject is il (third-person singular), which requires the ending -e, making the correct form travaille. The ending -es belongs to tu, not il. This is a classic mix-up between second and third-person singular forms — they look similar, but the extra -s in travailles is a dead giveaway that something is wrong. The other three sentences are all correctly conjugated. A uses regardent with elles (third-person plural), which correctly takes the -ent ending. B uses écoutons with nous, which correctly takes -ons. D uses cherches with tu, which correctly takes -es — and unlike option C, the subject and ending actually match here. A useful strategy: whenever you see a conjugated -er verb, mentally check the subject pronoun and run through your endings chart. The most common traps on French-1 exams involve mixing up il/elle (-e) and tu (-es), since students sometimes add an extra -s to third-person forms by habit. If the ending has an -s and the subject is il or elle, that's your red flag.