These first five sentences all contain verbs. A verb is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence. For example: run, walk, eat, be – these are all verbs.
Remember that in order to make a French sentence negative, we put “ne” in front of the verb and “pas” after it. “Ne” becomes “n” before a word beginning with a vowel.
In the five sentences below, the verbs are all in bold.
Je suis à la plage.
Vous êtes en ville.
Tu es à l'usine.
C'est un livre.
Ce sont des stylos.
The next three are not sentences with verbs. Remember that “pas” can be used alone in short statements.
mal.
beaucoup.
lundi.
