Present Participle

• To form, drop the -ons ending from the nous present tense and replace with -ant

Aller → all~~ons~~ → allant

Boire → buv~~ons~~ → buvant

Choisir → choississ~~ons~~ → choississant

Être → étant

Avoir → ayant

Savoir → sachant

• When used as verbs, present participles are usually the English equivalent of verbs ending in -ing. They typically precede the preposition en
  • Il lui a indiqué le chemin en regardant le plan du quartier
• Use the present participleto say what caused something or how something occurred
  • Gerald s’est cassé le bras en tombant du toit
• En + [present participle] can also mean that something is done as soon as something else happens
  • Il va téléphoner en arrivant a la gare.
• The expression tout en emphasizes that two actions occur simultaneously
  • Il conduit tout en mangeant un sandwich
• When a present participle is used as an adjective, it must agree in gender and number
  • Ces filles sont charmantes