Verb drill
Dès que + future: practise “as soon as” in French
Practise dès que in routines, past events and future plans. Change the verbs, check future perfect forms and compare as soon as with since.
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Dès que means “as soon as”. For a future plan, French uses a future tense after it: Je répondrai dès que j’aurai le temps means “I’ll reply as soon as I have time”.
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| When | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| A routine | Dès que je termine, je préviens mon équipe. | As soon as I finish, I let my team know. |
| A completed sequence | Dès que j’ai terminé, j’ai prévenu mon équipe. | As soon as I finished, I let my team know. |
| A future plan | Dès que je serai prêt, je préviendrai mon équipe. | As soon as I am ready, I will let my team know. |
| Completion before the next step | Dès que j’aurai terminé, je préviendrai mon équipe. | As soon as I have finished, I will let my team know. |
English keeps “finish” in the future translation. French marks the future in the time clause too. Use the future perfect to make completion clear: j’aurai terminé. Form it with the future of avoir or être plus the past participle. With elle sera arrivée, the participle agrees with elle.
Enter only the missing verb or verb group. The first part practises future forms. In the second part, each hint names the tense you need. Keep accents: prévient and préviendra are different forms.
1 · Future plans: use the future simple
- Dès que tu le temps, appelle-moi. (avoir, future simple)
- Je te préviendrai dès que je la date. (savoir, future simple)
- Dès qu’ils prêts, nous commencerons. (être, future simple)
- Nous répondrons dès que nous le faire. (pouvoir, future simple)
2 · A routine, a past event or a completed future step
- D’habitude, dès que Léa termine, elle son équipe. (prévenir, present)
- Hier, dès que nous avons reçu sa réponse, nous Léa. (appeler, passé composé)
- Demain, dès que vous la préparation, nous commencerons. (finir, future perfect)
- Dès que Léa demain, nous pourrons commencer. (arriver, future perfect)
As soon as, or since?
Dès que le cours commence, je coupe mon téléphone.
As soon as the class starts, I switch my phone off.
The start triggers an action.
Depuis que je suis ce cours, je comprends mieux le français.
My French comprehension has improved since I started taking this course.
The situation extends across the period since the start.