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Verbs & tenses
Conjugation tables, drills and explanations for every tense you need.
ArticleB1
En faisant: does the French gérondif mean “while” or “by”?
Compare en + present participle for an accompanying action and a method. Use examples, a formation table, sentence practice and a four-question quiz.
Cheat sheetB1
French reported speech in the past: three tense shifts on one sheet
See present → imparfait, passé composé → plus-que-parfait and future → conditional in a clear timeline, then check six reported messages.
Practical guideA2
How to write about future plans in French
Build a short French message about future plans. Adapt a weekend model, compare two future forms and check si and quand with a quiz and checklist.
QuizC1
French literary tense quiz: 12 questions on forms and meaning
Test passé simple, passé antérieur and literary subjunctives in twelve questions. Distinguish whole verb groups, passive voice and narrative time.
DialogueB1
Être sur le point de or en train de? About to versus already doing
Practise about to and in the middle of in a departure dialogue. Compare sur le point de, en train de and aller, with past-time examples.
Common mistakesB1
J’ai failli tomber: French “almost” and four easy mix-ups
J’ai failli means “I almost”, not “I failed to”. Follow a near miss, compare the actual outcomes and check failli plus an infinitive in three questions.
ReadingC1
Eût fait and fût parti: read the pluperfect subjunctive
Read a short literary scene with eût terminé and fussent partis. Compare modern paraphrases, passive forms and the accent in eut versus eût.
Sentence builderA2
Build near-future sentences with pronouns: je vais le faire
Je vais le faire, on va lui dire, tu vas les appeler: tap the tiles to put pronouns in the right place with the futur proche (aller + infinitive).
PhrasebookA2
Tu devrais: French advice you can give and answer
Give advice with tu devrais and vous devriez, suggest what to avoid, and answer naturally. Three short exchanges plus a form and meaning check.
Spot the mistakeA2
Spot the mistake: avoir or être in the passé composé
J'ai allé, elle a venue, nous avons resté: tap the wrong auxiliary in eight passé composé sentences, then review the être verbs and agreement.
Sorting gameA2
Which -er verbs change their spelling? Sort manger, appeler, acheter
Nous mangeons, il appelle, j'achète, nous commençons, je paie: sort sixteen -er verbs by the spelling change they need in the present tense.
Conjugation tableA1
Accepter: conjugate “to accept” and use accepter de
Learn accepter with seven tense tables and the pattern accepter de plus infinitive. Separate accepting an invitation from agreeing to do an action.
Verb drillA2
Venir and tenir in the present: conjugation drill
Practise venir and tenir with a complete present-tense table and 20 drill answers. Check viens, venons, viennent and distinguish origin from recent past.
Gap-fillA2
Venir de + infinitive: a French recent-past gap-fill
Use je viens de finir and nous venons d’arriver in a station reunion story. Practise venir forms, elision and the past viewpoint je venais de.
ArticleB1
Réussir à or essayer de: did the attempt work?
Compare trying and succeeding through a stuck-door scene. Learn essayer de and réussir à, meet four pictured objects, and test the outcome.
Cheat sheetB1
French present subjunctive formation: stems and endings
Build the French present subjunctive with a printable rule sheet: regular endings, two stems, irregular models, elision and four practice questions.
Practical guideB2
Shorter French sentences: keep the actor clear
Compare full clauses with gérondifs, participles and past infinitives. Check who acts, what happens first and when a full clause reads more clearly.
QuizA1
French present-tense quiz: ten subject and verb checks
Test French present endings, être, avoir, aller and faire, then tackle modals and reflexive verbs in ten questions with clear explanations.
DialogueB1
Je, vous and son in reported speech: who is speaking?
Follow Léa, Sami and Inès through a message relay. Practise je, vous, nous and possessives with a dialogue and four precise questions.
Common mistakesB1
Sortir, monter, passer: five auxiliary mistakes to fix
Compare going out with taking something out, going upstairs with carrying luggage up, and calling round with spending time. Five fixes and a quiz.
ReadingB2
French free indirect thought: whose “tomorrow” are you reading?
Read a B2 scene with free indirect thought. Follow Léa’s now and tomorrow, compare three ways to report a thought and answer four reading questions.
Sentence builderA2
Build reflexive verbs in the past: je me suis levé·e
Je me suis levée tôt, ils se sont rencontrés à Lyon: tap the tiles to build reflexive verbs in the passé composé, with être and agreement.
PhrasebookB1
Je voulais vous demander: polite French request openings
Use je voulais vous demander to open a current request. Practise short exchanges, choose tu or vous and distinguish voulais from conditional voudrais.
Conjugation tableA2
Se souvenir conjugation: je me souviens and je me suis souvenu
Learn se souvenir with its venir-family stems, être past forms and de complement. Seven tense tables, agreement examples, recall drills and a short quiz.
Verb drillA2
French verb practice: move from forms to useful sentences
Practise préparer, prendre and aller across present, completed past and near future. Fifteen sentence gaps test subjects, auxiliaries and infinitives.
Gap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: plus-que-parfait at a ten-year reunion
Fill twelve gaps in a reunion story. Use the plus-que-parfait for earlier events, the imparfait for background and the passé composé for the meeting.
ArticleB1
Je savais or j’ai su? Knowing and finding out in French
Compare je savais, j’ai su and je n’ai pas su répondre through a short conversation, a meaning table and four questions with explanations.
Cheat sheetB2
Il aura oublié: when the French future makes a guess
Compare il aura oublié with tomorrow’s future perfect. Five short rules and four questions show when French future forms express a present or past guess.
Practical guideA2
Passé composé vs imparfait: how to choose in French
Choose passé composé vs imparfait by meaning: completed events, background, habits and duration, with examples, mistakes and a nine-question quiz.
QuizB1
Plus-que-parfait quiz: 10 questions on forms, time and agreement
Test the French plus-que-parfait in ten contextual questions: auxiliaries, earlier events, negatives, reflexive verbs and participle agreement.
DialogueB2
Report French quotations faithfully: a dialogue to practise
Relay a wish, an offer and an instruction in French. Practise a dialogue, check time and pronoun changes, and keep each speaker’s meaning.
Common mistakesB1
French gérondif mistakes: who is doing both actions?
Fix dangling French gérondifs by naming the actor. Four corrections cover objects, passive clauses and two different people, followed by a short quiz.
ReadingB2
Reading French literary verbs: recognise vint, prit and eut fini
Read a short scene, recover six literary verb forms and compare eut with eût. Glosses, a form table and four questions keep meaning in view.
Conjugation tableA2
Voir conjugation: vois, voyons, vu and verrai
Conjugate voir in seven essential tenses and moods. Compare voyons, voyions and verrai, then practise the tricky forms with recall drills and a quiz.
Verb drillB1
French past-tense drill: turn a present-day account into a memory
Retell Clara’s day in the past. Choose imparfait for background and habits, passé composé for completed events, and keep the account’s sequence.
Gap-fillA2
French imparfait gap-fill: a childhood memory with 12 answers
Complete a childhood memory with 12 imparfait forms, including avais, était, commençaient and mangions. Translation and quiz included.
