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Verbs & tenses
Conjugation tables, drills and explanations for every tense you need.
ArticleA2
Avoir or être: start with the verb
Choose avoir or être in the passé composé by looking at the verb, then check agreement with complete example sentences.
Cheat sheetC1
Fût, vînt, chantât: a French imperfect subjunctive reading sheet
Recognise the French imperfect subjunctive, compare literary and modern clauses, and distinguish fut from fût with five reading questions.
Practical guideB1
Planned, ongoing or complete? Check the action in French
Follow one message from a plan to a completed action. Compare French action-stage expressions, repair a misleading update and test three choices.
QuizA2
French imperative quiz: 10 checks on commands and pronouns
Test French commands with tu, nous and vous: parle, prenons, soyez, aie, vas-y and negative reflexive forms. Ten questions with explanations.
DialogueB1
French indirect yes/no questions: ask whether with si
Use si for indirect yes/no questions in a ten-line dialogue. Practise statement word order and see why si elle viendra is correct.
Conjugation tableA2
Répondre conjugation: réponds, répondons and répondu
Learn répondre in seven tenses and moods. Check réponds, répond, répondu and répondrai, then practise répondre à quelqu’un with pronouns and email examples.
Verb drillA2
French passé composé drill: sequence six actions from a completed day
Turn a six-event daily log into first-person passé composé sentences. Keep the order and practise regular participles alongside pris, fait, lu and écrit.
Gap-fillB2
French B2 gap-fill: reporting a promotion rumour and a decision
Complete 12 reporting and tense gaps as a promotion rumour becomes a confirmed decision. Distinguish conditional reports from facts, with translation.
ArticleA2
Imperative or infinitive? Two ways to write French instructions
Compare ouvrez with ouvrir in French instructions. See parallel steps, negative forms and reflexive pronouns, then choose a consistent pattern.
Cheat sheetA2
French imparfait formation: stems and endings at a glance
Build the French imparfait from nous in the present. Use a compact stem-and-ending reference, then practise regular forms, être and spelling changes.
Practical guideB2
French reported speech: check the day, viewpoint and deadline
Follow a Monday message into a Wednesday report. Check earlier actions, future-in-the-past promises, deadlines and time words with four questions.
QuizA2
Futur simple quiz: ten questions about your next steps
Test French future endings, irregular stems, negative order and future time clauses in ten questions about study and work, with explanations.
Conjugation tableB1
Obtenir conjugation: obtiens, obtenons, obtenu and obtiendrai
Learn obtenir with seven tables and recall checks. Compare obtien-, obten- and obtiennent, then practise obtenu, obtiendrai and que j’obtienne.
Verb drillB2
Vint, tint, devint: practise the venir and tenir past family
Recognise venir and tenir in the passé simple, then practise fourteen forms with prefixes, clear subjects and accent checks for vînmes and tîntes.
Gap-fillA1
French A1 gap-fill: the last customer at the bakery
Fill present-tense -er and common verbs in a short story at closing time: fermer, arriver, demander, rester, prendre. Instant checking and a translation.
ArticleB1
Je pouvais or j’ai pu? Past ability and a successful attempt
Compare available ability with a completed attempt: je pouvais, j’ai pu and je n’ai pas pu, plus the different meaning of il a pu oublier.
Cheat sheetA1
Faire in the present: forms and everyday expressions
Use fais, fait, faisons, faites and font for activities, tasks and weather. Compare il fait froid with j’ai froid, then answer five questions.
Practical guideB1
Write a French flashback: anchor, earlier action, return
Add a short flashback with the plus-que-parfait. Follow a library scene, compare event order with sentence order and practise returning to the main story.
QuizB1
French subjunctive quiz: ten forms and sentence choices
Try ten French subjunctive questions on regular endings, irregular forms, wishes, reactions and infinitives, with an explanation for every answer.
Conjugation tableB2
Accroître conjugation: accrois, accroissons and accru
Conjugate accroître in seven tenses and moods, including accroît, accroîtrons and accru. Practise increasing resources and skills in context.
Verb drillA2
French negative past drill: what happened and what did not
Turn a travel checklist into positive and negative passé composé pairs. Mix avoir and être, place ne…pas around the auxiliary and check participle agreement.
Gap-fillB1
French B1 conditional gap-fill: a trainee asks for a second chance
Complete twelve conditional forms in a workplace conversation. A trainee owns a scheduling mistake, explains a repair and asks for another chance.
ArticleB1
Une porte fermée: French past participles as adjectives
See fermé, ouvert, écrit and cassé describe everyday objects. Compare all four agreement forms, then choose the ending each noun needs.
Cheat sheetA2
Passé composé with être: allé, allée, allés or allées?
Choose the right written ending with être: a four-form table, clear subjects, polite vous and five questions on agreement and auxiliary choice.
Practical guideB1
The French subjunctive: forms, uses and examples
Learn the French subjunctive: when to use it, how to form it, irregular verbs and indicative contrasts, with examples and a nine-question quiz.
QuizA2
Negative passé composé: nine questions on ne and pas
Place ne, pas, jamais, rien and personne around a past-tense verb group. Nine questions also practise pronouns, pas encore and de after negation.
Conjugation tableA2
Savoir conjugation: common tenses, savoir vs connaître and sachant
Find every common tense of savoir, compare facts with familiarity, and practise je savais, j’ai su, que je sache and the participle sachant.
Verb drillB1
Infinitive or subjunctive? Follow the subjects in French
Compare je souhaite venir with je souhaite que tu viennes. Practise six infinitive frames and six clauses while keeping de where it belongs.
Gap-fillA2
What was happening? French imparfait and en train de
Complete a French scene with actions already in progress. Compare je travaillais and j’étais en train de travailler, then check the background–event contrast.
ArticleB1
Plus-que-parfait or passé composé? Tell events in order or look back
Compare a forward-moving account with a flashback. Paired life-story examples and four questions show when French needs an earlier-past viewpoint.
Cheat sheetC1
Passé antérieur: recognise eut fini and fut parti
Recognise the passé antérieur with a five-rule sheet, full auxiliary forms and five questions on literary sequence, agreement and accents.
Practical guideB1
Practise French conditional requests beyond je voudrais
Build conditional requests by changing the speaker, the action and the reply. Includes model exchanges, a practice checklist and three questions.
QuizB2
French verb viewpoint quiz: a plan, a guess or a result?
Twelve B2 questions on what French verbs tell you: future plans, past narration, inference, attempts and achieved results. Every answer is explained.
Conjugation tableA2
Irregular French commands: sois, aie, sache and veuillez
Learn the irregular French imperative sets for être, avoir and savoir, recognise veuillez, and choose the right command in a short quiz.
Verb drillB2
Comme si: French imparfait or plus-que-parfait drill
Complete twelve imagined comparisons with comme si. Use the timeline to choose an ongoing imagined state or an event imagined as already completed.
Gap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: a first night shift
Choose passé composé or imparfait in a short story about a nurse's first night shift. Background or event? Fill the gaps and check your choices.
