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Verbs & tenses
Conjugation tables, drills and explanations for every tense you need.
ArticleC1
Et lui de rire: how the French narrative infinitive tells an event
Read et lui de rire as a narrative event. Identify its actor, compare de + infinitive complements and requests, then check four short examples.
Cheat sheetB1
French past infinitive: useful patterns and eight sentence questions
Practise après avoir fini, être arrivées and nous être levés. A compact reference, actor checks and eight questions make the past infinitive usable.
Practical guideA1
French reflexive verbs: forms, uses and word order
Learn French reflexive verbs: me, te and se, present and past forms, negatives and commands, with examples and a nine-question quiz.
QuizA2
What did you do yesterday?
Ten passé composé questions on helpers, participles and agreement, each with an explanation of the right answer.
Conjugation tableA1
Lire conjugation: lis, lisons, lu and lirai
Learn lire in the present, passé composé, imperfect, future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative. Check lis, lisons and lu with form-recall exercises.
Verb drillA2
Avoir in the imparfait: practise j’avais, nous avions and more
Practise all six imparfait forms of avoir, then complete eight sentences about age, hunger, fear and possession. Includes examples and a short check.
Gap-fillA1
French A1 gap-fill: Sunday at the animal shelter
A short French story about volunteering at an animal shelter. Fill present-tense verbs: nourrir, nettoyer, promener, jouer, adopter. Check and read the translation.
ArticleB1
Can French keep the present after il a dit que?
Compare elle travaille and elle travaillait after a past reporting verb. Read two short exchanges and check what each version tells you about now.
Cheat sheetA1
Avoir in the present: forms, age and everyday expressions
Learn j’ai, tu as, il a, nous avons, vous avez and ils ont. Use avoir for belongings, age, hunger and thirst, then check five sentence choices.
Practical guideA2
The imparfait in French: forms, uses and examples
Learn the imparfait in French: stems, endings, spelling, past habits and descriptions, with examples, common mistakes and a nine-question quiz.
QuizB1
Possible, probable or certain? French subjunctive quiz
Compare je doute que, il est possible que and il est probable que. Study the construction pairs, then choose the right mood in eight French questions.
Conjugation tableA2
Entendre conjugation: entends, entendons and entendu
Learn entendre in seven everyday tense and mood tables, from j’entends to j’ai entendu, then recall the forms in short sentence drills and a quiz.
Verb drillB2
French past subjunctive: forms and eight sentence drills
Build the French past subjunctive with avoir or être, compare completed and ongoing actions, and practise agreement and negatives in eight sentences.
Gap-fillA2
French A2 past-tense gap-fill: a cooking lesson ends early
Complete twelve passé composé forms as a cooking student makes a mistake and starts again. Practise reflexive verbs, auxiliaries and agreement.
ArticleB2
Passé simple or imparfait? Read the events and the background
Read French narrative through paired examples: complete events, ongoing scenes, long durations and repeated visits, with four reading questions.
Cheat sheetA1
Peux, veux or dois? French present modals at a glance
Choose pouvoir, vouloir or devoir for ability, wishes and obligation. Compare all six forms, useful negatives and five short questions.
Practical guideB1
French si clauses: a proofreading checklist with worked repairs
Check if versus whether, then choose the condition and result tenses. Worked repairs cover open conditions, hypotheses and a past-to-present result.
QuizA2
Parle or parles? Ten questions on final s in French commands
Choose parle, vas-y, manges-en and va en acheter. Ten explained questions test when an -er tu command loses s and when an attached pronoun adds it.
Conjugation tableA2
Finir conjugation: finis, finissons and fini in seven tables
Conjugate finir across seven tenses and moods. Practise the -iss- present plural, fini in the compound past, future forms and finir de + infinitive.
Verb drillB1
French gérondif formation: a nous-stem drill with exceptions
Build en parlant, en finissant and en prenant from the present nous form. Practise spelling changes, three exceptions and reflexive pronouns.
Gap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: a usual commute and one day by bike
Choose imparfait or passé composé in twelve gaps about a colleague cycling to work. Contrast a usual routine, background details and one completed journey.
ArticleA2
J’ai été or je suis allé? States, visits and French agreement
Compare j’ai été and je suis allé with clear examples of states and visits. Check été, allée and allées, then practise choosing the form the sentence needs.
Cheat sheetA2
Check French commands: endings, pronouns and hyphens
A practical French imperative cheat sheet: tu, nous and vous forms, irregular commands, negative order and vas-y, followed by eight questions.
Practical guideA2
How to write clear French instructions: a worked example
Write French instructions with consistent imperative or infinitive forms. Follow a form-return example, check pronouns and practise three short questions.
Conjugation tableA2
Être in the imparfait: all six forms, with practice
Learn j’étais, tu étais, il était, nous étions, vous étiez and ils étaient. Check adjective agreement and practise the six forms in short sentences.
Verb drillA2
Finir or partir? Practise two French -ir present patterns
Compare finir and partir in a six-person table, then practise -iss- forms, short singular stems and infinitives in a two-part drill.
Gap-fillB1
Si j’avais su: fill in a different past in French
Complete a missed-meeting story with si + plus-que-parfait and the past conditional. Practise both auxiliaries, negatives and feminine agreement.
ArticleB2
Fatiguant or fatigant? French participles and verbal adjectives
Compare fatiguant les élèves with des journées fatigantes. Check agreement, four spelling pairs and a short editorial scene before a five-question quiz.
Cheat sheetB2
French present participle: the nous stem, -ant and three exceptions
Form parlant, prenant, ayant, étant and sachant, then use the bare present participle in notices and descriptions with five short practice questions.
Practical guideA2
The passé composé in French: forms, uses and examples
Learn the passé composé in French: avoir or être, past participles, agreement and word order, with examples and a nine-question quiz.
Conjugation tableA1
Écrire conjugation: écris, écrivons and écrit
Find all seven key écrire tables and practise the écriv- plural stem, écrit in the passé composé, écrirai in the future, and short email examples.
Verb drillB1
French past infinitive: build avoir fait and être parti
Build the French past infinitive with avoir or être, then practise earlier actions, reflexive pronouns, negatives and participle agreement.
Gap-fillB1
Déjà, jamais or pas encore? A plus-que-parfait gap-fill
Follow Léa’s first night-train journey. Choose already, never, not yet and again in an eight-gap story, with a reference table and translation.
ArticleA2
Finir de or finir par? Finish an activity or eventually do it
Finir de lire means finish reading; finir par lire means eventually read. Compare one novel, a book-club exchange and four questions on de and par.
Cheat sheetA2
French imperative formation: tu, nous and vous on one sheet
Form French commands with tu, nous and vous. Compare regular verbs, aller, être, avoir and savoir, then choose instructions for three situations.
Practical guideA1
The French present tense: forms, uses and examples
Learn the French present tense: regular endings, essential irregular verbs, spelling and everyday uses, with examples and a nine-question quiz.
