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Verbs & tenses
Conjugation tables, drills and explanations for every tense you need.
Conjugation tableA2
Faire and aller in the future: full forms and practice
Learn ferai and irai with complete future forms, compare je vais faire and je vais aller, then fill eight gaps about work and study plans.
Verb drillA2
Imparfait stems drill: start from nous, then change the subject
Build imparfait stems from parlons, finissons, prenons, buvons and other present nous forms. Two rounds practise eight stems and eight complete verbs.
Gap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: conditional or past conditional?
Fill 12 conditional forms as Ana compares a possible training course with a missed place last year. Includes tense contrasts, agreement and translation.
ArticleB1
Imparfait or conditional? Compare parlais and parlerais
Tell je parlais from je parlerais with a stem table, a conversation and five questions on past routines, polite requests and si clauses.
Cheat sheetB1
French conditional questions and negatives: word order at a glance
Ask Pourriez-vous… ?, use est-ce que, place ne… pas and keep object pronouns with the right verb. A conditional word-order sheet with four checks.
Conjugation tableA1
Faire conjugation: all tenses with examples (présent, passé composé, futur…)
The full conjugation of faire — présent, passé composé, imparfait, futur, conditionnel, subjonctif, impératif and more — with example sentences and common mistakes.
Verb drillA2
French posture drill: sit down, stand up or stay seated
Turn sitting and standing instructions into resulting states. Practise s’asseoir, se lever, être assis and être debout with clear gender and number cues.
Gap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: infinitive or subjunctive after wishes?
Complete 12 wishes and reactions around an unexpected invitation. Track who acts, choose an infinitive or subjunctive, then read the translation.
ArticleA2
Commencer à or se mettre à? Two ways to begin in French
Compare commencer à and se mettre à with present-tense forms, a short exchange and four questions. Keep the pronoun, à and the following infinitive in place.
Cheat sheetB1
Future after quand in French: quand tu arriveras, je partirai
See why French uses the future after quand, compare when with if, and practise future time clauses, habitual statements and questions.
Conjugation tableA1
Aider in seven tenses: help someone with aider à
Learn aider with seven tense tables and the pattern aider quelqu’un à faire quelque chose. Practise direct person objects, elision and aidons versus aidions.
Verb drillA2
Futur proche: build aller + infinitive, then try the drill
Learn the six forms of aller and build French plans with an infinitive. Practise negatives, object pronouns and reflexive verbs in fourteen gaps.
Gap-fillB1
French subjunctive gap-fill: a flatmate’s note with 12 gaps
Complete a flatmate’s note using the present subjunctive after il faut que, pour que and avant que. Twelve gaps, verb hints and an English translation.
ArticleB1
Se passer de and s'en passer: how to say "do without" in French
Se passer de means to do without: je ne peux pas me passer de café. Learn the pattern, the pronoun en, and the difference from se passer (to happen).
Cheat sheetB1
French plus-que-parfait: a formation cheat sheet
Build avais fini and était partie with a compact reference: both auxiliaries, common participles, agreement and the earlier-past viewpoint.
Conjugation tableA1
Travailler conjugation: every tense, plus talking about work
Travailler in every common tense, with the -ill- spelling in nous travaillons, and the phrases you need to talk about your job: travailler chez, dans, comme.
Verb drillA1
French daily actions drill: choose and conjugate the verb
Complete daily-routine sentences by choosing the right French verb from an English cue and conjugating it in the present: se lever, prendre, partir, rentrer.
Gap-fillA2
French futur simple gap-fill: a letter about next summer
Complete 12 futur simple gaps in a summer-holiday letter. Practise regular and irregular stems, then check the English translation and explanations.
ArticleA2
Futur proche or futur simple: a plan and a promise
Compare je vais étudier and j’étudierai through a study-plan conversation. See how both futures work with demain, then test their forms and meanings.
Cheat sheetB1
Reported speech and the subjunctive: wanted, needed, already done
Keep the subjunctive when reporting wishes, needs and reactions. Compare voulait que, fallait que and soit venu, then answer five short questions.
Conjugation tableA1
Payer conjugation: je paie or je paye? Both are right
Payer in every tense, with its two accepted spellings (je paie / je paye), the -yons and -yez forms, and how to say pay for, pay by card and pay back.
Verb drillA2
Je me lève, nous nous levons: French reflexive present practice
Match subject and reflexive pronoun, keep the accent in lève and practise elision, negatives and infinitives in twelve morning-routine answers.
Gap-fillA2
Past habits in French: complete a childhood memory
Complete a French childhood memory with the imparfait. Compare habitual would, present routines and a completed series of repeated events.
ArticleA2
Prendre in French: meanings, conjugation and examples
Take a train, have a coffee, make a decision. Learn the verb with the words around it.
Conjugation tableB1
Devenir conjugation: deviens, devenu and deviendrai
Conjugate devenir in seven tenses and moods. Learn devenir’s venir-family stems, être in the passé composé, agreement and job titles after devenir.
Verb drillB1
Prenions, veniez, buvions: French subjunctive nous and vous
Practise the stem changes in prenions, veniez and buvions, then check étudiions and travailliez in twelve focused sentence gaps.
Gap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: venir de and aller in guest-room preparations
Complete twelve recent-past and near-future forms while preparing a guest room. Separate jobs just finished from the next steps, with translation.
ArticleA2
Continuer à or arrêter de: keep doing, stop doing, stop to do
Compare continuer à travailler, arrêter de travailler and s’arrêter pour répondre. Follow an interruption at work, then choose the right pattern.
Conjugation tableB1
Être and avoir in the subjunctive: sois, soit, aie and ait
Learn every present subjunctive form of être and avoir, compare the spellings, then try five questions on wishes, needs and reactions.
Verb drillC1
The French narrative imparfait: nine changes of viewpoint
Recognise a new event in the French imparfait, compare it with a habit or background, and practise nine rewrites between literary viewpoints.
Gap-fillB2
Fit, vit and dit: a passé simple gap-fill story
Read and complete a short story with fit, vit, dit, firent, virent and dirent. Includes full verb tables and contrasts with fut, vint and present dit.
Conjugation tableA1
Jouer conjugation: present, past and future, with practice
Conjugate jouer in seven tenses and moods. Compare je joue, nous jouions and j’ai joué, then practise forms and jouer à or jouer de.
Verb drillB2
French passé simple: four ending families and a reading drill
Recognise the four passé simple families with a full table, irregular-stem examples and 14 typed answers. Practise vint, prit, vécut and the circumflex.
Gap-fillB1
En travaillant, tu progresseras: French gérondif conditions
Use en + present participle to link a possible action with a result. Compare si clauses, then complete a short planning text with five gaps.
Conjugation tableA2
Devoir conjugation: must, should, probably and owe in French
Learn devoir in common tenses, from je dois to j’ai dû and je devrais. Compare obligation, probability and owing money, then test yourself.
Verb drillA1
Aller in the present tense: conjugation drill with answers
Practise aller in the present: the six forms, six sentences and the near future (aller + infinitive), with instant corrections.
