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Verbs & tenses
Conjugation tables, drills and explanations for every tense you need.
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Il a plu, il a fallu, il y a eu: practise impersonal past forms
Complete a rainy-day account with il a plu, il a fallu and il y a eu. Compare the earlier past and keep impersonal il singular.
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Ouvrir conjugation: ouvre, ouvrons and ouvert
Learn ouvrir in seven tenses. Use present endings like an -er verb, remember ouvert in the past, and practise ouvre, ouvriez and ouvrirai.
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French imparfait drill: stems, endings and spelling practice
Practise imparfait stems and six endings, then tackle être, je mangeais, nous mangions and je commençais in 28 checked answers.
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Aujourd’hui, demain, ici: a reported-speech gap-fill
Follow a Monday conversation in Lyon into a Wednesday report in Paris. Fill the time and place expressions while keeping the original dates clear.
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Rester conjugation: reste, suis resté and resterai
Conjugate rester in seven tenses and moods. Learn être in the passé composé, resté/restée agreement and the difference between staying and resting.
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Futur antérieur drill: what will already be finished?
Build the French future perfect with aurai or serai plus a past participle. Practise deadlines, earlier departures and completed actions before a call.
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Accompagner: conjugate “to accompany” in seven tenses
Conjugate accompagner across seven tenses, with an A1 present-first guide. Learn the direct person object, destination phrases and compound forms.
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Regular -er verbs in the passé composé: from préparer to préparé
Practise -er to -é with twelve gaps: auxiliaries, participles, spelling and infinitives. A lunch scene keeps préparer, couper and goûter concrete.
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Apporter: French conjugation from apporte to ait apporté
Learn apporter with objects, seven tense tables and an extra explanation of ait apporté. Practise elision, apportons and the difference from amener.
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French -er verbs present tense drill: parler, aimer, manger, commencer
Practise 24 present-tense forms and sentences with parler, aimer, manger and commencer, including nous mangeons, nous commençons and j’aime.
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Rejoindre conjugation: rejoins, rejoignons and rejoint
Conjugate rejoindre in seven tenses and moods. Practise the -gn- plural stem, the participle rejoint and direct objects when meeting someone.
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French reported promises drill: future completion in the past
Report promises with the conditionnel passé: il aurait terminé avant vendredi. Keep the promised completion, deadline and past viewpoint in 12 rewrites.
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Arriver conjugation: arrive, suis arrivé and arriverai
Conjugate arriver in seven tenses and moods. Practise j’arrive, je suis arrivé(e), j’arriverai, place prepositions and past-participle agreement.
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Futur proche drill: turn present sentences into future plans
Practise aller + infinitive with six forms and twelve sentence transformations. Includes negative futur proche, reflexive verbs and worked examples.
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Parler conjugation: every common tense, with examples
Parler conjugated in the present, passé composé, imparfait, futur, conditionnel, subjonctif and impératif, the model for all regular -er verbs.
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French future stems: eight verbs, then a mixed drill
Learn ser-, aur-, ir-, fer-, viendr-, pourr-, verr- and saur-. Practise the stems first, then add future endings in eight short sentences.
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Connaître conjugation: connais, connaissons and connu
Conjugate connaître in seven tenses. See where î and ss appear, compare connaître with savoir, and practise connu, connaîtrai and connaisse.
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Aura fini → aurait fini: French reported future-perfect drill
Preserve a completion deadline in past reported speech. Practise conditional auxiliaries, être agreement and eight future-perfect transformations.
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Pouvoir conjugation: French forms for can, could and may
Conjugate pouvoir in nine useful tenses, compare permission and ability, practise pourriez-vous, and learn what to use instead of an imperative.
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French reflexive verbs: present-tense drill for se lever, s’appeler and se coucher
Practise reflexive pronouns and present forms in 24 answers. Check je me lève, nous nous levons, je m’appelle and negative sentences.
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Rire conjugation: ris, rions, ri and the double i in riions
Study rire in seven tenses and moods. Compare rions with riions, learn the participle ri, and test the forms in short sentences and a quiz.
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Nous and vous in the imparfait: practise -ions, -iez and double i
Practise nous and vous in the French imparfait. Compare present and past forms, keep the double i in étudiions and criiez, and check faisions.
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Partir conjugation: pars, partons and suis parti
Learn partir in seven tenses and moods. See why je pars loses the t, practise être compounds and use de, pour and à with departure details.
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French negative commands: turn ferme into ne ferme pas
Change twelve French commands into full written negatives. Practise ne… pas, elision and pronouns while keeping the same tu, nous or vous addressee.
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Dire conjugation: dis, disons, dites and dit
Learn dire in the present, past, imperfect, future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative. Practise vous dites, the participle dit and everyday reporting.
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Reflexive verbs in the imparfait: practise je me levais
Build past routines with je me levais, nous nous couchions and je m’habillais. Twelve gaps practise pronouns, endings, elision and negatives.
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Apprendre conjugation: apprends, apprenons and appris
Learn apprendre in seven tenses, from j’apprends to j’ai appris. Compare plural stems, learn à + infinitive and test your recall with a drill and quiz.
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Agreement with avoir: find the object before adding -e or -s
Practise écrit or écrites, pris or prises: find the direct object, check its position and choose the past-participle ending in 12 sentences.
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Annuler conjugation: annule, annulions and annulé
Learn annuler with seven tense tables, doubled-n spelling and active versus passive cancellation phrases, plus common mistakes and a short quiz.
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Regular French -er verbs: present endings and a writing drill
Build parle, parles, parlons and parlent from the regular -er pattern. Practise aimer and jouer, silent endings and a second verb in the infinitive.
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Se promener conjugation: je me promène, promenons and past forms
Study se promener in seven tenses and moods. Learn the promène/promenons accent change, reflexive pronouns, past agreement and promène-toi.
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French past modal drill: missed obligations with aurait dû
Turn evidence of missed responsibilities into French sentences with aurait dû. Keep the unfulfilled obligation separate from the consequence that happened.
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Valoir conjugation: vaux, vaut, valu and vaudra
Learn valoir with seven tables and form checks: vaux and vaut, vaudr- in the future, vaille in the subjunctive, and everyday valoir mieux patterns.
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French historical present: retell a past scene in the present
Retell yesterday’s events with present verbs. A study table, ten transformations and a timeline check practise the French présent de narration.
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Habiter conjugation: j'habite, plus à, en and au
Habiter in every common tense, with the liaison of nous habitons, and how to say where you live: j'habite à Lyon, en France, au Canada.
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Pronominal plus-que-parfait: s’était levée, lavé or parlé?
Practise ten pronominal plus-que-parfait forms. Build the reflexive group, then check agreement in levée, lavé les mains, parlé and vues.
