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Verbs & tenses
Conjugation tables, drills and explanations for every tense you need.
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Se sentir conjugation: je me sens, je me suis senti and more
Conjugate se sentir in seven tenses and moods. Practise sens/sentons, reflexive past forms, adjective agreement and commands such as sentez-vous libre.
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Vouloir que + subjunctive: build French wishes with two subjects
Practise je veux que tu viennes, je voudrais que vous répondiez and same-subject infinitives. Twelve gaps with a short reference and clear cues.
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Prendre, apprendre, comprendre: present-tense forms and practice
See the six present forms of prendre and its apprendre and comprendre family, then practise the three stems and everyday expressions.
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Je suis content que: French emotion clauses with eight practice gaps
React with je suis content que, c’est dommage que and je regrette que. Compare subjects, check adjective agreement and practise eight subjunctive forms.
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Envoyer conjugation: envoie, envoyons and enverrai
Learn envoyer in seven tenses and moods: envoie versus envoyons, the future stem enverr-, envoyé with avoir, and the subjunctive envoyions.
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French past tense drill: turn answers into questions
Practise passé composé questions: read an answer, then ask the question that gets it. Où es-tu allé ? Qu'est-ce que tu as mangé ? Avec qui ? Typed answers with checking.
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Regarder conjugation: every tense, and regarder vs voir
Regarder in every common tense with examples, plus when to use regarder (to watch, look at) and when voir (to see). No preposition needed: je regarde la télé.
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French reported speech: a drill after dit que and explique que
Practise reporting French statements with a present reporting verb. Keep past, present and future meanings while adjusting subjects and possessives.
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Courir conjugation: cours, couru and the double r in courrai
Learn courir in seven tenses. Compare courons with courrons and courais with courrais, remember couru, then test the spellings in a drill and quiz.
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French subjunctive stems drill: prenne or prenions?
Practise paired subjunctive stems for prendre, venir, boire and aller, then check être and avoir. Sixteen sentence gaps keep il faut que as the frame.
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Donner conjugation: every tense, plus donner à and donner sur
Donner in every common tense with examples, the indirect object (donner quelque chose à quelqu'un), the pronouns lui and leur, and donner sur (to overlook).
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French future perfect drill: finish one action before the next begins
Use the futur antérieur to connect deadlines and later actions. Practise avoir, être, agreement and future time clauses in twelve schedule transformations.
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Appartenir conjugation: appartiens, appartenons and appartenu
Conjugate appartenir in seven tenses and moods, distinguishing group membership, ownership and il appartient à quelqu’un de.
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Être in the present: a French conjugation drill with answers
Practise suis, es, est, sommes, êtes and sont in 18 answers, then choose c’est or il est for names, professions and descriptions.
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Plaire conjugation: plais, plaît, plaisons and plu
Conjugate plaire in seven tenses and moods. See why a show plaît but several shows plaisent, use plaire à, and practise the participle plu.
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Reflexive French commands: lève-toi, levons-nous, levez-vous
Practise affirmative and negative reflexive commands with tu, nous and vous. Check hyphens, te/toi, elision and accents in twelve answers.
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Être and avoir in the passé simple: fut, eut, furent, eurent
Read the complete passé simple forms of être and avoir, compare fut with fût, and distinguish simple, compound and passive groups in five questions.
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Vendre and attendre: a regular French -re present-tense drill
Build vends, vend and vendons, then practise vendre, attendre and répondre in twelve answers with a reference table and shopping picture cards.
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Résoudre conjugation: résous, résolvons and résolu
Conjugate résoudre in seven tenses and moods, from je résous to que nous résolvions. Practise the résolv- stem, future résoudr- and participle résolu.
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Futur simple questions and negatives: a sentence drill
Turn French future statements into questions and negatives. Practise est-ce que, inversion, linking t, elision and object-pronoun order.
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Agir conjugation and constructions: agir sur, en faveur de and contre
Conjugate agir in seven tenses and moods, and practise agir sur, en faveur de and contre with precise French environmental examples.
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Il faut que + subjunctive: build the sentence, then practise
Practise il faut que with être, avoir, faire and partir. Compare a named subject with an infinitive and check what a negative instruction means.
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Demander conjugation: every tense, and demander à / de
Demander in every common tense, with the patterns demander quelque chose à quelqu'un and demander à quelqu'un de faire. Plus the false friend demand.
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Check French future and conditional endings: a proofreading drill
Correct ten French future and conditional forms using a clear context, the actual subject and a side-by-side ending table.
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Chercher conjugation: every tense, plus chercher vs trouver
Chercher in every common tense with examples, why it takes no preposition (je cherche mes clés), and how it differs from trouver, rechercher and aller chercher.
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Conditionnel présent: build French conditional forms, then try 18 gaps
Form the French conditional with future stems and imparfait endings. Study regular and irregular patterns, then practise 18 forms and sentence gaps.
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Être and avoir in the future: serai, aurai and all six forms
Learn the full futur simple of être and avoir, then choose the right verb for age, readiness, availability and having time in five short questions.
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Fasse, aille, puisse: an irregular subjunctive drill
Practise faire, aller and pouvoir in the present subjunctive: eighteen forms, six sentence gaps and a close look at allions and alliez.
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Suivre conjugation: suis, suivons and suivi in seven tenses and moods
Conjugate suivre with seven tables, examples and recall checks. Practise the plural v, the participle suivi and the difference between suivre and être.
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French indirect questions: où, quand, pourquoi, ce que and ce qui
Transform French information questions into indirect questions. Practise où, quand, comment, pourquoi, ce que and ce qui in nine answers.
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Comprendre conjugation: comprends, comprenons and compris
Compare compren- and comprenn-, study seven tables for comprendre, and practise compris, comprendrons and compreniez in form-recall exercises.
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Plus-que-parfait questions and negatives: a word-order drill
Build avais-tu compris, n’avions pas reçu and ne s’était pas levée. Ten gaps practise questions, negation and pronouns around the auxiliary.
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Acquérir conjugation: acquiers, acquérons, acquis and acquerrai
Learn acquérir in seven tenses and moods, including acquérons, acquièrent, acquis and acquerrai, with skill-building examples, stem notes and a quiz.
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French near past and next step drill: viens de or vais?
Rewrite task-status cues with venir de for the action just completed and aller for the next planned action. Keep the person, infinitives and event order.
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Choisir conjugation: choisis, choisissons and choisi
Learn choisir in seven key tenses and moods, including choisissons, j’ai choisi and je choisirais. Practise forms and ask someone which option they would choose.
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Passé composé adverb position: déjà, bien and beaucoup
Practise common adverbs between the auxiliary and participle, then compare time phrases, calmement and negative meanings in ten sentence gaps.
