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Verb drills

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Verbs & tensesVerb 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.
Words & expressionsVerb drillA2
French action verbs: practise three-step sequences
Practise French action verbs through making a drink, folding a map and tidying up. Complete present-tense sentences with clear action cues.
DELF, DALF & examsVerb drillB2
B2 French recommendation drill: compare two project options
Compare two archive projects against a €200 ceiling and a two-neighbourhood goal, then practise eight precise French recommendation phrases.
Pronunciation & listeningVerb drillA1
French elision practice: l’amie, j’arrive and s’il
See what the apostrophe removes in l’amie, j’arrive and m’habille, then complete ten short phrases, including h muet, h aspiré and si elle.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB2
De façon à and de manière à: practise “so as to”
Use de façon à and de manière à with an infinitive to express an aim. Arrange a room, compare pour que and practise eight purpose phrases.
Verbs & tensesVerb 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.
Words & expressionsVerb drillB1
Se rappeler or se souvenir: practise the two memory patterns
Remember the same day two ways: se rappeler cette journée and se souvenir de cette journée. Practise present forms, pronouns and past agreement.
DELF, DALF & examsVerb drillC1
C1 French revision drill: report what an assembly decided
Repair a French assembly report that confuses consultation with approval. Compare meeting notes, study a revised account and complete six reformulations.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
French relative-clause drill: describe one place with qui, que and où
Combine three facts about a place using two different French relative pronouns. Keep the visitor, activity and location clear in ten guided rewrites.
Verbs & tensesVerb 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.
Words & expressionsVerb drillA2
Plier or déplier: practise folding and unfolding in French
Fold a shirt, unfold a map and practise plier and déplier in the present. A short drill also checks pliant, pliée and putting things away.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB2
La liste des noms: French noun-chain agreement drill
Find the head of a French noun chain, then agree its verb and adjective. Practise la liste des noms est complète and distinguish internal adjective agreement.
Verbs & tensesVerb 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.
Words & expressionsVerb drillB1
Supprimer or effacer: practise deleting items and erasing content
Delete a repeated line, clear a search field and wipe a board. Practise supprimer and effacer, including nous effaçons and the scope of each action.
Grammar & usageVerb drillC1
À peine… que: practise “had barely… when” with inversion
Build French statements with à peine… que, place the subject after the auxiliary and practise a short sequence of near-immediate events.
Verbs & tensesVerb 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.
Words & expressionsVerb drillB1
French action verbs: who lends, borrows, allows and prevents?
Track who does what with prêter, emprunter, autoriser and empêcher. Compare the roles, then complete eight French sentences in a focused verb drill.
Grammar & usageVerb drillA2
French comparative drill: rewrite facts with plus and moins
Use size, price and speed data to write paired plus and moins comparisons. Reverse the subjects while keeping the same relationship and adjective agreement.
Verbs & tensesVerb 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.
Words & expressionsVerb drillA2
Diminuer and baisser: practise reducing, falling and lowering
Practise diminuer and baisser with quantities, volume and movement. Learn where both fit, then complete present-tense forms and short sentences.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB2
Du fait que or du fait de? Practise the French reason pattern
Turn a reason clause into a noun phrase with du fait que and du fait de. Practise six transformations and check indicative verbs, articles and contractions.
Verbs & tensesVerb 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.
Words & expressionsVerb drillB1
Retenir or mémoriser: practise remembering and learning by heart
Compare retenir and mémoriser, then complete twelve verb forms and sentences. Learn what you retain from a text and what you commit to memory.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
French ordinal agreement drill: premier, deuxième and dernier
Rewrite rankings and floor descriptions with premier, deuxième and dernier. Practise gender, plural endings and au premier étage in 14 transformations.
Verbs & tensesVerb 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.
Words & expressionsVerb drillA2
Remplir and vider: fill, empty and practise the French forms
Fill a jug, empty a bag and fill in a form. Study the present-tense patterns for remplir and vider, then complete ten short drill sentences.
Grammar & usageVerb drillA2
French negative word order: a sentence repair drill
Repair twelve French negatives with verbs, auxiliaries, pronouns and infinitives. Compare rien and personne, then keep the intended negative meaning.
Verbs & tensesVerb 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.
Words & expressionsVerb drillA2
Nettoyer, laver, rincer: cleaning verbs with a French drill
Clean a table, wash a shirt and rinse a cup. Learn the three verbs with picture cards, spelling patterns and twelve short present-tense gaps.
Grammar & usageVerb drillA1
French address order: build a delivery label
Put French address details in the right order: name, number, street, building, postcode, town. Rebuild five delivery labels and check your answers.
Verbs & tensesVerb 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.
Words & expressionsVerb drillA1
Apprendre or étudier: learn the meaning, practise the forms
Use étudier for studying a subject and apprendre for learning a skill or teaching someone. Practise both present tenses and the key à constructions.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
French double-negation drill: personne, jamais and rien
Build French sentences meaning nobody ever does anything. Practise personne, jamais and rien together in the present and passé composé.
Verbs & tensesVerb 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.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
Pour or afin de? Say what an action is for in French
Explain a goal with pour or afin de, make it negative with ne pas, and switch to pour que when another person carries out the intended action.
Verbs & tensesVerb 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.