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Verb drills

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Au point de + infinitive: practise saying “so much that”
Turn French degree-and-result sentences into au point de + infinitive. Compare au point que, place negatives and practise eight sentence completions.
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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.
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Build your first French sentences: subject, verb, complement
Put scrambled beginner sentences in order, then build your own about where you live, what you do and what you like. Typed answers with instant checking.
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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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De peur que and de crainte que: subjunctive practice
Explain a precaution with de peur que or de crainte que. Practise eight verb forms, compare the infinitive and decode optional ne with a quiz.
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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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French pronoun drill: le, la, les with shopping
Replace shopping items with le, la, les in short exchanges: Tu as acheté le pain ? Oui, je l'ai acheté. Present, near future and passé composé, with checking.
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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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Active to passive in French: a transformation drill
Keep the tense, agent and negative meaning as you turn French active sentences into passive ones. Study three models, then complete eight transformations.
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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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À quelle heure or combien de temps? French question-building drill
Build a French question from a supplied answer. Choose à quelle heure for a clock time and combien de temps for a duration in twelve guided transformations.
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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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French obligation drill: change il faut into tu dois or vous devez
Rewrite positive rules and prohibitions with tu dois or vous devez. Twelve French transformations keep the instruction, person and negative meaning clear.
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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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Ce qui… c’est: eight ways to put the main point last
Build French focus sentences with ce qui… c’est and ce que… c’est. Compare plain and focused wording, then rewrite eight first halves with guided gaps.
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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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À force de: turn repeated actions into a result
Practise à force de with an infinitive or a noun, compare it with pour, and build sentences about persistence and unwanted results.
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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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French passive agreement: ten endings to practise
Practise passive participle agreement in ten sentences. Match gender and number to the subject, keep été unchanged and check irregular forms.
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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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French question inversion: proofread verbs, pronouns and hyphens
Practise eight inverted French questions: find the finite verb, keep object pronouns in place and check arrive-t-elle, vient-elle and prend-elle.
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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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French description drill: describe a person with two adjectives
Combine two adjectives with être and et, and make them agree: il est grand et brun, elles sont petites et sportives. Typed answers with checking.
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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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En, au or aux? French country prepositions and origin forms
Practise en France, au Canada and aux Pays-Bas, then switch from destination to origin with de, d’, du and des. Includes country and city contrasts.
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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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La plupart and un grand nombre: French agreement drill
Complete survey summaries with plural verbs and adjective endings after la plupart and un grand nombre, keeping the people or responses in view.
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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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French subjunctive after le seul, le premier and superlatives: a drill
Practise evaluative relative clauses after le seul, le premier and le meilleur. Contrast a judgement or search criterion with an established fact.
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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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Nora vient-elle ? French questions with noun subjects
Keep the noun subject and add its matching pronoun: Nora vient-elle ? Practise formal yes/no questions, -t- hyphens and auxiliary inversion.
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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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C’est…qui or c’est…que? Check the role and practise the rewrite
Rebuild the plain statement behind a French cleft, keep its prepositions and practise eight focused sentences with correct subject agreement.
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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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French en drill: keep numbers in short shopping replies
Shorten shopping replies with en while keeping exact quantities: j’en prends deux, j’en veux une and j’en achète une douzaine. Twelve transformations with answers.
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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.