Mastering French Verb Tenses and Moods

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French Verb Tenses & Moods Revision Sheet

1. 📌 Essentials

  • Present tense: current actions, general truths, habits (e.g., Je mange)
  • Imparfait: past, ongoing past actions, (e.g., Je lisais)
  • Passé simple: brief, completed past actions (mainly literary/written)
  • Futur simple: actions to come (e.g., Je partirai)
  • Passé composé: recent past, linked to present (auxiliary + past participle)
  • Plus-que-parfait: past before another past (imparfait of auxiliary + past participle)
  • Passé antérieur: literary, past before passé simple (passé simple of auxiliary + past participle)
  • Futur antérieur: future before another future (futur simple of auxiliary + past participle)
  • Subjunctive mood: expresses doubt, wish, necessity (present and passé forms)
  • Imperative: commands, advice (present and rare passé)
  • Gérondif: manner, cause, simultaneous actions (en + participe présent)
  • Concordance of tenses: rules linking main and subordinate clauses

2. 🧩 Key Structures & Components

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1. Which French tense is primarily used to describe habitual actions or general truths in the present?

2. Which tense is primarily used to describe ongoing past actions or states in French?

3. What is the main function of the passé composé in French?

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Present tense — role?

Expresses current facts, habits

Présent — usage?

Actions now, truths, habits.

Imparfait — function?

Describes past states, ongoing actions

Imparfait — usage?

Past, ongoing or descriptive actions.

Passé simple — usage?

Narrative, brief past actions, mainly written

Passé simple — context?

Literary, brief past actions.

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