French Past Tenses

French past tenses

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Les temps passés du français.

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Passé composé et Imparfait

When to use the passé composé?
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Quand se servir du passé composé ? It is tricky to speak in the past in French because you have to choose between the passé composé and the imparfait. Use the passé composé when an action happened only once, or…
When to use the imparfait
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Quand se servir de l'imparfait ? It is tricky to speak in the past in French because you have to choose between the imparfait and the passé composé. Imparfait literally means “that is not finished, that is still being processed”.…
Passé composé or Imparfait - Quiz
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Décidez si le verbe entre parenthèses doit être au passé composé, au passé composé ou à l'imparfait. Choisissez une seule option pour cette histoire. . Quiz - Passé composé or Imparfait Decide if the verb in parenthesis should be in…
Listes de participes passés
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Past Participle Lists - Listes de participes passés Voici des listes de 100 verbes et leurs participes passés classés différemment. Liste par infinitif français accueillir .... accueilli .... to welcome .... avoir acquérir .... acquis .... to acquire .... avoir…

Le passé récent

Venir de - Recent Past
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Je viens de visiter un château du XV siècle The expression ‘VENIR DE + infinitive verb’ expresses the notion of just did something, had just done something. It’s used when two actions happened in sequence, one very close to the…
Venir de - Quiz 1
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Quiz 1 - Venir de Choisissez la bonne réponse. Pick the right answer. You may review the rules here. You hadn’t just had tea.Vous ne venez pas de prendre le thé.Vous ne veniez pas de prendre le thé.They had just…
Venir de - Quiz 2
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This quiz is a bit more challenging than VENIR DE - Quiz 1. Try it and see where you stand.

Cette interro est un peu plus difficile que VENIR DE - Quiz 1. Faites-le et voyez où vous en êtes.

Le passé simple

When to use the passé simple?
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Quand se servir du passé simple ? This lesson is pretty straight forward, as le passé simple is used exactly the same way as the passé composé is. Any time you use the passé composé - more common in daily…
When the passé simple - Quiz
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Décidez si le verbe entre parenthèses doit être au passé composé, au passé simple, au passé composé ou au passé simple ou à l'imparfait. Choisissez une seule option pour cette histoire. . Quiz - When the passé simple Decide if…
Passé simple with -ER verbs
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Le passé simple et les verbes réguliers en -ER Regular –ER verbs (verbs ending en –ER) have the following endings added to the stem of the given verb: je/j' (I) –ai tu (you sing.) –as elle (she) –a il (he)…
Passé simple with spelling changes verbs
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Le passé simple et les verbes à changement -ger verbs add an e before the vowel a: je mangeai -> nous mangeâmes verb English example manger to eat nous mangeâmes…
Passé simple with -IR and -RE verbs
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Le passé simple et les verbes en -IR & -RE -IR and -RE verbs in the passé simple tense are somewhat untidy. Most verbs ending in –ir have the following endings added to the stem. je (I) –is tu (you…
Passé simple with conjugated forms
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Le passé simple et les conjugaisons basées sur les participes passés A lot of verbs in the passé simple tense are conjugated based on their past participles. Review your past participles here and select “past participles – list." They have…
Passé simple and irregular verbs
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Le passé simple et les verbes irréguliers Some verbs in the passé simple tense are just plain irregular. They have the following endings je (I) –s tu (you sing.) –s elle (she) –t il (he) –t on (we inf.) –t…
Passé simple conjugation - Quiz
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Le passé simple - Interro de conjugaison . Quiz - Passé simple conjugation Choisissez la bonne forme du passé simple selon la traduction. -- Pick the right form of the passé simple according to the translation. je _____connusconnutI knewon _____choisitchoisirentwe…
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