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Conjugation
Objective: Shift a high-frequency verb across the present, past, future, conditional, and subjunctive frames within a single coherent set of sentences.
| Tense | Form | English |
|---|---|---|
| présent | je fais | I do |
| passé composé | j'ai fait | I did |
| imparfait | je faisais | I was doing |
| futur simple | je ferai | I will do |
| conditionnel présent | je ferais | I would do |
| subjonctif présent | que je fasse | that I do |
The si clause of a real conditional takes the present tense, never the future. The future appears only in the result clause.
The si clause of an imaginary conditional takes the imparfait, never the conditional. The conditional appears only in the result clause.
The present tense reports a habit. The verb faire takes the irregular first-person singular fais.
The imparfait frames the ongoing activity, and the passé composé reports the punctual event. The two tenses appear in the same sentence.
The passé composé presents the shopping as a completed event. The past participle fait is irregular.
The futur simple uses the irregular stem fer- and the ending -ai. The time marker demain selects the tense.
The si clause takes the imparfait, and the result clause takes the conditionnel présent. The two slots are fixed.
7 exercises · about 11 minutes
Il faut que triggers the subjunctive in the subordinate clause, and faire takes the stem fass- from ils font.
The futur simple ends in -ai, while the conditionnel présent ends in -ais. The two forms share a stem and sound identical in most contexts, and only the spelling and the intended meaning separate them.
The trigger il faut que selects the subjunctive. The stem fass- comes from ils font.
Two present-tense verbs describe a general habit. The second verb takes the regular -re pattern.
The trigger il faut que selects the subjunctive, and prendre takes the stem prenn- from ils prennent.