The French futur simple tense is used to express actions or events that will happen in the future. It is typically used when discussing plans, predictions, intentions, or possibilities.
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Top Ten Tips – French Present Conditional
The French conditional is mostly used in si clauses to describe what would happen if some condition were met. Be careful about considering the use of the conditional every time you want to say would or could, because some situations call for the imperfect tense.
Top Ten Tips – French Futur Simple Tense
The French futur simple tense is used to express actions or events that will happen in the future. It is typically used when discussing plans, predictions, intentions, or possibilities.
French Relative Pronouns – Qui, Que, Où, Dont
I’ve written many lessons about relative pronouns. Maybe you’ve watched my lessons about them. Maybe you’ve done my exercises, dictées, practice cards and even taken classes with me, but you know what? I’m going to write about them again, because you really need to know how to connect clauses, and it’s not that hard once you knowContinue reading “French Relative Pronouns – Qui, Que, Où, Dont”
French Verb Être – Passé Composé vs Imparfait
The passé composé form of the verb être is mostly used for the passive voice. The passive voice is the form of a verb in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb. The passé composé is used to indicate an event, a change, or what happened. You can say j’ai été when somethingContinue reading “French Verb Être – Passé Composé vs Imparfait”
When to Make Agreement in the Passé Composé
When to Make Agreement in the Passé Composé French verbs are conjugated in the passé composé either with avoir or être as their auxiliary verbs. When using être as an auxiliary verb, past participles need to agree with their subjects in number and gender. When using avoir as an auxiliary verb, you usually don’t need toContinue reading “When to Make Agreement in the Passé Composé”
French Sentence Structure – Could Have, Would have, Should Have in French
Comparing French and English Sentence Structure It can be interesting to look at French sentences and their English translations while comparing the two. Once you have identified corresponding words, you will realize how many similarities there are French and English. You’ll also notice some big differences, and those are worth examining more closely. Full LessonContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – Could Have, Would have, Should Have in French”
French Sentence Structure – Could and Would in French
Comparing French and English Sentence Structure It can be interesting to look at French sentences and their English translations while comparing the two. Once you have identified corresponding words, you will realize how many similarities there are French and English. You’ll also notice some big differences, and those are worth examining more closely. How toContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – Could and Would in French”
Agreement With Direct Objects in the Passé Composé
Agreement with Direct Object Pronouns in the Passé Composé French verbs are conjugated in the passé composé either with avoir or être as their auxiliary verbs. When using être as an auxiliary verb, past participles need to agree with their subjects in number and gender. When using avoir as an auxiliary verb, you usually don’t needContinue reading “Agreement With Direct Objects in the Passé Composé”
French Sentence Structure – Depuis, Pendant, Il y a
Comparing French and English Sentence Structure It can be interesting to look at French sentences and their English translations while comparing the two. Once you have identified corresponding words, you will realize how many similarities there are French and English. You’ll also notice some big differences, and those are worth examining more closely. Depuis –Continue reading “French Sentence Structure – Depuis, Pendant, Il y a”
