French Verbs Cheat Sheet: Chapitres 3 & 4

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering French regular and irregular verbs, spelling changes, usage rules, and tense recognition from French Verbs Cheat Sheet: Chapitres 3 & 4.

In French, the irregular verb être translates to 'to be', while avoir translates to '__________'.

to have

The irregular French verb aller means 'to go', while faire means '__________'.

to do, make

The present-tense conjugation of être for vous is __________.

êtes

The present-tense conjugation of avoir for ils/elles is __________.

ont

The present-tense conjugation of aller for je is __________.

vais

The present-tense conjugation of faire for vous is __________.

faites

The present-tense conjugation of faire for ils/elles is __________.

font

The regular -er verb endings in the present tense are __________.

-e, -es, -e, -ons, -ez, -ent

The regular -ir verb endings in the present tense are __________.

-is, -is, -it, -issons, -issez, -issent

The regular -re verb endings in the present tense are __________.

-s, -s, (none), -ons, -ez, -ent

In addition to choisir, other regular -ir verbs include finir, réussir, réfléchir, obéir, punir, rougir, maigrir, and __________.

grossir

For -ger verbs like manger and voyager, an extra 'e' is added before the ending in the __________ form (e.g., nous mangeons).

nous

For -cer verbs like commencer and annoncer, the 'c' changes to 'ç' in the __________ form (e.g., nous commençons).

nous

For é → è boot verbs like préférer, the accent changes to è in all forms except __________ and __________.

nous; vous

In boot verbs with e → è like acheter, the je form is written as __________.

j'achète

Double consonant boot verbs like appeler double the 'l' in boot forms, resulting in the ils/elles form __________.

appellent

For y → i boot verbs like nettoyer, essuyer, and payer, the je form of nettoyer changes to __________.

je nettoie

In French, negation wraps around the conjugated verb with ne…pas, and ne becomes __________ before a vowel.

n'

When two verbs appear together in a sentence, the rule is to conjugate the first and keep the second as a(n) __________.

infinitive

The futur proche tense is formed using the present tense of __________ + infinitive.

aller

In the negative futur proche, the negation wraps around the verb aller, as in 'Je __________ étudier'.

ne vais pas

Yes/no questions can be formed by prefixing a declarative statement with '__________'.

Est-ce que

To express health or state of well-being, French uses the verb __________ (e.g., 'Je vais bien').

aller

The verb faire is used for activities and weather, such as 'Je fais du vélo' and 'Il __________'.

fait chaud (or fait beau)

Two weather verbs that describe conditions without using the verb faire are il pleut and __________.

il neige

To say a person is warm, use the verb avoir ('J'ai chaud'), but to say an object is warm, use the verb __________ ('La soupe est chaude').

être

To describe hot weather, use the verb __________ ('Il fait chaud').

faire

To recognize the passé composé tense, spot an auxiliary form of __________ followed by a past participle.

avoir or être

To form the past participle of regular -er verbs, drop -er and add __________ (e.g., parler → parlé).

é