french tenses (aqa gcse)

near future tense used for

what you are ‘going to do’, often soon

near future tense formula

subject + aller conjugated in present tense + verb infinitive

how to form (regular) past participle ‘re’ verb

remove the ‘re’ and replace with a ‘u’

how to form (regular) past participle ‘er’ verb

remove ‘er’ and replace with ‘é’

how to form (regular) past participle ‘ir’ verb

remove ‘ir’ and replace with ‘i’

present tense aller conjugation

je vais

tu vas

il/elle/on va

nous allons

vous allez

ils/elles vont

simple future used for

something that you ‘will do’ in the future

simple future formula

infinitive + future tense endings

simple future ending for ‘je’

ai

devenir irregular stem (instead of infinitive)

deviendr

simple future ending for ‘tu’

as

simple future ending for ‘il/elle/on’

a

simple future ending for ‘nous’

ons

simple future ending for ‘vous’

ez

simple future ending for ‘ils/elles’

aient

imperfect tense used for

something that ‘used to' happen, e.g. i used to have

imperfect tense formula

subject + stem + imperfect ending

how to find verb stems for imperfect tense

nous form of verb, then takeaway the ‘ons’

imperfect/conditional tense ending ‘je’

ais

imperfect/conditional tense ending ‘tu’

ais

‘en’ + present participle, translates as

‘while’ or ‘by’ + —ing, e.g. ‘while doing’

present participle used for

verbs ending in ‘-ing’, e.g. ‘doing’

present participle formula

take the nous form of the present tense, e.g. ‘jouons’

remove the ‘ons’ and replace with ‘ant’

imperfect/conditional tense ending ‘il/elle/on’

ait

imperfect/conditional tense ending ‘nous’

ions

imperfect/conditional tense ending ‘vous’

iez

imperfect/conditional tense ending ‘ils/elles’

aient

present tense used for

present, e.g. ‘i do/i am doing’

present tense formula

subject + conjugated verb in present

conditional tense used for

something that ‘would’ happen, can sometimes even be used for what ‘could’ or ‘should’

conditional tense formula

infinitive (or irregular stem) + imperfect/conditional endings

imperative tense formula

conjugate the verb in present tense (relating to the subject, e.g. nous for for ‘us’

remove the subject, e.g. jouons = let’s play

imperative tense used for

instructions

pluperfect tense used for

someone ‘had done’ something, e.g. ‘he had changed’

pluperfect tense formula

subject + imperfect of avoir/etre + past participle of verb

passe compose used for

something ‘you did’, e.g. ‘i spoke’

passe compose formula

avoir/etre conjugated in the present + past participle

aller stem (replacement for infinitive stem)

ir

etre stem (replacement for infinitive stem)

ser

avoir stem (replacement for infinitive stem)

sur

faire stem (replacement for infinitive stem)

fer

pouvoir stem (replacement for infinitive stem)

pourr

vouloir stem (replacement for infinitive stem)

voudr

devoir stem (replacement for infinitive stem)

devr

voir stem (replacement for infinitive stem)

verr

savoir stem (replacement for infinitive stem)

saur

venir stem (replacement for infinitive stem)

viendr

most verbs which use an auxiliary use ___, except some which use ___

‘avoir’, ‘etre’

verbs which use etre for their auxiliary are the ones with the acronym …

DR&MRS P VANDETRAMP

what does DR&MRS P VANDETRAMP stand for

devenir, rentrer, monter, rester, sortir, passer, venir, arriver, naitre, descendre, entrer, retourner, tomber, revenir, aller, mourir, partir

perfect tense used for

‘after having done’ something

perfect tense formation

subject + unconjugated etre/avoir (auxiliary) + past participle

apprendre past participle (to learn)

appris

avoir past participle (to have)

eu

boire past participle (to drink)

bu

comprendre past participle (to understand)

compris

conduire past participle (to drive)

conduit

connaître past participle (to know)

connu

courir past participle (to run)

couru

devoir past participle (to have to)

dû

dire past participle (to say)

dit

écrire past participle (to write)

écrit

être past participle (to be)

été

faire past participle (to do)

fait

instruire past participle (to instruct)

instruit

lire past participle (to read)

lu

mourir past participle (to die)

mort

offrir past participle (to offer)

offert

ouvrir past participle (to open)

ouvert

permettre past participle (to allow)

permis

plaire past participle (to please)

plu

pleuvoir past participle (to rain)

plu

prendre past participle (to take)

pris

pouvoir past participle (to be able to)

pu

recevoir past participle (to receive)

reçu

réduire past participle (to reduce)

réduit

savoir past participle (to know)

su

voir past participle (to see)

vu

vouloir (to want)

voulu