French tenses Gr. 8-11 can use these tenses

1. Passé Composé
– Used to express a completed action in the past, e.g. I watched television lastnight.
– For –ER verbs, placethe conjugated form of AVOIR between the subjectand the participepasséremove the ER
and add an É to the end, e.g. usingREGARDER, Hier soir,j’ai regardéla télé.
– For –IR verbs, remove the IR and add an I to the end of the participepassé,e.g. usingFINIR,Tu as fini tes devoirs.
– For –RE verbs, remove the RE and add a U to the end of the participepassé,e.g. usingVENDRE, Il a vendu les
choses.
– Memorize participepasses for irregular verbs,e.g. AVOIR becomes EU, VOULOIR becomes VOULU, etc.
– DR. MRS. VANDERTRAMP (devenir, revenir, monter, rester, sortir,venir,arriver,naître, descendre, entrer,
rentrer, tomber, retourner, aller,mourir,partir) verbs usethe conjugation of être.
– Whileusingthese verbs, an accord has to be made.
– If the subjectis feminine, add an e to the end of the participepassé,and if the subjectis plural,add an
– E.g. Elleest allée,Ils sontpartis,Elles sontmontées
Imparfait
– Used to express an ongoing, repeated,or undefined action in the past.
– These actions either go for a really longtime or are unspecified
– Take the nous form of the verb in present tense, and remove the ONS, then add the endings: je: ais, tu: ais,
il/elle/on/qui: ait, nous: ions, vous: iez, ils/elles: aient
– E.g. Je jouais les sports –means I played sports for an unspecified length of time
– Only irregular verb is être which uses the ét- with endings,e.g. j’étais jeune
Imparfait vs. Passé Composé
– When an action is being done and is interrupted by another action, the interrupting action is always passé
composé while the interrupted action is always imparfait
– E.g. I was watchingtelevision when the phone rang – Je regardais la téléquand la téléphone a sonné.
– Imparfaitactions representlongterm, whilePasséComposé represents short term
Futur Simple
– Represents a future event that is going to occur
– Take the infinitive of the verb and add the correct conjugation of the verb AVOIR to the end, except for nous
and vous, which use –ons and –ez respectively
– E.g. They will play basketball –Ils jouerontlebasketball
– Memorize the bases for irregular verbs,e.g. ALLER becomes IR, FAIRE becomes FER, SAVOIR becomes SAUR, etc.
Conditionnel
– Represents something that would have been changed if something else had happened
– Uses a combination of imparfait and future
– Take the radical of the future form of the verb, and add the imparfait ending, e.g. tu jouerais,ellefinirait
– ALWAYS uses the word “SI”
– ImparfaitALWAYS follows SI and conditionnel is alwaystheother conjugation
– E.g. Si________(imparfait),….je/tu/il/etc._________(conditionnel)
– E.g. Je/tu/il/etc._________(conditionnel)…..si________(imparfait)
– E.g. We wouldn’t have went to the movies if it was cold – S’il faisaitfroid,nous n’irions pasau cinema.
Subjonctif
– Used when there is a phrase such as “It is a must that…” or “It is necessary that…”
– Take the ils form of the verb in present tense and remove the ENT, then add the endings: je: e, tu: es,
il/elle/on/qui: e, nous: ions, vous: iez, ils/elles: ent
– E.g. Il faut que tu joues les sports.
– Usually used with irregular verbs such as ALLER, AVOIR, FAIRE, etc.
– E.g. Il faut qu’on fasseles devoirs chaquejour.
– Memorize the conjugations of these verbs, they’re so irregular,there’s no way of findingany patterns

2. RADICALS
L’IMPARFAIT FUTUR SIMPLE SUBJONCTIF PLUS QUE
PARFAIT
CONDITIONNEL
PASSE
CONDITONNEL
PRESENT
JE
TU
IL/ELLE
NOUS
VOUS
ILS
ENDINGS
L’IMPARFAIT FUTUR SIMPLE SUBJONCTIF PLUS QUE
PARFAIT
CONDITIONNEL
PASSE
CONDITONNEL
PRESENT
JE
TU
IL/ELLE
NOUS
VOUS
ILS