Summary GCSE French - Present, Perfect (Past), Imperfect, Pluperfect, Near Future, Future and Future Perfect Tenses (Grade 9)
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Outlines how to conjugate verbs into the Present, Perfect, Imperfect, Pluperfect, Near Future, Future and Future Perfect Tenses - detailed revision guide on how to do this with lots of examples. Also contains how to conjugate Reflexive verbs into these tenses.
Pluperfect – Plus Que Parfait Reflexive verbs
Reflexive verbs desc
The pluperfect is used to talk about actions far back in the past such as that you do to yours
events that have happened. something that refle
Examples The pluperfect is used to describe something yourself. They have
that had happened before another event a reflexive pronoun
•J’avais mangé – I had eaten. happened in the past. depending on who i
•Nous avions fini – We had finished. action.
•Avant de partir en vacances, j’avais
Regular verbs To form the Plupe
changé de l’argent à la banque. – Before
going on holiday, I had changed some money Tense:
To form the Pluperfect
Tense: at the bank. Être conjugated in
imperfect + verb
Use the imperfect It is also used in past conditional sentences conjugated in the
tense of avoir or être (or ‘Si’ clauses).
Add in reflexive p
Add a past participle
•Si elle avait fait ses devoirs, elle aurait
compris la leçon aujourd’hui. – If she had
The same verbs that use être as done her homework, she would have
an auxiliary in the perfect tense, use être (in understood the lesson today.
the imperfect) as an auxiliary in the
pluperfect. The past participle must agree It can be used in reported speech.
with the subject.
•Il m’a dit qu’il était allé en France. – He told
•Elle était sortie – She had gone out me he had been to France.
, Imperfect – Imparfait Reflexive verbs
Reflexive verbs desc
The imperfect tense describes an ongoing action in the past or that you do to yours
something that used to happen. It can also be used to describe something that refle
something or someone in the past and can be used to describe what yourself. They have
was happening when something else took place. a reflexive pronoun
Examples
•J’écoutais de la musique quand il est arrivé. - I was listening to music when he arrived. To form the Impe
•Je jouais au tennis. - I used to play tennis. Tense:
Conjugate the ver
Regular verbs used into the Imp
To form the Imperfect Tense
Tense: Add in the reflexi
Take the nous form of
the present tense
Remove the -ons
Add the following endings
Irregular verbs
Être is the
only irregular verb in the
imperfect tense.
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