Which French tenses do I need for TCF or TEF Canada?

Focus on the six in this game: présent, passé composé, imparfait, futur simple, conditionnel and subjonctif. Together they cover telling a story, describing, planning, polite requests and opinions.

Which verbs are included?

38 of the most used French verbs, including the irregular ones you can’t avoid: être, avoir, aller, faire, pouvoir, vouloir, devoir, venir and prendre.

Why are the wrong answers so close?

The options are other tenses of the same verb, on purpose: mixing up je ferai and je ferais is a real mistake, while a random form would be easy to rule out.

French conjugation game: six tenses, 38 key verbs

Conjugaison

Pick the tenses you want, then choose the right form for the person shown. The wrong options are other tenses of the same verb, which are the real traps.

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Tenses

How to play

1Pick the tenses you want to practise.
2Choose the right form for the person shown.
3The wrong options are other tenses of the same verb: the real traps.

What it trains

38 high-frequency verbs (être, avoir, aller, faire, pouvoir, devoir…) in six tenses: présent, passé composé, imparfait, futur simple, conditionnel and subjonctif.

Why it matters for TCF and TEF Canada

Telling a story, describing, making plans and giving an opinion each need different tenses: passé composé and imparfait for a story, the conditional for polite requests and hypotheses, the subjunctive after il faut que. Verb forms are one of the first things a reader notices in your writing.

Practise writing in the real format: TCF Canada writing practice · TEF Canada writing practice

Learn while you play

Rules and tips to remember

Passé composé or imparfait?
The passé composé moves the story forward (il est arrivé); the imparfait sets the scene (il pleuvait).
être verbs agree
With être, the past participle agrees with the subject: elle est allée, ils sont partis.
Future and conditional share a stem
j’irai / j’irais, je ferai / je ferais: same stem, different ending. Learn an irregular stem once and you have both tenses.
Subjunctive after necessity, wishes and doubt
il faut que je fasse, je veux que tu viennes, je doute qu’il puisse.

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