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New · every tense, A1 to B1

French Verb Tenses

Say what you do, what you did and what you'll do. Each tense is taught the same way in pictures: what it's for, how to build it, the verbs that break the rules, and when not to use it.

  • 89 pages · 33 lessons
  • Stem and ending shown as paper tiles
  • How to say every line, and an exercise with answers for each tense
  • PDF, A4 — made for a screen or tablet, and prints at home
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What's inside

All 33 lessons, in order, with the page each one opens on. Every one is a full cut-paper picture with the teaching on the facing page.

Le présentthe present · A1
  1. 8 What the présent is for
    what it's for
  2. 10 How to build the présent
    how to build it
  3. 12 The other two families
    how to build it
  4. 14 The rebels
    the rebels
  5. 16 When not to use the présent
    when not to use it
Le futur prochegoing to · A1
  1. 20 What the futur proche is for
    what it's for
  2. 22 How to build the futur proche
    how to build it
  3. 24 Where the small words go
    the rebels
  4. 26 When not to use the futur proche
    when not to use it
Le passé composéthe past: what happened · A2
  1. 30 What the passé composé is for
    what it's for
  2. 32 How to build the passé composé
    how to build it
  3. 34 The rebels
    the rebels
  4. 36 When not to use the passé composé
    when not to use it
L'imparfaitthe past: how things were · A2
  1. 40 What the imparfait is for
    what it's for
  2. 42 How to build the imparfait
    how to build it
  3. 44 The one rebel
    the rebels
  4. 46 When not to use the imparfait
    when not to use it
Passé composé ou imparfait ?choosing between the two pasts · A2
  1. 50 Two pasts in one story
    what it's for
  2. 52 The words that give it away
    how to build it
  3. 54 Verbs that change meaning
    the rebels
  4. 56 Choose the tense
    when not to use it
L'impératiftelling someone what to do · A2
  1. 60 What the impératif is for
    what it's for
  2. 62 How to build the impératif
    how to build it
  3. 64 The rebels
    the rebels
  4. 66 When not to use the impératif
    when not to use it
Le futur simplewill · B1
  1. 70 What the futur simple is for
    what it's for
  2. 72 How to build the futur simple
    how to build it
  3. 74 The rebel stems
    the rebels
  4. 76 When not to use the futur simple
    when not to use it
Le conditionnelwould · B1
  1. 80 What the conditionnel is for
    what it's for
  2. 82 How to build the conditionnel
    how to build it
  3. 84 The same rebels again
    the rebels
  4. 86 When not to use the conditionnel
    when not to use it

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Real pages, straight from the PDF: how the book works, then one complete spread — the picture, and the facing page that teaches from it.

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