Free French verbs guide

What's inside

• How French verbs workThe -er, -ir and -re families, why the pronoun never drops, tu, vous and on, and the big point: parle, parles and parlent all sound the same.
• The present tenseparler, finir and vendre in all six persons with the silent letters in grey, then ten verbs you hear all the time: être, avoir, aller, faire, pouvoir, vouloir, savoir, venir, prendre and dire.
• The pastThe passé composé with avoir or être, the -é, -i and -u participles, ten irregular ones like été, eu, fait and pris, the être verbs with agreement, and the imparfait for how things were.
• Future, no and questionsaller + verb for plans, the one-word future in one box, ne... pas and how ne vanishes in speech, and the same question asked three ways.
• PracticeTen lines you hear in shows, like Je sais pas, On y va and Tu viens ?, to read and name the form, then ten verbs to put in the right form. Cover the answers with a strip of paper and check yourself.

How to use it

1. Learn a few basic words first. This guide builds on them.
2. Read the first page and say je parle, tu parles, ils parlent out loud. They should sound the same.
3. Say one column of a table each day, then cover it and say it again.
4. Cover the answers on the practice page, then listen for the same forms in shows with Kitsumi.

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