Exam Gr 11 Grammaire Flashcards
What is le Futur Antérieur used for?
To describe an action that will have happened by a specific point in the future. To make assumptions regarding past events. In subordinate clauses beginning with ___que, quand, une fois.
How do you form the Futur Antérieur?
Future simple + participe passé (er-é, ir-i, re-u) Ex. J’aurai donné / Je serai allé(e)
What is le Futur Simple used for?
To describe something that will happen
How do you form the Futur Simple?
Infinitive of verb + endings (futur simple roots always end in ‘r’)
What are the infinitive forms of the verbes irréguliers?
Avoir- AUR, Être- SER, Faire- FER, Aller- IR (all have regular endings)
What are the future tense endings?
Je- ai, Tu- as, Il/Elle/Qui- a, Nous- ons, Vous- ez, Ils/Elles/(les)- ont
What is L’Impératif used for?
Used when giving commands, orders, advice, instructions, directions.
What are the three forms of the impératif?
Tu, Nous, Vous (Use the verb forms only)
What are the verb endings for each form in impératif?
ER verbs- e, ons, ez. IR verbs- is, issons, issez. RE verbs- s, ons, ez.
What is l’ordre des pronoms in the affirmatif?
Verb in l’imperatif, le/la/l’/les, me(moi)/te(toi)/nous/vous, lui/leur, y, en
What is l’ordre des pronoms au négatif?
Ne, me/te/nous/vous, le/la/l’/les, lui/leur, y, en, verb in l’imperatif, negative ending- pas, jamais, plus
How are les pronoms connected to the verb?
Ils sont liés au verb avec un trait d’union [hyphen (-)]
What is le Plus-que-parfait used for?
To indicate an action in the past that happened before another action in the past
How do you form the P.Q.P?
Avoir/Être à l’imparfait + participe passé
What is L’Imparfait used for?
To describe an ongoing condition or repeated / incomplete action in the past.
How do you form l’imparfait?
By dropping the ONS endings from the present tense NOUS form and adding l’imparfait endings.
What are key things to remember when forming l’imparfait?
Verbs with a spelling change in the nous form present tense keep the spelling change before the imparfait endings. Verbs whose stem ends in ‘i’ have two i’s in the NOUS and VOUS forms of the imparfait. All verbs are regular in imparfait except Être (ét_).
What are l’imparfait endings?
Je- ais, Tu- ais, Il/Elle- ait, Nous- ions, Vous- iez, Ils/Elles- aient
What is le Conditionnel Passé used for?
To describe something that would have happened.
How do you form le conditionnel passé?
Le conditionnel of Avoir/Être (aur/ser) + participe passé
What verb endings do you use in le contitionnel passé?
L’imparfait endings: ais,ais,ait,ions,iez,aient
What are Si clauses used for?
Suppose something would’ve happened under certain circumstances.
How do you form Si clauses?
Conditionnel+participe passé+ si +PQP+participe passé
What are Si clauses in conditionals
If-then propositions
What are Si clauses in First conditional present used for and how do you form them?
To talk about things that happen on a regular basis. Formed using si + present/passe compose, present form
What are Si clauses in First conditional future used for and how do you form them?
what will happen if a condition isn’t met. Formed using si+present/passe compose, future form
What are Si clauses in First conditional imperative used for and how do you form them?
give a command based on a condition being met. Formed using si+present/passe compose, imperative form
What are Si clauses in Second conditional used for and how do you form them?
express and unlikely situation. Formed using si+imparfait, conditional form
What are Si clauses in Third conditional used for and how do you form them?
express an impossible situation. Formed using si+PQP, conditionnel passé
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