Verb Moods

Question 1

What are the four French verb moods?

Answer 1

Indicatif
Conditionnal
Subjunctif
Imperatif

Question 2

What is the indicatif mood in English, and what is it for?

Answer 2

Indicative. It indicates certainty about an action. It indicates fact/is used when discussing facts or certainties. It is the most common verb mood. it indicates a fact or something that is happening, has happened, or will happen.

Question 3

How many tenses are there in the indicatif mood? What are they?

Answer 3

8. One present form - present.
   Five past forms - Imparfait, passe compose, passe simple, plus-que-parfait, passe anterior.
   Two future forms - futur, futur anterior.

Question 4

What is the conditionnel mood in English, what is it used for?

Answer 4

Conditional. You use the conditional mood to make polite requests or suggestions as well as to make hypothetical sentences. This mood is translated aswouldin the present conditional tense andwould havein the past conditional tense.

Question 5

What is the subjunctif mood in English, and what is it for?

Answer 5

Subjunctive. The subjunctive mood is used more commonly in French than in English. It is used to express opinions and feelings (subjective thoughts).
It is the mood of doubt, subjectivity, uncertainty, emotion, and will.

Question 6

How many tenses are there in the conditionnel mood? What are they?

Answer 6

3.
One present - present.
Two past - passe premiere, passe deuxieme.

Question 7

How many tenses are there in the subjunctif mood? What are they?

Answer 7

4. One present form - present.

Three past forms - imparfait, passe, plus-que-parfait.

Question 8

How many tenses are there in the imperatif mood?

Answer 8

2. One present, one past.

Question 9

The root of a French verb is called what?

Answer 9

The infinitive.

Question 10

French infinitives are identified into groups by their endings. What are they?

Answer 10

er, ir, re, oir.

Question 11

What is a “tense”?

Answer 11

A tense of a verb means the “time” that the verb conveys. They can convey present, past, or future time.

Question 12

In general, how many tenses are there in French?

Answer 12

French has 14 tenses, 7 simple and 7 compound.

Question 13

What is the difference between a simple and a compound tense?

Answer 13

A simple tense means that the verb is conjugated by itself without any auxiliary verbs.

Question 14

Name the simple tenses.

Answer 14

Passé indicatif
Imparfait
Passé simple
Futur
Conditional
Present subjunctif
Imparfait subjunctif

Question 15

What are the two sub-categories of tenses?

Answer 15

Simple and compound.

Question 16

What is the imperatif mood in English, what is it for?

Answer 16

Imperative. When you give an order or make a request or a directive, you’re using theimperativemood, also referred to thecommandmood.

Question 17

What is a mood?

Answer 17

Themoodof a verb is a way of expressing yourself, or a way of speaking. A mood reveals the speaker’s attitude toward an event.

Question 18

What are tenses?

Answer 18

The tense of the verb means the “time” that the verb conveys. Verbs can express present, past, or future time