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Week 9 Day 3: Introduction to Mood, Tense, Aspect, and Voice – Exercise 3. Grammar Quiz 2

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Week 9 Day 3: Introduction to Mood, Tense, Aspect, and Voice – Exercise 3. Grammar Quiz 2

Select the right tense for each underlined verb:

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  1. Hi! I’m finding these difficult. The verb endings I was unfamiliar with I looked up in the verb tables of my dictionary. It gave me different answers to those supplied. For example, “sois” is shown as Present Subjunctive. I understand that this is a command (an imperative), but why is it not also the former?
    I am also confused by (2) “J’ai dû” Is this not past tense? It includes the past participle -“dû”. How can “I had to go” be present tense (Present Perfect-your answer)? Similarly, how can “J’ai mangé” (I ate) be Present Perfect (your answer) when it describes a past action? Please provide explanations to help me understand.

    1. Bonjour. In this case. It cannot be the subjunctive here since there is no subject. Imperative does not have subject.
      Also technically in French present perfect do not exist. In general we tend to compare both tense. I tweaked the answer and just put it in French to avoid confusion. J’ai mangé it is definitely a past action. I hope the modification and clarification helps to understand. But a key element to understand. French tenses do not necessarily perfectly translate between French and English. Vice versa too. Let me know if you need further explanations.

    1. It is essential to learn the use those tenses at some points. But you just need to practice/ practise. Do not hesitate to use the writing essay part to do that 🙂

  2. I didn’t feel like I was introduced to the different tenses – I haven’t done the complete beginner course, where it might have been explained, but for this test, I don’t really feel prepared – Have I missed something?. E.g. the difference between Anterior Future and Future and Passé Composé and Imperfect. It would be great to have it included in the course?

    1. Hello you can find more information about future antérieur here https://www.talkinfrench.com/french-future-perfect-tense/
      But for passé composé and imparfait. I assume people who are intermediate level already know about it. If you need clarification about it you can ask me but it is fairly simple.

      We use imparfait to describe a past habit (J’allais à l’école tous les matins) or to assess something in the past (c’était bon). Passé composé = one time past action. Hier je suis allé au travail.Merci

  3. I understand from other sources that there are seven ‘simple’ tenses and ‘seven’ compound tenses e.g.
    Future = I shall or will go (simple) -J’arai
    Conditional perfect = I would have driven (compound) – Je conduirais
    Is the use of moods actually an explanation of these so called tenses?

    1. Hello Andy, I will reply here. Mood and tense are different.
      Indicative (Indicatif): Expresses facts.
      Tenses: Present, Past Simple, Imperfect, Future, Past Anterior, Compound Past, Pluperfect, Future Perfect.

      Subjunctive (Subjonctif): Expresses wishes, doubts, and emotions.
      Tenses: Present, Past, Imperfect (literary), Pluperfect (literary).

      Conditional (Conditionnel): Expresses hypotheticals or polite requests.
      Tenses: Present, Past.

      I hope this quick summary helps. Thx