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Simple Tenses
Compound Tenses
Le Présent Indicatif (Present
Indicative)
Le Passé Composé (Compound
Past)
L’Imparfait de l’Indicatif
(Imperfect Indicative)
Le Plus-que-parfait d l’Indicatif
(Past Perfect Indicative)
Le Passé Simple (Simple Past)
Le Passé Antériur (Past Anterior)
Le Futur (Future)
Le Futur Antériur (Future
Anterior)
Le Conditionnel Présent
(Conditional)
Le Conditionnel Passé (Conditional
Past)
Le Présent du Subjonctif (Present
Subjunctive)
Le Passé du Subjonctif (Past or
Perfect Subjunctive)
L’Imparfair du Subjonctif
(Imperfect Subjunctive)
Le Plus-que-parfait du Subjonctif
l’Indicatif (Past Perfect
Subjunctive)
A simple tense means that the verb conjugation consists of only one word,
while a compound tense has 2. To form a compound tense, an auxiliary or
helping verb will be added to the past participle.
Formation of the Seven Simple Tenses for Regular Verbs
Le Présent Indicatif (Present Indicative) – Used to indicate the following:
An action or state of being done at the present time

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A habitual action
Something known as a general truth
Something that will happen in the near future
When conjugating regular verbs, the last two letters are dropped and
replaced.
Les Pronoms Sujet
(Subject Pronouns)
-er
-ir
-re
Je
-e
-is
-s
Tu
-es
-is
-s
Il/elle/on
-e
-it
-
Nous
-ons
-issons
-ons
Vous
-ez
-issez
-ez