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When starting with the subjunctive, it is important to think of it as a mood and not as a tense, as you would with other tenses such as the conditional or past tenses.In French, the subjunctive is used to...

This essay question could be used for any historical context that the student is studying. Below, the example answer is one focused on the german occupation of France during the Second World War (as this ...

One situation where the imperfect should be used is when giving descriptions of the past - how something or someone used to be. For example, if I wanted to say that the weather was nice yesterday, I would...

The simple explanation is this: it depends on which auxiliary is being used ("avoir" or "être"). When using "être", the verb always agrees with the subject. For example: &quo...

In French, we use the pluperfect tense when one action occurred before another action. In English, we recognise the pluperfect by "had + the past participle." For example:"She had already p...