Présentpresent
| je (j’)span> | |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | |
| il/elle/onspan> | pleut |
| nousspan> | |
| vousspan> | |
| ils/ellesspan> |
More on this: Irregular verbs in the present
Bold and underlined: the ending. ◆ marks a form that breaks the rule.
| je (j’)span> | |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | |
| il/elle/onspan> | pleut |
| nousspan> | |
| vousspan> | |
| ils/ellesspan> |
More on this: Irregular verbs in the present
| je (j’)span> | |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | |
| il/elle/onspan> | pleuvait |
| nousspan> | |
| vousspan> | |
| ils/ellesspan> |
More on this: Imperfect (imparfait)
| je (j’)span> | |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | |
| il/elle/onspan> | plut |
| nousspan> | |
| vousspan> | |
| ils/ellesspan> |
More on this: Passé simple: reading the narrative tense
| je (j’)span> | |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | |
| il/elle/onspan> | pleuvra |
| nousspan> | |
| vousspan> | |
| ils/ellesspan> |
More on this: Simple future (futur simple)
| je (j’)span> | |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | |
| il/elle/onspan> | a plu |
| nousspan> | |
| vousspan> | |
| ils/ellesspan> |
More on this: Passé composé with avoir · Passé composé with être
| je (j’)span> | |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | |
| il/elle/onspan> | avait plu |
| nousspan> | |
| vousspan> | |
| ils/ellesspan> |
More on this: Pluperfect (plus-que-parfait)
| je (j’)span> | |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | |
| il/elle/onspan> | aura plu |
| nousspan> | |
| vousspan> | |
| ils/ellesspan> |
More on this: Future perfect (futur antérieur)
| je (j’)span> | |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | |
| il/elle/onspan> | pleuvrait |
| nousspan> | |
| vousspan> | |
| ils/ellesspan> |
More on this: The conditional
| je (j’)span> | |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | |
| il/elle/onspan> | aurait plu |
| nousspan> | |
| vousspan> | |
| ils/ellesspan> |
More on this: The conditional
| je (j’)span> | |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | |
| il/elle/onspan> | pleuve |
| nousspan> | |
| vousspan> | |
| ils/ellesspan> |
More on this: Subjunctive: the forms
| je (j’)span> | |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | |
| il/elle/onspan> | ait plu |
| nousspan> | |
| vousspan> | |
| ils/ellesspan> |
More on this: The subjunctive in the past
| infinitif | pleuvoir |
|---|---|
| participe présent | pleuvant |
| participe passé | plu |
More on this: Irregular past participles · The gérondif: en parlant
Every sentence comes from this course’s word lists or grammar topics. The verb form is highlighted, and the line below says which tense and person it is.
Il pleut de nouveau.It is raining again.
pleut — Présent · il/elle/on
Le lendemain, il pleuvait encore.The next day it was still raining.
pleuvait — Imparfait · il/elle/on
Nous partons à huit heures, à moins qu’il ne pleuve.We are leaving at eight o’clock, unless it rains.
pleuve — Subjonctif présent · il/elle/on
Il commence à pleuvoir.It is starting to rain.
pleuvoir — infinitif · Verb + à + infinitive
Prends un parapluie au cas où il pleuvrait.Take an umbrella in case it rains.
pleuvrait — Conditionnel présent · il/elle/on · Conditions without si
Je crois qu’il pleut.I think it is raining.
pleut — Présent · il/elle/on
Wrong Regarde ces nuages : il pleuvra.
Right Regarde ces nuages : il va pleuvoir.
What you can already see coming takes the futur proche. Point at the clouds and say il pleuvra, and you sound like the weather forecast describing a sky you are looking at — the right form is il va pleuvoir, just as English says «it's going to rain» there and not «it will rain». The reverse is no mistake: Ce soir, je téléphonerai à ma mère is good French and only sounds a little more settled than je vais téléphoner.
5 gaps, first from the example sentences above, then from the table. Every answer counts towards your reviews.
The forms are calculated from the rules of the language — twice, in two independent ways — and checked against every hand-written form in this course. The example sentences are the course’s own.