French Subjunctive Exercises - 40 Sentences

Have students examine French sentence starters, select an appropriate verb form, and practise distinguishing subjunctive and indicative contexts across forty items.
Grades
Grades 9–12
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PDF
Answer key
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Updated Oct 13, 2021

Subject
French, Foreign Languages, Grammar
Topic
French subjunctive, Indicative mood
Resource types
Worksheets
Answer key
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This is a 40 question exercise on the French subjunctive. In this exercise students must indicate whether they should use the subjunctive or the indicative before filling in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in parentheses. See examples in the previews above.

Included with this product:

  • 40 question French subjunctive exercise

  • Answer key

  • 40 expression list

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Determine whether a French sentence requires the subjunctive or indicative mood based on its triggering expression.

  • Conjugate French verbs correctly in the subjunctive mood.

  • Use a reference list of common mood-triggering expressions to support independent sentence analysis.

Teaching tips

  • Have students keep the expressions list open while working through the exercise rather than memorizing every trigger first.

  • Review a handful of missed items as a class, focusing on the reasoning behind the mood choice rather than just the correct form.

  • Use the exercise as a checkpoint after directly teaching subjunctive formation, since it assumes students already know how to conjugate the subjunctive.

Skills covered

  • Subjunctive vs. indicative mood identification — students determine the correct mood based on a French sentence's triggering expression.

  • French subjunctive conjugation — students write the correctly conjugated subjunctive form of a bracketed verb.

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How can I use the expression list?

Have students consult it while completing their first set of sentences, then explain which words in each sentence influenced their choice. Later, assign selected items without the list for review.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • French grammar

  • Subjunctive mood

  • Verb conjugation

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