Le Conditionnel Présent exercices et corrigés

Practice the French present conditional through conjugation and sentence work. Activities include regular and irregular forms, si-clauses, and rewriting requests politely.
Grades
Not Grade Specific
Pages
7
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Mar 29, 2026

Subject
Foreign Languages, French
Topic
French Conditional, Verb Conjugation
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables
Answer key
Included

Product description

From the author

Introduction

If you’re teaching French grammar and your students are having a hard time understanding how to use the conditionnel présent, this resource was made to give them extra practice in a simple and clear way. I created these exercises after noticing that many students understand the formation but still struggle to use it correctly in sentences. So the goal here is just to give them enough repetition to feel more confident.

Objective:

Students will practice and reinforce their understanding of the conditionnel présent by working through a variety of straightforward grammar activities.

What’s Included:

5 no-prep grammar exercise sections
Practice with regular and irregular verbs in the conditionnel présent
Sentence completion activities
“Si + imparfait” sentence practice
Polite request transformations

Grades / Ages:

Best suited for Grade 6 or beginner to intermediate French learners

Implementation Format:

Printable PDF
Non-editable
Easy to print and use for classwork, homework, or review
Works well for independent practice or whole-class activities

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Form the conditionnel présent of regular -er, -ir, and -re verbs for the subject pronoun supplied in each item.

  • Produce the conditional forms using irregular stems, such as être (ser-), aller (ir-), and pouvoir (pourr-).

  • Soften commands into polite requests using voudrais and pourrais constructions.

Teaching tips

  • Run the five exercises in order - the sequence moves from isolated forms to sentences to hypotheticals to real-world politeness, each building on the last.

  • Before exercise 2, have students predict the irregular stems (ser-, ir-, fer-, pourr-) and check themselves against the corrigés.

  • Use exercise 5 as a paired speaking task: one student reads the blunt command, the partner answers with the polite conditional version.

Skills covered

  • Conditional conjugation - students write conditional forms for twenty verbs, regular and irregular, using one supplied subject pronoun per item.

  • Grammar in context - sentence-completion items place the conditional inside everyday statements (Je mangerais une pizza).

  • Register and politeness - students transform imperatives into polite requests (Donne-moi de l'eau -> Je voudrais de l'eau).

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

How does the set progress beyond fill-in conjugation?

After two conjugation pages it shifts to application: conditional forms inside full sentences, si + imparfait hypotheticals, and finally rewriting direct commands as polite requests - the register skill French speakers actually use the conditional for.

Do the corrigés allow for alternative answers?

On the politeness exercise, yes - they note that answers may vary slightly and give standard correct forms such as 'Je voudrais de l'eau' and 'Tu pourrais fermer la porte ?'; the conjugation and si-clause answers are exact forms.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Conditionnel présent

  • French verb conjugation

  • Si-clauses

  • Politeness register

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