French: Verb Table Conjugation

Twenty-seven French verbs -- regular, reflexive and irregular -- are conjugated across the present, perfect, imperfect and future tenses in one reference table.

Year groups: Years 7–13
File type: PDF
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Updated Apr 17, 2023

Subject: French, Foreign Languages
Topic: Verb Table, French
Preparation: Print ready

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About this resource

In this resource file, you will find a verb table to support your students with their French conjugation.

This table is to be used with more advanced learners of French

Tenses included are : Present, perfect, imperfect and future tenses

The booklet is 5 pages long and includes the following verbs:

1. Regular -er verb: regarder (to watch)
2. Regular -ir verb: finir (to finish)
3. Regular -re verb: vendre (to sell)
4. Reflexive verb: se laver (to get washed)

5. Irregular verbs:

- avoir (to have)
- boire (to drink)
- connaître (to know)
- croire (to believe)
- devoir (to have to)
- dire ( to say)
- dormir (to sleep)
- écrire (to write)
- être (to be)
- faire (to do / to make)
- lire (to read)
- mettre (to put)
- partir (to leave)
- pouvoir (to be able to)
- prendre (to take)
- recevoir (to receive)
- savoir (to know)
- sortir (to go out)
- venir (to come)
- vivre (to live)
- voir (to see)
- vouloir (to want)

* Please note that this document comes as a .pdf file and is therefore not editable. *

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Students look up the correct conjugated form of a regular or irregular French verb for a given pronoun and tense.
Students compare the regular -er, -ir and -re conjugation patterns against reflexive and irregular verb patterns side by side.

Teaching tips

Introduce the three regular tables and the reflexive table (page 1) first to establish the base conjugation pattern before assigning the irregular-verb tables on pages 2-5.
Focus study on one tense column at a time across several verbs, since every table already lines up all four tenses for direct comparison.
Group the irregular verbs by shared stem behaviour (e.g. venir/sortir/partir all use être in the perfect tense) rather than working through the list in table order.

Skills covered

French verb conjugation — students identify the correct form of 23 irregular and 4 regular/reflexive verb patterns across four tenses.
Tense recognition — students distinguish present, perfect (passé composé), imperfect and future forms for the same verb.
Regular vs. irregular pattern comparison — students compare predictable -er/-ir/-re endings against irregular stems such as être, avoir and aller.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Does the table cover reflexive verbs as well as regular and irregular ones?

Yes — a reflexive-verb table for se laver (to get washed) appears on page 1 alongside the three regular verb patterns, in addition to the 23 irregular verbs on pages 2-5.