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Test your knowledge of the French past imperative (l’impératif passé) with this crossword! This lesser-known but elegant tense is used to give an order that must be completed before a specific point in time. Can you recall the correct forms and identify the right constructions? Give it a try and sharpen your French grammar skills!
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Clues
Across
- 1. To be able
- 4. Helper verb used in compound tenses
- 8. Cannot be undone, past action
- 9. Soon
- 10. Often
- 11. Clause that completes a sentence
Down
- 2. To want
- 3. Verb ending in conjugation
- 5. Word referred to by a pronoun
- 6. Sometimes
- 7. Verb used with a reflexive pronoun
Answers
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Across
- 1. To be able → pouvoir
- 4. Helper verb used in compound tenses → auxiliaire
- 8. Cannot be undone, past action → irreversib
- 9. Soon → bientot
- 10. Often → souvent
- 11. Clause that completes a sentence → completive
Down
- 2. To want → vouloir
- 3. Verb ending in conjugation → terminaison
- 5. Word referred to by a pronoun → antecedent
- 6. Sometimes → parfois
- 7. Verb used with a reflexive pronoun → pronominal
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