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Put your French grammar skills to the test with this crossword focused on the past conditional tense (le conditionnel passé). At B2 level, mastering this structure is essential for expressing hypothetical past situations and unrealized conditions. Fill in the grid by identifying the correct verb forms, auxiliary verbs, and past participles used in this sophisticated tense.
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 1. Verbal form used in past tenses
- 8. To want
- 9. Grammatical category of mood
- 10. To take
- 11. Grammatical mood expressing hypothesis
- 12. Verb ending in conjugation
- 13. often or frequently
Down
- 2. Verb inflection system in grammar
- 3. Likelihood expressed grammatically
- 4. To be able
- 5. Agreement of tenses in grammar
- 6. Clause in a conditional sentence
- 7. Contrary to reality, hypothetical
- 10. Sometimes
Answers
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Across
- 1. Verbal form used in past tenses → participe
- 8. To want → vouloir
- 9. Grammatical category of mood → modalite
- 10. To take → prendre
- 11. Grammatical mood expressing hypothesis → conditionnel
- 12. Verb ending in conjugation → terminaison
- 13. often or frequently → souvent
Down
- 2. Verb inflection system in grammar → conjugaison
- 3. Likelihood expressed grammatically → probabilite
- 4. To be able → pouvoir
- 5. Agreement of tenses in grammar → concordance
- 6. Clause in a conditional sentence → proposition
- 7. Contrary to reality, hypothetical → irreelle
- 10. Sometimes → parfois
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