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Put your French grammar skills to the test with this crossword focused on the past subjunctive (le subjonctif passé). You’ll need to recognize and recall verb forms used to express doubt, emotion, or necessity about completed actions. Whether it’s avoir or être as the auxiliary, this puzzle will sharpen your command of this essential B2 structure.
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 1. To be able
- 5. Always
- 7. Phrase used to convey an idea
- 9. Clause or grammatical unit
- 10. Verb inflection system in French
- 11. State of being uncertain or doubtful
- 12. Dependent clause in a sentence
Down
- 2. To want
- 3. A feeling of fear or apprehension
- 4. Twilight, dusk at day's end
- 6. Something that might happen
- 8. Assumption or supposition made
Answers
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Across
- 1. To be able → pouvoir
- 5. Always → toujours
- 7. Phrase used to convey an idea → expression
- 9. Clause or grammatical unit → proposition
- 10. Verb inflection system in French → conjugaison
- 11. State of being uncertain or doubtful → incertitude
- 12. Dependent clause in a sentence → subordinate
Down
- 2. To want → vouloir
- 3. A feeling of fear or apprehension → crainte
- 4. Twilight, dusk at day's end → crepuscule
- 6. Something that might happen → possibilite
- 8. Assumption or supposition made → hypothese
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