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Test your knowledge of French tense agreement with this crossword puzzle! At B2 level, mastering how tenses align in complex sentences — such as coordinating the imparfait, passé composé, and conditionnel — is essential. Fill in the grid by identifying the correct verb forms and tense combinations used in a variety of French sentence structures.
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 1. Action occurring after another
- 6. To be able
- 7. Conditional tense expressing hypothesis
- 10. Work or effort put into a project
- 11. Agreement of tenses in a sentence
- 12. To find
Down
- 2. Following a temporal order
- 3. Mismatch of tenses in a clause
- 4. Always
- 5. Actions happening at the same time
- 8. To want
- 9. Soon
Answers
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Across
- 1. Action occurring after another → posterieur
- 6. To be able → pouvoir
- 7. Conditional tense expressing hypothesis → conditionnel
- 10. Work or effort put into a project → travail
- 11. Agreement of tenses in a sentence → concordance
- 12. To find → trouver
Down
- 2. Following a temporal order → sequentiel
- 3. Mismatch of tenses in a clause → discordance
- 4. Always → toujours
- 5. Actions happening at the same time → simultanee
- 8. To want → vouloir
- 9. Soon → bientot
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