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Put your mastery of French to the test with this challenging crossword focused on the subtle distinctions between verb tenses. From the subjonctif imparfait to the nuances separating the imparfait from the passé simple, this puzzle will push your grammatical intuition to its limits — exactly what a C1 learner needs.
Grid
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Clues
Across
- 3. Mood expressing hypothetical situations
- 6. Verbal form used in compound tenses
- 7. Past perfect tense in French
- 9. Verb without a direct object
- 10. To call
Down
- 1. To want
- 2. Base form of a verb, unconjugated
- 4. Mood used to give commands or orders
- 5. Twilight, dusk at day's end
- 6. To be able
- 8. To take
Answers
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Across
- 3. Mood expressing hypothetical situations → conditionnel
- 6. Verbal form used in compound tenses → participe
- 7. Past perfect tense in French → plusqueparfait
- 9. Verb without a direct object → intransitif
- 10. To call → appeler
Down
- 1. To want → vouloir
- 2. Base form of a verb, unconjugated → infinitif
- 4. Mood used to give commands or orders → imperatif
- 5. Twilight, dusk at day's end → crepuscule
- 6. To be able → pouvoir
- 8. To take → prendre
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