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Yes — the Free plan costs nothing and needs no credit card. Open the app, search verbs, and start A1 quiz without signing in. Pro is optional when you want all levels and unlimited practice.

• Quiz: A1 (Vol.1) only · up to 15 mastered words per tense (about one and a half 10-word rounds)
• Matrix rules & sentence audio: présent tense only (quiz cards always include sentence audio on Free)
• Scenarios: 2 scenes per tense filter · 2 random plays total
• Mistakes review: 3 verbs per session
• Favorites practice: star unlimited verbs · practise first 10 list cards per session
• Unlimited on Free: verb search · conjugation tables · conjugation-form audio (all five tenses)

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Pick one high-frequency verb (e.g. aller). Open the matrix → read example sentences aloud → run one présent quiz round → repeat tomorrow on passé composé. Fifteen minutes, one verb, one colour column — see our daily practice guide.

French Bites covers the conjugation core DELF expects at A1–A2 (présent, passé composé, and introduction to imparfait, futur, conditionnel on Pro levels). It does not replace listening exams, writing tasks, or full mock tests — use it alongside your course for verb accuracy.

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These five — présent, passé composé, imparfait, futur simple, and conditionnel présent — cover most everyday spoken and written French. Advanced forms like the subjonctif, plus-que-parfait, and passé simple build on the same stems and patterns, so mastering these five first gives you a usable core without learning the full tense system at once.

Learn them in this order: présent → passé composé → imparfait → futur simple → conditionnel présent.

Présent teaches the main conjugation patterns; passé composé is the default spoken past; imparfait comes next so you can contrast completed vs ongoing past; futur and conditionnel come last because they share the same stem system.

Use passé composé for completed actions, events, and news in the past — it is the most common past tense in spoken French. Use imparfait for habits, descriptions, and ongoing background (“what was going on” / “used to”).

For beginners, learn passé composé first, then imparfait — the key skill is choosing between “what happened” and “what was going on.”

Aller + infinitive (futur proche) is the everyday way to talk about near or planned future — je vais partir. Futur simple is more neutral or formal, and common in writing, promises, and predictions — je partirai.

Both are useful; spoken French leans on aller + infinitive, while futur simple remains essential for reading and fuller expression.

Not for speaking. The passé simple appears mainly in literature, history, and formal writing. In conversation, French speakers use the passé composé instead. Learn it later if you read novels — not before your five core tenses are solid.

Learn it after the five cores. The subjonctif présent shares much of its conjugation with the présent, so a strong present tense makes it far easier. You will meet it in set phrases (il faut que…, bien que…), but it is not the first priority for everyday communication.

Most verbs use avoir (j’ai mangé). A smaller set of mainly motion and state-change verbs use être (je suis allé·e), plus all reflexive verbs (je me suis lavé·e).

With être, the past participle agrees with the subject. Memorize the common être verbs as a group — once that list clicks, the rule becomes predictable.

Most advanced tenses reuse these five as building blocks:

• Présent → subjonctif présent (shared stems/endings)
• Passé composé + imparfait auxiliary → plus-que-parfait
• Futur simple → futur antérieur
• Conditionnel présent → conditionnel passé

Once the five cores are solid, later tenses are mostly new combinations — not a new language.

Use both, in that order of purpose: tables show the pattern; sentences make the form stick. Looking up a full conjugation grid helps you see endings; spelling the verb inside a real sentence is what turns recognition into recall.