The Conditional Tense

Being able to use the

conditional tense is very impressive

The Conditional Tense

The conditional tense is used to say what would

or wouldn’t happen.

The Conditional Tense

Si j’étais riche, j’achèterais une belle maison à la campagne.

If I was rich, I would buy a beautiful house in the country.

Elle a dit qu’elle ne mangerait pas ici.

She said that she wouldn’t eat here.

The Conditional Tense

Can you work out how to form the

conditional tense?

The Conditional Tense

Add endings to the stem (the stem is usually the

infinitive)

Except for –re verbs where you just remove the last ‘e’

The Conditional Tense

Je

Tu

Il

elle

Nous

Vous

Ils

Elles

ais

ais

ait

ait

ions

iez

aient

aient

The Conditional Tense

Some verbs have irregular

stems

The Conditional Tense

aller

être

avoir

faire

pouvoir

devoir

venir

vouloir

ir-

ser-

aur-

fer-

pourr-

devr-

viendr-

voudra-