Tense And Mood Use

Question 1

Présent de l’indicatif

Answer 1

Actions happening in the present

Habitual actions

Actions that will occur in the imminently

Corresponds to both present and present progressive

Question 2

L’imparfait de l’indicatif

Answer 2

An action in the past with no defined beginning or ending, for an indefinite period of time

Repetition or habit (past)

Descriptions and feelings

After if, for wishes or conditional phrases

Corresponds to the past progressive

Question 3

Le Passé Composé de l’indicatif

Answer 3

Expresses an action that has been finished incompletely or completely at the time of speech, or at some (possibly unknown) time in the past

Corresponds to present perfect and simple past

Question 4

Plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Answer 4

Refers to an action that occurred at a time earlier than a time in the past already referred to

Corresponds to pluperfect

Question 5

Passé Simple de l’indicatif, ou Passé Défini

Answer 5

An event or action that has a definite beginning and has been completed

A series of completed events, perceived as points in time

In combination with and in contrast with the imperfect tense, which describes the background of the events or series of events

Corresponds to the preterite, simple past

Question 6

Passé Antérieur de l’indicatif

Answer 6

Used to indicate an event or action that happened before the passé simple

Question 7

Le Future Simple de l’indicatif

Answer 7

To express futurity

Politeness

Probability or hypothesis

Emotion

Question 8

Le Futur Antérieur de l’indicatif

Answer 8

An action or an event that will have happened or will be finished by a specific point in the future

To make simple assumptions about the past

In historical narratives, actions can be described using the futur antérieur where in English the preterite or conditional would be used