The Conditional Tense: Formation and Everyday Uses (GCSE French) - Worksheets, Questions and Revision

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1.7 The Conditional Tense: Formation and Everyday Uses

AQA 8652 · about 30 minutes

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Accents and the cedilla are used throughout; reproduce them correctly in your answers. Answer the questions in full where asked. Time guidance: 30 minutes.

Complete the sentence in the conditional tense for a polite request context: Je ____ (vouloir) un cafe, s'il vous plaît.

(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)

Match the remaining irregular conditional stems to verbs in an educational list: which infinitive goes with fer-, voudr- and devr- ?

(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

Transform this direct imperative into a polite conditional request used between classmates: Donne-moi ton devoir ce soir.

(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

Give three correct conditional plural forms for irregular verbs in a teacher's exercise: vous (faire), ils (vouloir), nous (devoir).

(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)

Translate this piece of simple advice into French using the conditional for 'should' in an everyday health context: You should see a doctor as soon as possible.

(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)

Fill the conditional form used for tentative suggestion in this school planning question: On ____ (pouvoir) organiser une répétition après les cours ?

(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

Complete the sentence in the conditional tense for polite advice: Tu ____ (devoir) te coucher plus tôt ce soir, said to a friend.

(Total for Question 7 is 1 mark)

Complete the sentence in the conditional tense for a suggestion context: Pourriez-vous remplir ceci, ou nous ____ (pouvoir) vous aider si besoin ?

(Total for Question 8 is 1 mark)

Match the irregular conditional stems to their infinitives in the context of learning formation rules: which infinitive goes with ser-, aur- and ir- ?

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

Change this blunt present-tense request into a polite conditional request in French, for everyday social context: Peux-tu m'aider ce soir ?

(Total for Question 10 is 1 mark)

Change this direct present sentence into a polite conditional sentence used for requests in a school context: Je veux un plan pour demain.

(Total for Question 11 is 1 mark)

Show the conditional formation rule by giving two correct plural forms in conditional for parler in a classroom explanation: give nous and ils forms.

(Total for Question 12 is 2 marks)

Translate this polite group request into French for a cinema visit: We would like two tickets for the cinema, please. Use the conditional for 'would like'.

(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)

Complete the conditional endings in these single-clause practice sentences used in class: Je (être) content, Tu (avoir) le temps?, Il (aller) au travail aujourd'hui.

(Total for Question 14 is 3 marks)

Mark scheme · 1.7 The Conditional Tense: Formation and Everyday Uses

Question 1

B1 Je voudrais, correct conditional form of vouloir for first person singular
Answer: Je voudrais un cafe, s'il vous plaît.

Question 2

B1 fer- matches faire
B1 voudr- matches vouloir
B1 devr- matches devoir
Answer: fer- -> faire, voudr- -> vouloir, devr- -> devoir

Question 3

B1 Pourrais-tu / Pourriez-vous phrase used to make a polite request in conditional
B1 me donner or me prêter as the correct infinitive phrase following the conditional
B1 ton devoir ce soir correctly included at the end of the polite request
Answer: Pourrais-tu me donner ton devoir ce soir ?

Question 4

B1 vous feriez, correct conditional second person plural of faire
B1 ils voudraient, correct conditional third person plural of vouloir
B1 nous devrions, correct conditional first person plural of devoir
Answer: Vous feriez. / Ils voudraient. / Nous devrions.

Question 5

B1 Tu devrais or Vous devriez correctly used for 'You should' depending on register
B1 voir un médecin correctly given for 'see a doctor'
B1 dès que possible or le plus vite possible correctly expressing 'as soon as possible'
B1 overall natural word order and register appropriate to the context
Answer: Tu devrais voir un médecin dès que possible.

Question 6

B1 On pourrait, correct conditional third person singular impersonal form of pouvoir
B1 organiser une répétition correctly retained
B1 après les cours correctly included to complete the planning question
Answer: On pourrait organiser une répétition après les cours ?

Question 7

B1 Tu devrais, correct conditional form of devoir for second person singular
Answer: Tu devrais te coucher plus tôt ce soir.

Question 8

B1 nous pourrions, correct conditional form of pouvoir for first person plural
Answer: Pourriez-vous remplir ceci, ou nous pourrions vous aider si besoin ?

Question 9

B1 ser- matches être
B1 aur- matches avoir
B1 ir- matches aller
Answer: ser- -> être, aur- -> avoir, ir- -> aller

Question 10

B1 Pourrais-tu m'aider ce soir ? or Pourriez-vous m'aider ce soir ? if formal, correct conditional polite form
Answer: Pourrais-tu m'aider ce soir ?

Question 11

B1 Je voudrais un plan pour demain, correct conditional form for polite request
Answer: Je voudrais un plan pour demain.

Question 12

B1 nous parlerions, correct conditional first person plural of parler
B1 ils parleraient, correct conditional third person plural of parler
Answer: nous parlerions; ils parleraient

Question 13

B1 nous voudrions, correct conditional first person plural of vouloir
B1 deux billets, correct translation of 'two tickets'
B1 pour le cinema, s'il vous plaît, correct phrase for 'for the cinema, please'
Answer: Nous voudrions deux billets pour le cinema, s'il vous plaît.

Question 14

B1 Je serais, correct conditional of être for first person singular
B1 Tu aurais, correct conditional of avoir for second person singular
B1 Il irait, correct conditional of aller for third person singular
Answer: Je serais content. / Tu aurais le temps ? / Il irait au travail aujourd'hui.

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