French verbs

French irregular verbs practice

French irregular verbs are small but powerful. Etre, avoir, aller and faire appear in basic sentences, compound tenses and everyday questions, so they deserve focused repetition.

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French irregular verbs to practice first

Use these pages as your core irregular set. They cover identity, possession, motion, doing, wanting, being able to and saying.

etreto be: suis, es, est avoirto have: ai, as, a allerto go: vais, vas, va faireto do: fais, fait, faisons venirto come: viens, vient pouvoircan: peux, peut vouloirwant: veux, veut direto say: dis, dit prendreto take: prends, prend voirto see: vois, voit

What makes French irregular verbs tricky?

Many common verbs change stems, but the endings are still learnable. Short daily drills work better than one long memorization session.

Etre and avoir are needed for compound tenses like j'ai parlé and je suis allé.
Aller creates near future: je vais parler, tu vas venir.
Faire appears in weather, chores and common expressions.