1. Complétez les formes du verbe attendre au subjonctif.
1. j’attend_______
2. tu attend_______
3. il/elle/on attend________
4. nous attend________
5. vous attend________
6. ils/elles attend________
2. Complétez les verbes irréguliers au subjonctif, à la première personne.
1. savoir – je sa_________
2. faire – je fa_________
3. vouloir – je ve_________
4. être – je so_________
The subjunctive is not a tense but rather a mood. It is often used to express doubt, uncertainty or necessity.
There are a number of considerations to bear in mind when deciding whether it is needed. One way of deciding
whether it is needed is to use a sliding scale:
Il est certain qu’il vient demain. = 100% likely to take place = indicative
Je sais qu’il vient demain. = 100% likely to take place = indicative
Il est probable qu’il vient demain. = 70% likely = indicative
Il est possible qu’il vienne demain. = 50% unlikely = subjunctive
Je ne suis pas sûr qu’il vienne demain. = 50% unlikely = subjunctive
The subjunctive is nearly always used in a subordinate clause, i.e. not the main verb of the sentence, and it is
often introduced by que. It comes after (among many others):
bien que / quoique (although)
il faut que (it is necessary that)
vouloir que (to want someone or something to do …)
je ne pense pas que (I don’t think that …)
Get to know the key phrases that need it, and use them regularly.
For most regular verbs the present subjunctive is formed from the stem (the ils/elles form of the present tense
minus the -ent) plus the endings -e, -es, -e, -ions, -iez, -ent.