elysianbeing

[mellow raptor]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

Pro tip: you can rename the thread title with `.tr <thread name>`

Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.

[ivory hollow]

Several, it depends on the context of each

For example, (3) talks about a future action, (4) talks about a hypothetical situation; both use different tenses

Oh wait, when you say ‘fourth part’, do you mean the fourth question? If so, take a look at this article on conditional sentences

[jovial moth]

i have a french exam tomorrow, can you tell me an easy way to identify what tense a sentence could be using?

[ivory hollow]

You just have to look at the main tense and the overall structure

For example, number (1)'s empty sentence ends in an exclamation mark so you know it's an order. You can confirm it by looking at the other tense, present, so yes it is an order because if it were at the past, the next tense couldn't be the imperative.

Number (2) has the past adverb of time, « hier (yesterday) », and the following tense is past (était déchirée) so the empty tense has to be a past tense as well. You just have to know whether Marie wearing the dress is an action (passé composé) or a description (imparfait)

Number (3) has a future adverb of time, « la semaine prochaine (next week) » so you can be sure it's a future tense. Either the simple or the near future would work.

You do that for every number.

[jovial moth]

i see