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Conjugation of the French verb exercer

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb exercer, along with their English translations.

exercer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
exercer	to exercise

Present		Scored
j'exerce	I exercise
tu exerces	you exercise
il exerce	he exercises
elle exerce	she exercises
nous exerçons	we exercise
vous exercez	you exercise
ils exercent	they exercise
elles exercent	they exercise

Imperfect		Scored
j'exerçais	I was exercising
tu exerçais	you were exercising
il exerçait	he was exercising
elle exerçait	she was exercising
nous exercions	we were exercising
vous exerciez	you were exercising
ils exerçaient	they were exercising
elles exerçaient	they were exercising

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
j'exerçai	I exercised
tu exerças	you exercised
il exerça	he exercised
elle exerça	she exercised
nous exerçâmes	we exercised
vous exerçâtes	you exercised
ils exercèrent	they exercised
elles exercèrent	they exercised

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai exercé	I have exercised
tu as exercé	you have exercised
il a exercé	he has exercised
elle a exercé	she has exercised
nous avons exercé	we have exercised
vous avez exercé	you have exercised
ils ont exercé	they have exercised
elles ont exercé	they have exercised

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais exercé	I had exercised
tu avais exercé	you had exercised
il avait exercé	he had exercised
elle avait exercé	she had exercised
nous avions exercé	we had exercised
vous aviez exercé	you had exercised
ils avaient exercé	they had exercised
elles avaient exercé	they had exercised

Future		Scored
j'exercerai	I will exercise
tu exerceras	you will exercise
il exercera	he will exercise
elle exercera	she will exercise
nous exercerons	we will exercise
vous exercerez	you will exercise
ils exerceront	they will exercise
elles exerceront	they will exercise

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai exercé	I will have exercised
tu auras exercé	you will have exercised
il aura exercé	he will have exercised
elle aura exercé	she will have exercised
nous aurons exercé	we will have exercised
vous aurez exercé	you will have exercised
ils auront exercé	they will have exercised
elles auront exercé	they will have exercised

Conditional		Scored
j'exercerais	I would exercise
tu exercerais	you would exercise
il exercerait	he would exercise
elle exercerait	she would exercise
nous exercerions	we would exercise
vous exerceriez	you would exercise
ils exerceraient	they would exercise
elles exerceraient	they would exercise

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais exercé	I would have exercised
tu aurais exercé	you would have exercised
il aurait exercé	he would have exercised
elle aurait exercé	she would have exercised
nous aurions exercé	we would have exercised
vous auriez exercé	you would have exercised
ils auraient exercé	they would have exercised
elles auraient exercé	they would have exercised

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'exerce	(... that) I exercise
(... que) tu exerces	(... that) you exercise
(... que) il exerce	(... that) he exercises
(... que) elle exerce	(... that) she exercises
(... que) nous exercions	(... that) we exercise
(... que) vous exerciez	(... that) you exercise
(... que) ils exercent	(... that) they exercise
(... que) elles exercent	(... that) they exercise

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'exerçasse	(... that) I was exercising
(... que) tu exerçasses	(... that) you were exercising
(... que) il exerçât	(... that) he was exercising
(... que) elle exerçât	(... that) she was exercising
(... que) nous exerçassions	(... that) we were exercising
(... que) vous exerçassiez	(... that) you were exercising
(... que) ils exerçassent	(... that) they were exercising
(... que) elles exerçassent	(... that) they were exercising

Imperative		Scored
exerce	Exercise
exerçons	Let's exercise
exercez	Exercise

Present Participle		Scored
exerçant	exercising

Past Participle		Scored
exercé	exercised

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