simple tenses	Formation			English	composed tenses	Formation			English
infinitif					infinitif
Présent		manger	to eat	non conjugated form of verb	Passé		avoir mangé	to have eaten	Non Conjugated form of auxiliary + V3
participe					participe
Présent (gérond)	nous stem of le présent+ ant	(en) mangeant	(while) eating	the ing verb mangeant	Passé	-er = -é	mangé	eaten	the 3rd form of verb
indicatif					indicatif
Présent		je mange	I eat I am eating I do eat	The simple present The Present continuous emphatic present	passé composé	auxiailary in présent	j’ai mangé	I have eaten I ate I did eat	Present perfect simple past emphatic past
Passé récent	venir in present+de+ infinitif of main verb.	je viens de manger	I just ate	recent past
futur proche	aller in present + infinitive of main verb	je vais manger	I am going to eat	near future
Imparfait	stem is nous form in present -ons	je mangeais	I was eating I ate, I used to eat	The past continuous simple past	Plus-que parfait	auxiailary in imparfait	j’avais mangé	I had eaten i had been eating	past perfect/ pluperfect past perfect continuous
Futur Simple	stem + endings ( avoir in present )	je mangerai	I will/shall eat I will be eating	the simple future the future continuous	Futur antérieur	auxiailary in futur simple	j’aurai mangé	I will have eaten I will have been eating	Future perfect
Literary tenses
Passé simple	stem is basically past participle			passé composé	Passé antérieur	auxiailary in passé simple			plus-que parfait
Conditional					Conditional
Conditionnel présent	future stems + imparfait endings	je mangerais		Present conditional	conditionnel passé	auxiailary in conditional present	je aurais mangé		Conditional past
Literary tenses
					conditionnel passé (II)				conditionnel passé (I)
Subjonctif					Subjonctif
Subjonctif Présent	que+ ils form in present -ent as stem +	que je mange			Subjonctif passé	auxiliary in subjonctif présent	que j’aie mangé
Literary tenses
subjonctif imparfait					subjonctif plus-que parfait
Impératif	tu, vous and nous form of le présent without the subject	mange

It only exists in the present. - Imperative
The tenses in red are not used in French; they are now dead tenses.
Now the literary tenses- They are from Old French. Only the passé simple tense is still used in very formal settings. The rest have disappeared, so we don’t have to study them either. Just know the basic concept.

Concordance du temps

Below is the Timeline chart of all the tenses that we are studying in detail:

This timeline is a very important guide to aid our understanding of how these tenses work together, and one must have it in mind while dealing with a language.