Le verbe expect : conjugaison

Sens attendre, compter sur
Niveau B1
Modèle régulier

En gras et souligné : la terminaison. ◆ signale une forme qui s’écarte de la règle.

Indicatif

Present simpleprésent

I	expect
you	expect
he/she/it	expects
we	expect
you	expect
they	expect

Pour aller plus loin : Le Simple Present

Past simplepassé achevé

I	expected
you	expected
he/she/it	expected
we	expected
you	expected
they	expected

Pour aller plus loin : Le Simple Past

Present perfectpassé composé

I	have expected
you	have expected
he/she/it	has expected
we	have expected
you	have expected
they	have expected

Pour aller plus loin : Le Present Perfect

Past perfectplus-que-parfait

I	had expected
you	had expected
he/she/it	had expected
we	had expected
you	had expected
they	had expected

Pour aller plus loin : Le Past Perfect

Future (will)futur

I	will expect
you	will expect
he/she/it	will expect
we	will expect
you	will expect
they	will expect

Pour aller plus loin : Le futur avec will

Future perfectfutur antérieur

I	will have expected
you	will have expected
he/she/it	will have expected
we	will have expected
you	will have expected
they	will have expected

Pour aller plus loin : Le Future Perfect

Conditionnel

Conditional (would)conditionnel

I	would expect
you	would expect
he/she/it	would expect
we	would expect
you	would expect
they	would expect

Pour aller plus loin : La conditionnelle de type 2

Conditional perfectconditionnel passé

I	would have expected
you	would have expected
he/she/it	would have expected
we	would have expected
you	would have expected
they	would have expected

Pour aller plus loin : La conditionnelle de type 3

Formes progressives

Present progressiveprésent progressif

I	am expecting
you	are expecting
he/she/it	is expecting
we	are expecting
you	are expecting
they	are expecting

Pour aller plus loin : Le Present Progressive

Past progressivepassé progressif

I	was expecting
you	were expecting
he/she/it	was expecting
we	were expecting
you	were expecting
they	were expecting

Pour aller plus loin : Le Past Progressive

Present perfect progressivepassé composé progressif

I	have been expecting
you	have been expecting
he/she/it	has been expecting
we	have been expecting
you	have been expecting
they	have been expecting

Pour aller plus loin : Le Present Perfect Progressive

Past perfect progressiveplus-que-parfait progressif

I	had been expecting
you	had been expecting
he/she/it	had been expecting
we	had been expecting
you	had been expecting
they	had been expecting

Pour aller plus loin : Le Past Perfect Progressive

Future progressivefutur progressif

I	will be expecting
you	will be expecting
he/she/it	will be expecting
we	will be expecting
you	will be expecting
they	will be expecting

Pour aller plus loin : Le Future Progressive

Impératif

Imperativeimpératif affirmatif

you	expect
we	let's expect

Pour aller plus loin : L'impératif

Modes impersonnels

Infinitive and participlesinfinitif, participes, gérondif

infinitive	expect
to-infinitive	to expect
-ing form	expecting
past participle	expected

Pour aller plus loin : Les verbes irréguliers · Les verbes avec -ing

Phrases d’exemple du cours

Chaque phrase vient des listes de mots ou des points de grammaire de ce cours. La forme du verbe est mise en évidence ; en dessous figurent le temps et la personne.

We are expecting forty guests.Nous attendons quarante invités.
expecting — -ing form
We expect an answer next week.Nous attendons une réponse la semaine prochaine.
expect — Present simple · I; Present simple · you
The test was easier than expected.Le test était plus facile que prévu.
expected — Past simple · I; Past simple · you
The grade was better than expected.La note était meilleure que prévu.
expected — Past simple · I; Past simple · you
The mileage was lower than expected.Le kilométrage était plus bas que prévu.
expected — Past simple · I; Past simple · you
This is different from what I expected.C'est différent de ce que j'attendais.
expected — Past simple · I; Past simple · you

Autres phrases d’exemple

We're expecting the plumber some time this afternoon.Nous attendons le plombier dans l’après-midi.
I didn't expect the hotel to be so close to the beach.Je ne m’attendais pas à ce que l’hôtel soit si près de la plage.
She's expecting her second child in March.Elle attend son deuxième enfant pour mars.

Les erreurs typiques des francophones

Faux Nobody expected that she wins the race.
Juste Nobody expected her to win the race.
« Personne ne s’attendait à ce qu’elle gagne » : là où le français met un subjonctif, l’anglais met la personne, puis to + verbe : expect her to win.

Associations de mots fréquentes

expect the worst — s’attendre au pire
as expected — comme on pouvait s’y attendre
be expecting a baby — être enceinte
expect too much of somebody — trop attendre de quelqu’un

Verbes faciles à confondre

wait expect se passe dans la tête (tu penses que ça va arriver) ; wait dans le temps (tu restes là en attendant).
hope expect : tu penses que ça va arriver ; hope : tu le souhaites.

Petit exercice

5 trous, d’abord dans les phrases d’exemple ci-dessus, puis dans le tableau. Chaque réponse compte pour vos révisions.

Pour continuer

Verbes du même modèle

Points de grammaire liés

Les formes sont calculées d’après les règles de la langue — deux fois, par deux voies indépendantes — et comparées à toutes les formes écrites à la main dans ce cours. Les phrases d’exemple sont celles du cours.