Present simpleprésent
| I | fail |
|---|---|
| you | fail |
| he/she/it | fails |
| we | fail |
| you | fail |
| they | fail |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Simple Present
Le verbe fail : conjugaison
- Sens échouer à
- Niveau A2
- Modèle régulier
En gras et souligné : la terminaison. ◆ signale une forme qui s’écarte de la règle.
Indicatif
Past simplepassé achevé
| I | failed |
|---|---|
| you | failed |
| he/she/it | failed |
| we | failed |
| you | failed |
| they | failed |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Simple Past
Present perfectpassé composé
| I | have failed |
|---|---|
| you | have failed |
| he/she/it | has failed |
| we | have failed |
| you | have failed |
| they | have failed |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Present Perfect
Past perfectplus-que-parfait
| I | had failed |
|---|---|
| you | had failed |
| he/she/it | had failed |
| we | had failed |
| you | had failed |
| they | had failed |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Past Perfect
Future (will)futur
| I | will fail |
|---|---|
| you | will fail |
| he/she/it | will fail |
| we | will fail |
| you | will fail |
| they | will fail |
Pour aller plus loin : Le futur avec will
Future perfectfutur antérieur
| I | will have failed |
|---|---|
| you | will have failed |
| he/she/it | will have failed |
| we | will have failed |
| you | will have failed |
| they | will have failed |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Future Perfect
Conditionnel
Conditional (would)conditionnel
| I | would fail |
|---|---|
| you | would fail |
| he/she/it | would fail |
| we | would fail |
| you | would fail |
| they | would fail |
Pour aller plus loin : La conditionnelle de type 2
Conditional perfectconditionnel passé
| I | would have failed |
|---|---|
| you | would have failed |
| he/she/it | would have failed |
| we | would have failed |
| you | would have failed |
| they | would have failed |
Pour aller plus loin : La conditionnelle de type 3
Formes progressives
Present progressiveprésent progressif
| I | am failing |
|---|---|
| you | are failing |
| he/she/it | is failing |
| we | are failing |
| you | are failing |
| they | are failing |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Present Progressive
Past progressivepassé progressif
| I | was failing |
|---|---|
| you | were failing |
| he/she/it | was failing |
| we | were failing |
| you | were failing |
| they | were failing |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Past Progressive
Present perfect progressivepassé composé progressif
| I | have been failing |
|---|---|
| you | have been failing |
| he/she/it | has been failing |
| we | have been failing |
| you | have been failing |
| they | have been failing |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Present Perfect Progressive
Past perfect progressiveplus-que-parfait progressif
| I | had been failing |
|---|---|
| you | had been failing |
| he/she/it | had been failing |
| we | had been failing |
| you | had been failing |
| they | had been failing |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Past Perfect Progressive
Future progressivefutur progressif
| I | will be failing |
|---|---|
| you | will be failing |
| he/she/it | will be failing |
| we | will be failing |
| you | will be failing |
| they | will be failing |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Future Progressive
Impératif
Imperativeimpératif affirmatif
| you | fail |
|---|---|
| we | let's fail |
Pour aller plus loin : L'impératif
Modes impersonnels
Infinitive and participlesinfinitif, participes, gérondif
| infinitive | fail |
|---|---|
| to-infinitive | to fail |
| -ing form | failing |
| past participle | failed |
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.
The part failed on the eleventh.La pièce a lâché le onze.
failed — Past simple · I; Past simple · you
The zip is the cheapest part and the first to fail.La fermeture à glissière est la pièce la moins chère et la première à lâcher.
fail — Present simple · I; Present simple · you
A forged prescription usually fails on the doctor number.Une fausse ordonnance se trahit le plus souvent au numéro du médecin.
fails — Present simple · he/she/it
He failed the driving test twice.Il a échoué deux fois au permis.
failed — Past simple · I; Past simple · you
The plan was good. However, it failed.Le plan était bon. Il a pourtant échoué.
failed — Past simple · I; Past simple · you
The system failed utterly and quietly.Le système a échoué complètement et sans bruit.
failed — Past simple · I; Past simple · you
Autres phrases d’exemple
The heating failed on the coldest night of the year.Le chauffage est tombé en panne la nuit la plus froide de l’année.
My cousin failed her theory test by one point.Ma cousine a raté le code à un point près.
The plan failed because nobody stuck to it.Le plan a échoué parce que personne ne s’y est tenu.
Les erreurs typiques des francophones
Faux On the ice I failed to fall twice.
Juste On the ice I almost fell twice.
fail ne traduit pas « faillir ». I failed to fall voudrait dire « je n’ai pas réussi à tomber ». « J’ai failli tomber » : I almost fell, I nearly fell.
Associations de mots fréquentes
- fail to do something — ne pas réussir à faire quelque chose
- never fail to do something — ne jamais manquer de faire quelque chose
- words fail me — les mots me manquent
- fail miserably — échouer lamentablement
Verbes faciles à confondre
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.