\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{MilleG} \pdfinfo{ /Title (french-tenses.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (MilleG) /Subject (French Tenses Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{36A369} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F2F9F5} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{French Tenses Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{MilleG} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/21171/cs/3976/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}MilleG \\ \uline{cheatography.com/milleg} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 24th April, 2015.\\ Updated 13th May, 2016.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.356 cm} x{2.736 cm} x{2.508 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Passive = sentence without subject}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{a thing/Person}} & {\bf{to be}} (any tense) & {\bf{past participle}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Le chien & a été & renversé \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Le fils & sera & pris \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{L'environnement} & avait été & pollué \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.24 cm} x{3.76 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Examples of Passive}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Le bus sera pris & {\emph{The bus was taken}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Le voleur est arrête & {\emph{The thief is stopped}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Le président a été élu & {\emph{The PM was elected}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} L'environnement avait été endommagé & {\emph{The environment had been damaged}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.24 cm} x{3.76 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Agreement of Être in Passive}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} La candidate a été élu{\bf{e}} & the woman candidate was elected \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Les chiens ont été renversé{\bf{s}} & the dogs were run over \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Les filles ont été arrêt{\bf{es}} & the girls were arrested \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{Remember that être agrees = past participle may need additional}} \newline {\bf{E}}(feminine) {\bf{S}}(plural) {\bf{ES}}(feminine plural)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Conditional Tense}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{Used to talk about what would happen in the future (what you would do if..):}} \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) {\bf{Add imperfect endings to the passé composé}} \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) Regarder - {\emph{Je regarderais}} \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) Finir - {\emph{Tu finirais}} \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) Prendre - {\emph{Il/on prendrait}} \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) Manger - {\emph{Nous mangerions}} \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1) Vendre - {\emph{Vous vendriez}} \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 1) Partir - {\emph{Elles Parteraient}}% Row Count 9 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Used to talk about what would happen in the future}} \newline Je regarderais la télé ( I would watch TV) \newline Tu finirais le livre (You would finish the book) \newline Elles vendraient des livres (They would sell) \newline On prendrait he would take the bus} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Direct and Indirect Pronouns}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/milleg_1429911384_Skærmbillede 2015-04-24 kl. 22.35.57.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Examples of Pronouns}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Je les y mis = {\emph{I put them there}} \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) Je les vous la donne = {\emph{I have given it to you}} \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1) Je les y ais mis ce matin = {\emph{I put them there}} \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) Oui elle y va une fois par semaine \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) J'en ai besoin par faire mes devoirs \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) Je la lui ai envoyée hier matin% Row Count 6 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Imperfect}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Describes how something was in the past \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) Describes continuous actions in the past \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1) Describes irregular actions in the past% Row Count 3 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{(1) Find the Nous form \newline (2) Remove the -Ons \newline (3) Insert the endings} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.8 cm} p{3.2 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Imperfect Endings}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Je & -ais \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Tu & -ais \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Il/Elle & -ait \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Nous & -ions \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Vous & -iez \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Ils/Elles & -aient \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Irregular Imperfect}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{être = j'était \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) aller = j'allais \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1) croire = je croyais \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) dire = je disais \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) faire = je faisais \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) falloir = il fallait \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) Paraître = je paraissa\textasciicircum{}t \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1) Prendre = je prenais \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 1) Voir = je voyais% Row Count 9 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{La voiture avançait lentement ({\emph{the car was advancing slowly}}) \newline Vous riiez trop ({\emph{you were laughing too much}}) \newline Il mangeait si vite ({\emph{he was eating so quickly}}) \newline Nous étudiions pendant des heures ({\emph{we were studying for hours}})} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Future Simple Endings}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{- ai \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) - as \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1) - a \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) -ons \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) -ez \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) -ont% Row Count 6 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.432 cm} x{2.432 cm} x{2.736 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Future Simple - common conjugation}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Je serai & J'aurai & Je finirai \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Tu seras & Tu auras & Tu finiras \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Il/elle/on sera & Il/elle/on aura & Il/elle/on finira \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Nous serons & Nous aurons & Nous finirons \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Vous serez & Vous aurez & Vous finirez \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Ils/elles seront & Ils/elles auront & Ils/elles finiront \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.872 cm} x{1.944 cm} x{1.944 cm} x{1.44 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Past Historic ( Only recognise)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{ER Verbs}} & {\bf{IR Verbs}} & {\bf{RE Verbs}} & {\bf{Être}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} ai & s & s & fus \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} as & s & s & fus \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} a & t & t & fut \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} âmes & û/îmes & û/îmes & fûmes \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} âtes & û/îmes & û/îtes & fûtes \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} èrent & irent & irent & furent \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}