GO BEYOND THE PRESENT.
Shoulda Woulda Coulda:
The French Conjugation Masterclass
€180
One-time payment
✓ Self-paced course
✓ Recorded video lessons
✓ Worksheets, resources & quizzes
✓ Lifetime access
French doesn’t happen in just one tense.
You can talk about what you do.
But what about what you did? What you will do? What you would do? Or what you would have done?
To really express yourself in French, you need to be able to move beyond the present tense.
Telling stories. Making plans. Expressing wishes. Imagining possibilities. Talking about regrets.
And yet, French verb tenses are often taught separately: one conjugation table after another, with little explanation of how they actually work together in real conversation.
The goal isn’t just to know how to conjugate a verb.
It’s to know which tense to reach for, and when.
I get it.
When I was learning French, I could conjugate verbs on paper… but actually choosing between different tenses while speaking was another story.
Knowing the endings wasn’t enough. I needed to understand how French speakers moved between tenses to express what they actually meant.
I created Shoulda Woulda Coulda to bridge the gap between the French I’d learned in classrooms and the French I was actually using with native French-speaking friends.
Do you feel stuck in the present tense?
Finally make sense of French verb tenses.
By the end of Shoulda Woulda Coulda, you’ll understand:
How to talk about past events using le passé composé
How to express what you would do with le conditionnel
How to talk about what you would have done with le conditionnel passé
How to express what will happen with le futur simple
How these tenses relate to one another
How to move between different tenses naturally when expressing a single idea
Most importantly, you’ll stop treating French tenses like separate conjugation charts and start actually using them together.
Everything you need to make it stick.
5 days of guided lessons
Printable worksheets to put what you learn into practice
PDF resources you can return to anytime
Quizzes to reinforce what you’ve learned
Self-paced learning
Lifetime access
€180
French explained by someone who’s learned it, too.
I’m Alex, the creator of Alex Teaches French.
I’m a native English speaker who learned French myself—and that’s a huge part of how I teach.
I know which French concepts don’t translate intuitively into English because I’ve had to make sense of them myself. Rather than asking you to memorize another collection of grammar rules, I break French down through the perspective of an English speaker and show you how it actually works in everyday life.
Shoulda Woulda Coulda grew out of exactly that experience: realizing that knowing how to conjugate French verbs wasn’t the same thing as knowing which tense to use when I actually wanted to say something—not to mention all the verb nuances you typically only pick up after spending extensive time “in the wild.”
Frequently Asked Questions
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This course is designed for learners who already have a foundation in French and want to become more confident using different verb tenses. You don’t need to have mastered them already—that’s what the course is for.
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The course is divided into 5 days of lessons, designed to give you a clear path through the material. It’s completely self-paced, so you can follow the five-day structure or take as much time as you need.
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You’ll have lifetime access, so you can revisit the lessons whenever you need a refresher.
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The course is taught in English, with plenty of French examples, so I can clearly explain the differences between English and French and demystify tricky grammar concepts.
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After enrolling, you’ll get instant access through Teachable, where all Alex Teaches French courses are hosted. You can access anytime from your computer, tablet, or phone.
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Because I’ve been in your shoes.
I learned French as an English speaker, so I know what it’s like to hesitate mid-sentence, translate too literally, struggle with concepts that don’t exist in English, and wonder why French works the way it does.
A native speaker knows French instinctively. I had to learn why it works—and how to make it make sense from an English-speaking perspective.
That experience shapes the way I teach. I can anticipate where you’re likely to get stuck because I got stuck there too, and give you the explanations and shortcuts I wish I’d had along the way.
My goal isn’t to replace learning from native speakers. It’s to help you bridge the gap between learning French and actually feeling like yourself when you speak it.
Ready to go beyond the present tense?
Start expressing what you
really mean in French—
with more confidence, nuance and ease.
€180 · Lifetime access