1. L’indicatif (indicative), which includes the most common tenses used to express oneself in everyday spoken and written French.
2. Le conditionnel (conditional), which is used when a “condition” is implied.
3. Le subjonctif (subjunctive), which is used to express emotion/judgment and is usually contained in a subordinate clause introduced by que (that/which).
4. L’impératif (imperative), which is used to express a command.
5. L’infinitif (infinitive), which is just the bare tense of the verb, unconjugated.
6. Le participe présent (present participle), which is just the equivalent of the English “ing” form.