a form of either 'avoir' or 'être' used to form the perfect tense

when the ending of a past participle matches the subject of the verb in gender and number

A2 - 1 Il [beep] parle à l’homme.

A2 - 2 Nous [beep] lu ta lettre.

A2 - 3 Elle [beep] pensé à sa mère.

A2 - 4 Je [beep] un livre intéressant.

A2 - 5 Vous [beep] parti en vacances.

A2 - 6 Je [beep] né en décembre.

A2 - 7 Il [beep] au collège.

A2 - 8 J’[beep] bu un café.

A2 - 9 Tu [beep] venu chez nous.

A2 - 10 Il [beep] le son.

A2 - 11 Il [beep] eu dix minutes pour finir la tâche.

A2 - 12 Elle [beep] son erreur à son amie.

Des auteurs francophones : perfect tense with 'être'

French

Qui a écrit ... ? Perfect tense with predictable and irregular past participles

Une écrivaine francophone: perfect tense verbs like ouvrir, écrire & traduire

Qui a gagné ? Yes/no questions in the perfect tense

Les champions du monde: negation in the perfect tense

Le sport pour tous: negation in the perfect tense

This unit focuses on communicating in the perfect tense, revisiting regular and irregular past participle formation, verbs with être and past participle agreement. Pupils will meet the past participles of verbs like ouvrir, écrire and traduire, and revisit perfect tense questions and negation.

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Which Sound Symbol Correspondences (SSCs) are present when pronouncing regular past participles?

What prize did the novel 'Frère d'âme' receive in 2021?

Which country did David Diop spend time in as a child?

Match these English verbs to the correct French translations.

Match the subjects to the correct past participles of 'sortir' (to go out).

Verbs expressing a change of {{}}, place or condition often use 'être' as the auxiliary verb in the perfect tense.

Identify the auxiliary verb in the following sentence: 'Mes soeurs ont acheté un livre au marché.'

Match these English words to the correct French translations.

Match the beginning parts of 'faire' (to do, to make) in the perfect tense to the correct ending parts.

Identify the verbs which use 'être' as the auxiliary verb in the perfect tense.

Select the irregular past participles from this list.

'Apprendre' (to learn) and 'comprendre' (to understand) follow which verb's pattern to form the past participle?

Starter Quiz

Identify the auxiliary verb in the following sentence: 'Mes soeurs ont acheté un livre au marché.'