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

I can use the perfect tense with 'avoir' with a range of predictable and irregular past participles to understand past achievements.

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

I can use the perfect tense with 'avoir' with a range of predictable and irregular past participles to understand past achievements.

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Key learning points

  1. The perfect tense is formed by combining part of 'avoir' or 'être' (the auxiliary verb) and a past participle.
  2. Verbs like 'prendre' and 'entendre' in the present form their past participles in the same way: 'pris', 'entendu'.
  3. Verbs like choisir, partir and venir in the present form their past participles in the same way: choisi, parti, venu.
  4. Three common irregular verbs and their past participles are: 'avoir' (eu), 'faire' (fait), 'boire' (bu).

Keywords

  • Auxiliary verb - a form of either 'avoir' or 'être' used to form the perfect tense

  • Past participle - verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb

  • Irregular - describes a word that does not follow the regular pattern

Common misconception

All French verbs use 'avoir' as the auxiliary to form the perfect tense.

Verbs expressing changes of state, location or condition often use 'être' to form the perfect tense.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these verbs are the auxiliary verbs for the perfect tense?
Correct answer: avoir
aller
faire
Correct answer: être
Q2.
The form of a verb in the perfect tense is known as the 'past '.
Correct Answer: participle, Participle, PARTICIPLE
Q3.
What is the ending of an ER verb in the perfect tense?
Correct Answer: é, É
Q4.
Match these French verbs to their English translations.
Correct Answer:intégrer,to incorporate, to integrate, to include

to incorporate, to integrate, to include

Correct Answer:surprendre,to surprise, surprising

to surprise, surprising

Correct Answer:raconter,to tell, to narrate

to tell, to narrate

Correct Answer:décrire,to describe, describing

to describe, describing

Correct Answer:poser,to put, to ask

to put, to ask

Correct Answer:traduire,to translate, translating

to translate, translating

Q5.
Match these English words to their French translations.
Correct Answer:poor,pauvre

pauvre

Correct Answer:some (m,f) (pl),quelques

quelques

Correct Answer:loss,perte

perte

Correct Answer:protection,protection

protection

Correct Answer:tower,tour

tour

Correct Answer:sad,triste

triste

Q6.
Identify the verbs which use 'être' as an auxiliary verb in the perfect tense.
Correct answer: aller (to go, going)
Correct answer: retourner (to return, returning)
faire (to do, to make)
écrire (to write, writing)
Correct answer: mourir (to die, dying)

6 Questions

Q1.
Match each infinitive to its past participle.
Correct Answer:regarder,regardé

regardé

Correct Answer:boire,bu

bu

Correct Answer:choisir,choisi

choisi

Correct Answer:avoir,eu

eu

Correct Answer:vendre,vendu

vendu

Correct Answer:prendre,pris

pris

Q2.
Match these French words to their English translations.
Correct Answer:se souvenir (de + noun),to remember, remembering

to remember, remembering

Correct Answer:autour,around

around

Correct Answer:car,because (formal)

because (formal)

Correct Answer:fausse,false (f)

false (f)

Correct Answer:mot,word

word

Correct Answer:idée,idea

idea

Q3.
Which of these verbs have irregular past participles?
Correct answer: nous avons fait
Correct answer: nous avons pris
Correct answer: nous avons tenu
nous avons vendu
nous avons fini
Q4.
A past participle ending -u is the predictable spelling of which regular verb infinitive?
ER
IR
Correct answer: RE
Q5.
The verb 'venir' uses as the auxiliary verb in the perfect tense.
Correct Answer: être, ETRE, Etre, Être, etre
Q6.
Complete the following past participle: 'Sophie et Maryam, elles sont all__________ en France.'
é
és
ée
Correct answer: ées

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