How to form the Passé Composé

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How to form the Passé Composé

How to form the passé composé

The past tense is a compound tense. This means that it contains 2 parts.
In French, most the of the time we use the verb AVOIR when forming the past tense.
Next, we add a past participle.
Form of avoir + past participle = past tense
Let's quickly review avoir...

Multiple Choice

Je/ avoir

suis

avoire

Multiple Choice

nous/ avoir

sommes

avons

avoirons

avez

Multiple Choice

elle/ avoir

est

avoire

ont

Fill in the Blanks

Type the tu form of avoir

Type answer...

Fill in the Blanks

Type the ils form of avoir

Type answer...

AVOIR - to have

j'ai

tu as

il / elle / on a

nous avons

vous avez

ils/elles ont

Multiple Choice

Which word is the correctly formed past participle of chanter?

chanti

chantu

chanté

Multiple Choice

Which word is the correctly formed past participle of manger?

mangi

mangu

mangé

Multiple Choice

Which word is the correctly formed past participle of choisir?

choisi

choisu

choisé

Multiple Choice

Which verb is the correctly formed past participle of perdre?

perdi

perdu

perdé

Fill in the Blanks

Type the past participle of attendre

Type answer...

Practice: Predict the translation

We lost -->
Nous avons perdu.
She ate. -->
Elle a mangé.
You (s) chose. -->
Tu as choisi.

Practice: Predict the change from present to past

Vous attendez. -->
Vous avez attendu.
Je perds. -->
J'ai perdu.
Ils grossissent. -->
Ils ont grossi.

Multiple Select

What do you use in the past tense? Check all that apply.

a form of aller

a form of avoir

a past participle

an infinitive

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is formed correctly in the passé composé?

Elle mange.

Elle est mangé.

Elle a mangé.

Elle a mangi.

Multiple Choice

How do you change this from the present to the past?

Je regarde Netflix.

Je suis regardé Netflix.

J'ai regardé Netflix.

Je regardé Netflix.

Je regardé.

Multiple Select

LAST ONE!

Which sentences are formed correctly?

Tu as entendu le téléphone.

Nous avons nagé à la piscine.

Il a rangé sa chambre.

Ils ont fini leurs devoirs.

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