Practice forming the French passé composé, choosing the correct helping verb, making past participles agree when needed, and translating short past-tense sentences.
Read each problem carefully. Write complete answers in French or English as directed. Check whether each verb uses avoir or être in the passé composé.
Forming and using the passé composé with avoir and être
World Languages - Grade 9-12
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Conjugate the verb parler in the passé composé for the subject je. Then write an English translation.
- 2
Complete the sentence with the correct passé composé form of finir: Nous _____ nos devoirs hier soir.
- 3
Choose the correct helping verb, avoir or être, for each infinitive: aller, manger, tomber, regarder.
- 4
Rewrite the sentence in the passé composé: Elle va au cinéma.
- 5
Translate into French using the passé composé: They watched a movie.
- 6
Complete the sentence with the correct form of avoir and the past participle of prendre: Tu _____ le bus ce matin.
- 7
Identify and correct the mistake in this sentence: Marie a arrivée à huit heures.
- 8
Fill in the chart for these verbs by writing the passé composé form for the subject ils: partir, vendre, faire.
- 9
Translate into English: Nous sommes restés à la maison samedi.
- 10
Write a full French sentence in the passé composé that means: I ate breakfast at 7:30.
- 11
For each sentence, decide whether the past participle needs agreement with the subject. Write yes or no and explain briefly: Elle est née en France. Ils ont joué au foot.
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Put these events in order by translating each into French using the passé composé: First, I arrived. Then, I saw my friends. Finally, we left.