Conjugating Perfect Tense Verbs

Question 1

What is the auxiliary verb for most past tense verbs?

Answer 1

Avoir

Question 2

What ending do past participle verbs with ‘er’ take?

Answer 2

(jou)é

Question 3

What ending do past participle verbs with ‘ir’ take?

Answer 3

(fin)i

Question 4

What ending do past participle verbs with ‘re’ take?

Answer 4

(répond)u

Question 5

What is the past participle form of boire

Answer 5

bu (to drink)

Question 6

What is the past participle form of lire

Answer 6

lu (to read)

Question 7

What is the past participle form of voir

Answer 7

vu (to see)

Question 8

What is the past participle form of avoir

Answer 8

eu (to have)

Question 9

What is the past participle form of savoir

Answer 9

su (to know facts)

Question 10

What is the past participle form of pouvoir

Answer 10

pu (to be able to)

Question 11

What is the past participle form of vouloir

Answer 11

voulu (to want)

Question 12

What is the past participle form of recevoir

Answer 12

reçu (to receive)

Question 13

What is the past participle form of connaître/reconnaître

Answer 13

connu/reconnu (to know/recognise places or people)

Question 14

What is the past participle form of courir

Answer 14

couru (to run)

Question 15

What is the past participle form of venir/revenir/devenir

Answer 15

venu/revenu/devenu (to come/to come back/to become)

Question 16

What is the past participle form of prendre/apprendre/comprendre

Answer 16

pris/appris/compris (to take/to learn/to understand)

Question 17

What is the past participle form of mettre

Answer 17

mis (to put)

Question 18

What is the past participle form of dire

Answer 18

dit (to say)

Question 19

What is the past participle form of écrire/décrire

Answer 19

écrit/décrit (to write)

Question 20

What is the past participle form of faire

Answer 20

fait (to do/make)

Question 21

What is the past participle form of ouvrir/découvrir

Answer 21

ouvert/découvert (to open/to discover)

Question 22

What is the other auxiliary verb past tense verbs can take that is not avoir?

Answer 22

Être

Question 23

Translate “je suis allée”

Answer 23

I went

Question 24

Translate “nous sommes venus/revenus/devenus”

Answer 24

we came/returned/became

Question 25

Translate "ils sont entrés"

Answer 25

they entered

Question 26

Translate "elle est sortie"

Answer 26

she went out

Question 27

Translate "elles sont arrivées"

Answer 27

They arrived

Question 28

Translate "vous êtes partis"

Answer 28

You pl left

Question 29

Translate "nous sommes descendu"

Answer 29

we got off/went down

Question 30

Translate "elle est montée"

Answer 30

she got on/went up

Question 31

Translate "vous êtes restés"

Answer 31

you pl stayed

Question 32

Translate "elles sont tombées"

Answer 32

they fell

Question 33

Translate "ils sont rentrés"

Answer 33

they returned/reentered

Question 34

Translate "je suis retournée"

Answer 34

I returned/went back

Question 35

Translate "nous sommes nés"

Answer 35

we were born

Question 36

Translate "ils sont morts"

Answer 36

they died

Question 37

What is the past participle form of mourir

Answer 37

mort (died)

Question 38

What is the past participle form of naïtre

Answer 38

né (born)

Question 39

What is the past participle form of venir

Answer 39

venu (to come)

Question 40

How do you use reflexive verbs in the perfect tense?

Answer 40

1. reflexive verbs always use the auxiliary verb être 2. it goes between the reflexive pronoun and past participle 3. the past partici[les agree (e.g. nous nous sommes levés)