Perfect Tense Flashcards
(26 cards)
What is the French perfect tense used to express?
Completed actions in the past.
Which auxiliary verb is commonly used with most verbs in the French perfect tense?
Avoir.
Which auxiliary verb is used with certain verbs of movement and reflexive verbs in the French perfect tense?
Être.
True or False: The past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject when using être.
True.
Fill in the blank: The past participle of ‘manger’ is ______.
mangé.
What is the past participle of the verb ‘avoir’?
eu.
Which of the following verbs uses être in the perfect tense: a) parler, b) aller, c) manger?
b) aller.
What is the formula for forming the perfect tense with avoir?
Subject + avoir + past participle.
What is the past participle of ‘être’?
été.
True or False: The verb ‘se laver’ uses avoir in the perfect tense.
False.
Fill in the blank: The past participle of ‘faire’ is ______.
fait.
What auxiliary verb is used with the verb ‘venir’ in the perfect tense?
Être.
Which of the following is an irregular past participle: a) mangé, b) pris, c) parlé?
b) pris.
What is the past participle of ‘voir’?
vu.
What is the past participle of ‘devenir’?
devenu.
True or False: The past participle of ‘descendre’ agrees only when used with avoir.
True.
What is the structure for using être in the perfect tense?
Subject + être + past participle.
Fill in the blank: The past participle of ‘prendre’ is ______.
pris.
Which auxiliary verb is used with the verb ‘sortir’?
Être.
What is the past participle of ‘naître’?
né.
Fill in the blank: The past participle of ‘finir’ is ______.
fini.
What is the rule for agreeing past participles with être?
They must agree in gender and number with the subject.
Which of the following verbs does not take être: a) arriver, b) rester, c) manger?
c) manger.
What is the past participle of ‘prendre’?
pris.
