Passé Composé
Which two verbs are used as helping verbs in the French past tense?
être and avoir
Both the past and imperfect are used to describe things that have...
already happened
avoir
av
prendre
pren
every day
tous les jours
For regular IR verbs in the past tense, the past participle is formed by removing the 'ir' and adding which letter?
i
I was studying when I saw the dog.
J'étudiais quand j'ai vu le chien.
porter
port
être
ét
from time to time
de temps en temps
For regular RE verbs in the past, the last two letters are removed from the infinitive and this is added to make a past participle.
u
If you are expressing that something went on habitually in the past, you use which tense?
imperfect
réussir
réussiss
faire
fais
each week
chaque semaine
What is the past participle of the irregular verb 'faire?'
fait
If one action is happening in the past and is interrupted by another action, which tense was happening first and which tense interrupted it?
the imperfect (tense happening first) and the past (thing that interrupted the imperfect action).
manger
mange
lire
lis
usually
d'habitude
Verbs that use _________ as their helping verb must show agreement.
ê
Translate the sentence from English to French:
I was eating when Mr. Green entered.
je mangeais quand Monsieur Vert est entré
écrire
écriv
boire
buv
2 times per day
deux fois par jour