21. The passé composé with "avoir"«

The past tense with "avoir""

Interactive exercise for French learners

Explanation

The passé composé is used to talk about an action that has already been completed. Many verbs use the auxiliary verb. to have to form the passé composé.

Structure: subject + present tense of "avoir" + past participle

Examples:

I ate an apple.

You watched television.

We're finished our duties.

Mini-situation

Yesterday, I bought Vegetables at the market. Then, I prepared Dinner.

Other examples:

He spoke with his friend.
You have chosen a drink.

Interactive exercise

For each sentence, select the correct form in the passé composé with "avoir":

1. Last night, I _________ a pizza.

I ate

eaten

I'm going to eat

2. You _________ an interesting film last Saturday.

look

have you looked

go and look

3. We _________ our suitcases for the trip.

let's prepare

we prepared

4. He _________ with his sister on the phone.

spoke

speak

will speak

5. You _________ a coffee at the restaurant.

order

go place your order

you ordered

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21. The passé composé with "avoir"«

The past tense with "avoir""

Explanation

Mini-situation

Interactive exercise

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