French Perfect Tense Quiz

How do you form the perfect tense?

• The past tense of avoir and the past participle.

• The present tense of avoir or être and the past participle.

• The imperfect tense of avoir or être and the past tense of the main verb.

• The near future tense of être and the present tense of avoir.

What is the purpose of the perfect tense?

• To talk about actions recently finished.

• To talk about things you got right.

• To talk about things you did or have done.

• To talk about conditional future plans.

Translate the following: J'ai mangé un sandwich.

• I made a sandwich.

• I finished making a sandwich.

• I would eat a sandwich.

• I ate a sandwich.

Add the missing word: J'____ écouté de la musique.

How do you say 'I missed the bus' in French?

• J'ai raté le bus.

• J'ai mangé le bus.

• J'ai lancé le bus.

• J'ai cuisiné le bus.

J'ai acheté des vêtements.

• You went shopping in H&M.

• You went shopping in Greggs.

• You went shopping in Ikea.

• You went shopping in Currys PC World.

Translate this sentence by a GIRL: I went to town.

For verbs ending in -er you remove them and add what?

• -re

• -a

• -ai

• -é

What is different about the verb 'aller' in the perfect tense?

• Nothing.

• It uses être instead of avoir.

• It uses avoir instead of être.

• The French don't use it in the perfect tense.

Translate the following: J'ai quitté la maison.

• I quit living at home.

• I entered my house.

• I left my house.

• I left for my house.