Practise your French Passé Composé ER Verbs

The video tutorial explains the French past tense known as Passé Composé. It covers the formation of this tense using auxiliary verbs 'avoir' and 'être', and the transformation of verbs into past participles. The tutorial provides examples and exercises to help learners understand when to use each auxiliary verb, focusing on regular and irregular verbs, movement verbs, and reflexive verbs.

What is the primary function of the Passé Composé in French?

• To express ongoing actions

• To indicate completed past actions

• To form questions

• To describe future actions

Which auxiliary verb is most commonly used with the Passé Composé?

• Aller

• Être

• Avoir

• Faire

How do you form the past participle of regular -er verbs in French?

• Add -u to the stem

• Add -i to the stem

• Add -ed to the stem

• Add -é to the stem

When should the auxiliary verb 'être' be used in the Passé Composé?

• With reflexive and movement verbs

• With all verbs

• With regular verbs only

• With irregular verbs only

What must agree in gender and number when using 'être' in the Passé Composé?

• The auxiliary verb

• The infinitive verb

• The subject pronoun

• The past participle

Which of the following is a correct example of using 'avoir' in the Passé Composé?

• J'ai mangé

• Il est parti

• Je suis allé

• Nous sommes venus

In the sentence 'Ils se sont lavés', why is there an 's' at the end of 'lavés'?

• Because 'lavés' is an irregular verb

• Because 'lavés' is a regular verb

• Because the subject is singular

• Because the subject is plural

What is the past participle of the verb 'manger' in French?

• Mangée

• Mange

• Mangéed

• Mangé

Which verb would use 'être' as an auxiliary in the Passé Composé?

• Avoir

• Aller

• Finir

• Parler

In the sentence 'Nous avons parlé', what is the role of 'avons'?

• It is the main verb

• It is the subject pronoun

• It is the auxiliary verb

• It is the past participle