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How do you know whether to use avoir or être in the perfect tense?

Most verbs form their perfect tense with avoir. There are two main groups of verbs, however, which form their perfect tense with être :-All reflexive verbs -A group of verbs that are mainly used to talk abou...
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Answered by Roisin M. • French tutor
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How do I form the past tense of the verb 'to go' (aller)?

The past tense, or passé composé, of the verb to go is formed using the conjugated form of the verb 'to be' - être (known as the auxiliary verb) - with the past participle, for ''aller' this is 'allé(e)'. Th...
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Answered by Millie K. • French tutor
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Why does this past tense verb take être instead of avoir like the others?

There are two groups of verbs in French which use être in the passé composé rather than avoir. The first group are the reflexive verbs (think of the morning routine verbs se laver, se lever, se doucher) and ...
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Answered by Genevieve S. • French tutor
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Sample paragraph: Mon passe-temps préféré

J'adore jouer le hockey. Quand je joue avec mes amis, je me sens très contente. J'ai commencé quand j'avais sept ans et maintenant je suis l'une des meilleures joueuses de l'équipe. C'est un bon moyen de fai...
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Answered by Megan K. • French tutor
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Quand fais-tu les devoirs? (Answer questions in full sentences i.e. you must include a verb)

Normalement, je fais mes devoirs tous les jours après mon dîner, et quelquefois je fais mes devoirs avec ma sœur sur le week-end.
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Answered by Patrick C. • French tutor
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