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How do you know if you need an accent on 'a' or not?

Is it the verb 'avoir' or the preposition 'à'? To know which one to choose there is an easy question: can I say 'avait' instead of a/à? If the answer is yes, then it's the verb and it doesn't have an accent....
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Answered by Adeline C. • French tutor
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Why do some verbs take 'etre' in the perfect tense? And how can I memorise them?

The majority of French verbs are take a conjugated form of the verb 'avoir' (to have) when forming the perfect tense, similarly to English. However, there is an important minority of verbs that use a conjuga...
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Answered by Henry P. • French tutor
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How do you construct the perfect tense for verbs that take avoir?

The perfect tense is used to describe an action or event that occurred in the past. For example, you would use the perfect tense to express the phrase "I played football yesterday" The perfect tens...
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Answered by Megan P. • French tutor
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How to form the perfect tense in French using 'avoir'.

If we want to express a completed action which happened in the past in French, we use the perfect tense. In order to form it we use either avoir or etre and conjugate them in the present form and then add th...
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Answered by Hannah A. • French tutor
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Can you help me understand adjective agreements please?

Adjective Agreements The following are simple points to remember in order to avoid losing marks in an exam for forgetting to make adjectives agree . It is important to be able to check and correct your own w...
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Answered by Carolyn E. • French tutor
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