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Passé composé: how does the agreement of the past participle work?

The passé composé (present perfect) is a frequently used tense to refer to a finished action, event, etc. in the near past. In spoken French, it often replaces the passé simple (past historic). It is a compo...
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Answered by Constance M. • French tutor
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How do you know whether to use the imperfect or perfect tense?

The perfect tense is used to for completed actions in the past. For example, le semaine dernier je suis allé en France would translate to last week I went to France. The imperfect is used for incomplete acti...
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Answered by Megan 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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