MFL, French grammar. Usually met in years 7 to 11.
Choose the right form of common French verbs in the perfect tense, for what happened.
What you practise
Matching the verb to the person (I, you, we and so on)
Regular and irregular verbs
Telling this tense apart from the others
Starts with the most common verbs and adds irregular ones level by level. Practice moves up a level when a round goes well and down when it does not.
Sample questions
Each sample comes with the method and the reason every wrong option is wrong. Real practice rounds are ten questions at your level.
Sample question, level 2 of 5
vous … (aller, to go): which is the perfect tense?
sommes allé(e)s
êtes allé(e)(s)
es allé(e)
suis allé(e)
est allé(e)
Show the answer and method
Answer: B, êtes allé(e)(s)
The method: With ‘vous’ (you (more than one)), the perfect tense of ‘aller’ is ‘êtes allé(e)(s)’. Aller takes être in the perfect tense, so the past participle agrees.
Why the other options are wrong:
A, sommes allé(e)s: ‘sommes allé(e)s’ goes with ‘nous’, not ‘vous’.
C, es allé(e): ‘es allé(e)’ goes with ‘tu’, not ‘vous’.
D, suis allé(e): ‘suis allé(e)’ goes with ‘je (j’)’, not ‘vous’.
E, est allé(e): ‘est allé(e)’ goes with ‘il / elle’, not ‘vous’.
Sample question, level 4 of 5
je (j’) … (sortir, to go out): which is the perfect tense?
sont sorti(e)s
es sorti(e)
suis sorti(e)
êtes sorti(e)(s)
sors
Show the answer and method
Answer: C, suis sorti(e)
The method: With ‘je (j’)’ (I), the perfect tense of ‘sortir’ is ‘suis sorti(e)’. Sortir takes être in the perfect tense.
Why the other options are wrong:
A, sont sorti(e)s: ‘sont sorti(e)s’ goes with ‘ils / elles’, not ‘je (j’)’.
B, es sorti(e): ‘es sorti(e)’ goes with ‘tu’, not ‘je (j’)’.
D, êtes sorti(e)(s): ‘êtes sorti(e)(s)’ goes with ‘vous’, not ‘je (j’)’.
E, sors: ‘sors’ is the present tense, not the perfect tense.
