Today and yesterday: perfect tense with 1st person -er verbs + avoir | French

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Match up the first person verbs in French and English.
- j'ai
  
  ⇔
  
  I have, am having ✓
- je fais
  
  ⇔
  
  I do, am doing ✓
- je dis
  
  ⇔
  
  I say, am saying ✓
- je sors
  
  ⇔
  
  I go out, am going out ✓
- je suis
  
  ⇔
  
  I am ✓
- je vais
  
  ⇔
  
  I go, am going ✓
Put the last six months of the year in sequence.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  juin
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  juillet
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  aout
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  septembre
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  octobre
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  novembre
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  décembre
What does the verb 'envoyer' mean in English?
- to bring
- to hit
- to leave
- to send ✓
- to use
Write the French for 'often'.
- 'souvent' ✓
Order the sentence 'Today, I'm eating my lunch at the office' in French.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  aujourd'hui
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  je
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  mange
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  mon
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  déjeuner
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  au
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  bureau
Fill in the missing French word in the sentence 'J'ai ______ au revoir à mon ami Amir'.
- 'dit' ✓

Match up the nouns in French and English.
- marché
  
  ⇔
  
  market ✓
- appartement
  
  ⇔
  
  appartment ✓
- avenir
  
  ⇔
  
  future ✓
- avocat(e)
  
  ⇔
  
  lawyer ✓
- facteur, factrice
  
  ⇔
  
  postman, postwoman ✓
- directeur, directrice
  
  ⇔
  
  director ✓
Match the subject pronouns with the correct verbs.
- j'
  
  ⇔
  
  envoie ✓
- tu
  
  ⇔
  
  envoies ✓
- nous
  
  ⇔
  
  envoyons ✓
- vous
  
  ⇔
  
  envoyez ✓
- ils/elles
  
  ⇔
  
  envoient ✓
Order the sentence 'The secretary is quite hard working but he's arriving late again' in French.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Le secrétaire
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  est
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  assez
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  travailleur, mais
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  il arrive
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  encore
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  en retard
Tick any of the sound-symbol correspondences contained in the sentence 'Je parle espagnol, mais il parle français'.
- SFC ✓
- [h]
- [um/un]
- [gn] ✓
- [aim/im]
To make the perfect tense in French, you need the present tense of the verb ______ and a past participle which is formed by changing the infinitive ending from -er to -é
- 'avoir' ✓
Fill in the missing word in the sentence I used the computer on the desk. 'J'ai ______ 'l'ordinateur sur le bureau.'
- 'utilisé' ✓

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[gn] sounds like 'ligne'.
The verb 'envoyer' changes spelling in the present tense from 'y' to 'ie' in all forms apart from 'nous' and 'vous'.
To make the perfect tense with regular -er verbs, use 'j'ai' followed by the past participle.
To make the past participle of regular -er verbs, replace -er with é.

The perfect tense is made up of one part like it is in English.

You must have both parts of the perfect tense; the present tense of 'avoir' and a past participle. Regular past participles end in é.

[gn] - pronounced as in 'ligne'
Perfect tense - a verb tense that describes completed actions in the past e.g. 'I said', 'she played'
Past participle - verb form that forms the perfect tense, usually together with 'avoir'