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Junior Cycle French: Past tense (passé composé)

How often Past tense (passé composé) comes up on the French papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Past tense (passé composé), Common Level(8 marks)

Quick ones on Past tense (passé composé).

(a)How do you say 'I visited Paris'?

(b)Which of these verbs takes être in the passé composé?

(c)Fill the gap: « Mes amis ___ arrivés à midi. »

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(a) J'ai visité Paris

(b) aller

(c) sont

Your turn: Common Level questions on Past tense (passé composé).

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

Past tense (passé composé), 2 marks

« Nous avons mangé une pizza. » When did this happen?

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In the past

Avons + mangé is the passé composé: we ate, or we have eaten. Right now is nous mangeons, and the future is nous allons manger.

Past tense (passé composé), 3 marks

What does « j'ai vu » mean?

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I saw

Vu is the past participle of voir (to see). I lived is j'ai vécu and I wanted is j'ai voulu.