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Passé composé practice: four verbs to drill first

Être, avoir, faire and parler cover the pattern. Here are their forms and a way to drill them.

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A verb round asking for the past tense of faire with je, answered by voice

How it is built

The passé composé has two parts: a present-tense form of avoir, then the past participle. For example, j'ai parlé means I spoke or I have spoken.

All four verbs here take avoir. A smaller group of verbs, aller among them, takes être, and Lexie leaves those out of this tense.

The four participles

VerbParticipleWith je
êtreétéj'ai été
avoireuj'ai eu
fairefaitj'ai fait
parlerparléj'ai parlé

Every form

êtreavoirfaireparler
j'ai étéj'ai euj'ai faitj'ai parlé
tu as ététu as eutu as faittu as parlé
il a étéil a euil a faitil a parlé
nous avons éténous avons eunous avons faitnous avons parlé
vous avez étévous avez euvous avez faitvous avez parlé
ils ont étéils ont euils ont faitils ont parlé

How to drill it

  1. Say the avoir forms on their own first: j'ai, tu as, il a, nous avons, vous avez, ils ont.
  2. Add one participle and run all six persons.
  3. Then switch verbs without changing the person: j'ai été, j'ai eu, j'ai fait, j'ai parlé.

In the app

A round in Lexie gives you a pronoun, a verb and the tense, for example je, faire, Past Tense. You tap the form or say it out loud.

Published 11 November 2026. The number and verb forms on this page are exported from Lexie itself.

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Which verbs does Lexie drill in the passé composé?

Être, avoir, faire and parler.

What does Lexie call the passé composé?

A round labels it Past Tense. The other French tenses in Lexie are the present, the imperfect and the future.

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