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Passé Composé Exercises in French A2: Travel Theme

The passé composé is the most commonly used past tense in spoken French and in the DELF A2. In this exercise you will practise narrating a trip using the auxiliaries avoir and être, with real exam-style sentences.

1h 40min of exam
100 pts
4 papers

When do you use the passé composé?

The passé composé narrates completed past actions that happen at a specific point in time: "Hier, j'ai visité le musée" (Yesterday I visited the museum). It differs from the imparfait, which describes ongoing situations or habits in the past.

Verbs with avoir vs verbs with être

Most verbs use "avoir" as their auxiliary. The 14 verbs of movement or state (aller, venir, partir, arriver, entrer, sortir, naître, mourir, monter, descendre, rester, tomber, retourner, passer) use "être". With être, the past participle agrees with the subject: elle est partie (not "est parti").

The passé composé for talking about travel

Travel vocabulary in the passé composé: j'ai visité (I visited), je suis allé(e) à (I went to), j'ai pris le train (I took the train), nous sommes arrivés (we arrived), j'ai réservé l'hôtel (I booked the hotel), j'ai goûté (I tasted the food). Learn these structures by heart.

Practice exercises

1Grammar A2Auxiliary avoir

Nous _____ visité le musée du Louvre.

2Grammar A2Auxiliary être

Ils _____ arrivés à Paris hier soir.

3Grammar A2Irregular avoir form

Tu _____ pris le train de 8h?

4Grammar A2Agreement with être

Marie _____ (partir) tôt ce matin.

Exam tips

  • Memorise the 14 être verbs with the mnemonic "DR MRS VANDERTRAMP" (an acronym made from their initials).
  • With être, the past participle agrees in gender and number: il est parti, elle est partie, ils sont partis, elles sont parties.
  • The most common irregular past participles for travel: pris (prendre), fait (faire), vu (voir), allé (aller).

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