Key Verbs In French

Question 1

What is the French verb for ‘to have’?

Answer 1

avoir

Question 2

What is the French verb for ‘to be’?

Answer 2

être

Question 3

What is the French verb for ‘to go’?

Answer 3

aller

Question 4

What is the French verb for ‘to do/make’?

Answer 4

faire

Question 5

What is the French verb for ‘to want’?

Answer 5

vouloir

Question 6

What is the French verb for ‘to have to’?

Answer 6

devoir

Question 7

What is the French verb for ‘to be able to’?

Answer 7

pouvoir

Question 8

What are the two French verbs that mean ‘to know’?

Answer 8

connaître / savoir

Question 9

What are auxiliary verbs used for in French?

Answer 9

Forming the perfect and pluperfect tenses

Question 10

Which two verbs are the auxiliary verbs in French?

Answer 10

avoir and être

Question 11

Fill in the blank: The present tense form of ‘avoir’ for ‘I’ is ______.

Answer 11

ai

Question 12

Fill in the blank: The imperfect tense form of ‘avoir’ for ‘you (informal)’ is ______.

Answer 12

avais

Question 13

Fill in the blank: The present tense form of ‘être’ for ‘he/she/we’ is ______.

Answer 13

est

Question 14

Fill in the blank: The imperfect tense form of ‘être’ for ‘we’ is ______.

Answer 14

étions

Question 15

True or False: The auxiliary verb ‘avoir’ is used with all verbs in the perfect tense.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

What is the past participle of ‘faire’?

Answer 16

fait

Question 17

Translate to French: I did my homework.

Answer 17

j’ai fait mes devoirs

Question 18

Translate to French: I had done my homework.

Answer 18

j’avais fait mes devoirs

Question 19

Translate to French: He went on holiday.

Answer 19

il est parti en vacances

Question 20

Translate to French: He had gone on holiday.

Answer 20

il était parti en vacances