Verb challenge - le passé composé

As the exam season is approaching fast, we are delighted to offer you this verb challenge activity, using the passé composé.

The first 2 pages contain grids of French, using the first person (84 verbs in total). The second 2 pages contain the same verbs in English. However, as both sets are in alphabetical order, they are not mirror-images of each other.

Below is how we have used the activity with our students.

1. distribute the French sheets to students, individually or pairs/small groups

2. give them a time limit to identify as many as possible

3. then give them the English sheets and get them to fill in the missing verbs, using a different colour pen - this way you can see how many they got in both stages

4. get them to create sentences using the verbs.