Conditional Perfect - Être, Aller & Avoir
French: AQA A Level, topic 11.7.4
Être, Aller, and Avoir
There are high frequency irregular verbs in the future perfect tense. Être, aller, and avoir are high frequency irregular verbs. It's important to be familiar with these verbs.
Être
- Être (to be) has an irregular past participle.
- The past participle of être is été.
Examples with être
- Here are some examples of être in the conditional perfect.
- Si nous ne le connaissions pas si bien, nous aurions été surpris par son arrivée tardive.
- If we did not know him so well, we would have been surprised by his late arrival.
- Si j’avais pu, j’aurais été ravi de visiter Paris avec eux.
- If I had been able to, I would have been delighted to visit Paris with them.
Aller
- Aller (to go) uses être as an auxiliary verb.
- Si tu t’étais levé plus tôt, tu serais allé chercher des croissants avec moi.
- If you had got up earlier, you would have gone to fetch some croissants with me.
Avoir
- Avoir (to have) has an irregular past participle.
- The past participle of avoir is eu.
Examples with avoir
- Here are some examples of avoir in the conditional perfect.
- Si elle avait reçu de l’argent pour son anniversaire, elle aurait eu une nouvelle robe.
- If she had received some money for her birthday, she would have had a new dress.
- Comme il n’aime pas étudier, nous aurions eu beaucoup de mal à le convaincre.
- As he does not like to study, we would have had a hard time convincing him.
Test yourself on Conditional Perfect - Être, Aller & Avoir
Which of these verbs has être as its auxiliary verb?