Irregular Past Participles
French: AQA GCSE (2025 Exams), topic 4.2.4
Irregular Past Participles
There is no pattern to learn irregular past participles, they just need to be learned. Verbs that contain these irregular verbs (derivatives) have the same past participles.
Avoir → eu - had
Boire → bu - drank
Devoir → dû - had to
Lire → lu - read
Irregular Past Participles
There is no pattern to learn irregular past participles, they just need to be learned. Verbs that contain these irregular verbs (derivatives) have the same past participles.
Voir → vu - saw
Savoir → su - knew
Croire → cru - believed
Pouvoir → pu - was able to
Vivre → vécu - lived
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