Perfect Tense of Avoir + Use of Passer
I had = J’ai eu
I had a good holiday = J’ai passé de bonnes vacances
The Perfect Tense of AVOIR is formed by using its Present Tense + its Past Participle – EU.
J’ai eu = I had
Tu as eu = you had
Il a eu = he had
Elle a eu = she had
Nous avons eu = we had
Vous avez eu = you had (pl)
Ils ont eu = They had
Elles ont eu = They had
Examples of AVOIR in the Perfect Tense:
J’ai eu du travail = I had some work
Tu as eu peur = You were frightened.
Il a eu envie de partir = He wanted to leave.
Nous avons eu une idée = We had an idea.
Vous avez eu besoin d’aide = You needed help.
Ils ont eu tort. = They were wrong.
I had a good holiday in French
Use PASSER instead of AVOIR to talk about having had a good or bad time/holiday/weekend/day:
PASSER = to spend (time) … especially in the past
Passé is the past participle of Passer
E.g:
J’ai passé une belle journée.
I had a lovely day
J’ai passé un bon weekend.
I had a good weekend.
As-tu passé de bonnes vacances?
Oui, j’ai passé de bonnes vacances.
Non, je n’ai pas passé de bonnes vacances.
Avez-vous passé un bon weekend?
Oui, nous avons passé un bon weekend.
Non, nous n’avons pas passé un bon weekend.
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#1. (Did you have) ________ un bon weekend?
#2. (I did not have) ______ un bon weekend.
#3. (I had) _____ trop de travail.
#4. Est-ce que ton chien (had) ______ un bon réveillon?
#5. Non, (he did not have) _______ un bon réveillon.
#6. (He was frightened) _______ des feux d'artifices.
#7. Ma mère (had) _______ une très belle surprise.
#8. (She spent) _____ le weekend à Paris avec mon père.
#9. (Did you have) ______ de bonnes vacances?
#10. Oui, (we had) _____ de bonnes vacances en Espagne.
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Uses of the VERB AVOIR
