A2 Level A2 · TCF Canada Grammar & Vocabulary: A1 to C2

A2 · Past tenses and object pronouns

Use the passé composé and the imparfait, and replace nouns with le, la, lui, leur.

14 min · 9 activities

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Lesson summary

The key points to remember, for revision.

1Passé composé = avoir / être + past participle. Être verbs: movement, change, reflexive; the participle agrees.
2Imparfait: description, habit, background. Passé composé: completed event.
3COD le / la / les; COI lui / leur. The pronoun goes before the conjugated verb, or before the infinitive.
4Verbs with à + person take lui / leur: parler, écrire, téléphoner, répondre, demander à.