Être and Avoir Worksheets – 11 Grammar Activities

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Introduction

This set of 11 grammar worksheets provides step-by-step practice with the essential French verbs être and avoir in both the present tense and passé composé. The activities help students master conjugations, sentence structure, and verb usage through clear examples and short written exercises.

Learners will work with sentence completions, question formation, idiomatic expressions (avoir faim, avoir soif), adjective agreement with être, and auxiliary selection in compound tenses. Each worksheet includes 11 focused examples for consistent and meaningful practice.

What’s Included:

11 printable grammar worksheets

Practice with être and avoir in the present and passé composé

Gap-fill, correction, and question transformation exercises

Activities with idiomatic expressions and adjective agreement

Review on auxiliary choice (avoir / être) in compound tenses

Grades / Ages:

Ideal for Grades 1–6

Implementation Format:

Perfect for French lessons, grammar review, small groups, independent practice, or homework.

Answer Key:

Not included

File Type:

PDF (Non-editable)

Number of Pages:

11 pages total

License:

Paid product for personal or single-classroom use only

Tags to Use:

avoir être worksheets, French grammar practice, être and avoir verbs, French verb conjugation, passé composé worksheets, present tense French, beginner French grammar

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Conjugate être and avoir correctly in the present tense
Choose correctly between être and avoir based on sentence context
Form questions using être and avoir

Teaching tips

Assign the worksheets in sequence, since they build from simple present-tense conjugation toward the more demanding auxiliary-verb selection and error-correction pages at the end.
Pre-teach the avoir idiomatic expressions (avoir faim, avoir peur, and similar) before that worksheet, since these phrases don't translate literally from English.
Note that the last four worksheets switch to French-only instructions, so students working independently on those pages will need to read directions in French.

Skills covered

Present-tense conjugation — students complete sentences with the correct form of être and avoir across four dedicated worksheets.
Passé composé formation — students conjugate être and avoir and select the correct auxiliary verb in compound-tense sentences.
Idiomatic expression use — students complete avoir-based idioms such as avoir faim, avoir soif, and avoir raison.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Are the worksheet instructions in English or French?

Both — the first seven pages give instructions in English, while the final four pages (idiomatic expressions, adjective agreement, auxiliary choice, and sentence correction) switch to French-only instructions.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

être conjugation
avoir conjugation
passé composé auxiliary verbs
adjective agreement

Topics

French worksheets French verbs Verb conjugation French grammar

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