The 30 most common irregular past participles in French
Past participles are used to make composed tenses in French, like the “passé composé” or the “futur antérieur” or the “past conditional”.
Have a go at finding the following irregular past participles:
| Infinitive | Past Participle | Infinitive | Past Participle |
| être | mourir | ||
| boire | vouloir | ||
| offrir | courir | ||
| venir | faire | ||
| falloir | asseoir | ||
| recevoir | dire | ||
| suivre | prendre | ||
| avoir | plaire / pleuvoir | ||
| devoir | voir | ||
| mettre | valoir | ||
| savoir | aller | ||
| vivre | connaître | ||
| croire | rire | ||
| naître | ouvrir | ||
| lire | pouvoir |
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