« Les cloches sont passées ce matin pour apporter les œufs de Pâques » but in the other quizz « Il a passé l’hiver dernier à Chamonix ». In my mind it should be avoir in both sentences.
Passer can be used with avoir or être...
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TatianaKwiziq community member
Passer can be used with avoir or être...
This question relates to:French lesson "Passer can be used with avoir or être in compound tenses depending on its meaning in French (Le Passé Composé)"
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Chris Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
If you use passer with avoir, you need a direct object. In the second sentence, l'hiver is the COD. There is no COD in the first sentence.
TatianaKwiziq community member
If « l’hiver » is a direct object why «ce matin » is not a direct object? What « ce matin » is in this case???
TatianaKwiziq community member
Perhaps if you rewrite the sentence the following way: “Ce matin, les cloches sont passées pour apporter les œufs de Pâques ”, then it is certainly «être» because the preposition is right after the verb «passer».
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Passer can be used with avoir or être...
« Les cloches sont passées ce matin pour apporter les œufs de Pâques » but in the other quizz « Il a passé l’hiver dernier à Chamonix ». In my mind it should be avoir in both sentences.
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