

LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ - composed of what???
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Madeline Turan
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LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ - composed of what???

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You are entering the mystic world of the PAST....
en français
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SO WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL ABOUT THE PAST TENSE? IT'S OVER, ISN'T IT????
AHHH - in French we need to think about it a bit more....
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When the action is COMPLETELY FINISHED...
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...we use the PASSÉ COMPOSÉ in French.
This is how we express that we have completed an action in French....
I verbED
I DID verb
I HAVE verbED
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The Passé Composé consists of 2 verb forms...
...a HELPING VERB and a PAST PARTICIPLE.
EASY TO REMEMBER!
2 words in its name....
.........2 verbs in its formation.
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Multiple Choice
The Passé Composé is used to talk about:
what is going to happen
what is happening now
what happened yesterday
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Multiple Choice
How many verbs are used in the Passé Composé?
1
2
3
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THE HELPING VERBS...
We use the PRESENT TENSE of avoir and être...
BUT
NOT INTERCHANGEABLY!
MOST VERBS use avoir....
SO LET'S START THERE!
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PRESENT TENSE OF AVOIR... +
j'ai
tu as
il/elle/on a
nous avons
vous avez
ils/elles ont
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and the PAST PARTICIPLE!!!
The past participle is just the -ED form of the verb
not scary at all!
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So how do we find this Past Participle???
It's EASY!!!!
-er verbs: remove the -er and add -É
-ir verbs: remove the -ir and add -I
-re verbs: remove the re and add -U
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SO WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE?
I SANG: j'ai chanté
I FINISHED: j'ai fini
I SOLD: j'ai vendu
THE BAD NEWS.....
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LOTS OF IRREGULAR PAST PARTICIPLES...
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Multiple Select
The Passé Composé uses the following verbs as auxiliaries (helping verbs)
aller
avoir
être
faire
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Multiple Choice
Most verbs use être as an auxiliary (helping verb)
Vrai
Faux
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Multiple Choice
The second verb tells you what the action was.
Vrai
Faux
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Multiple Choice
Comment dit-on....
we sang
nous chantons
nous allons chanter
nous avons chanté
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Multiple Choice
Comment dit-on.....
she finished
elle a fini
elle finit
elle va finir
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Multiple Choice
Comment dit-on....
they are watching
ATTENTION!!!!
ils vont regarder
ils regardent
ils ont regardé
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Multiple Choice
Comment dit-on
he did
il fait
il a fait
il va faire
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Multiple Select
Check all the past participles:
être
rempli
gardé
écoutes
attendu
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Multiple Select
Check all the past participles:
porte
rendu
montré
trouvons
eu
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SO WHEN DO WE USE ÊTRE?
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SO HERE'S THE STORY...we use Être with verbs of...
coming / going
entering / leaving
ascending / descending
staying / remaining
being born / dying
and ALL REFLEXIVE VERBS....
.........BUT THAT'S NOT ALL....
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Since ÊTRE means TO BE, and with TO BE we must AGREE - the Past Participle will add -e, -es, -s to agree with the subject.
I went = je suis allé unless the person is feminine - je suis allée
They were born = ils sont nés or elles sont nées
She went up = elle est montée
They got off the bus = ils sont descendus de l'autobus
She woke up at 7= Elle s'est réveillée à 7h00
The little girl took a bath = La petite jeune fille s'est baignée
She entered the kitchen = Elle est entrée dans la cuisine
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la maison d'être
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aller - allé (e) (s) (es)
arriver - arrivé (e) (s) (es)
entrer - entré (e) (s) (es)
rentrer - rentré (e) (s) (es)
monter - monté (e) (s) (es)
passer - passé (e) (s) (es)
retourner - retourné (e) (s) (es)
rester - resté (e) (s) (es)
tomber - tombé (e) (s) (es)
partir - parti (e) (s) (es)
sortir - sorti (e) (s) (es)
venir - venu (e) (s) (es)
devenir - devenu (e) (s) (es)
revenir - revenu (e) (s) (es)
descendre - descendu(e) (s) (es)
mourir - mort (e) (s) (es)
naître - né (e) (s) (es)
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A MNEMONIC DEVICE (each letter stands for a verb that uses ÊTRE in the Passé Composé
DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP
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DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP
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Multiple Select
Check the verbs that need to use ÊTRE...
dormir
aller
se laver
entendre
sortir
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Multiple Select
Check all the verbs that would use ÊTRE
s'endormir
habiter
mourir
laver
maigrir
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Multiple Choice
She called =
Elle _____ téléphoné
va
a
est
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Multiple Choice
We talked =
Nous _____ bavardé
avons
sommes
allons
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Multiple Choice
They got dressed =
Ils _________
s'habillent
habillent
se sont habillés
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Multiple Choice
L'enfant cried =
L'enfant _____
a pleuré
pleure
va pleurer
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Multiple Choice
Pauline left =
Pauline ______
est parti
parte
est partie
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and NOW an EXCEPTION (bien sûr!)...
When a verb that uses AVOIR has a direct object or direct object pronoun that PRECEDES (comes in front of) the verb, the Past Participle agrees with THE DIRECT OBJECT (not the subject like verbs with être).
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WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
Il a vu la voiture = Il l'a vue
Ils ont mangé les pommes = Ils les ont mangées
On a rempli les verres = On les a remplis
Elles ont fait les devoirs. = Elles les ont faits
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Multiple Choice
When I use AVOIR the past participle will never agree
Vrai
Faux
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Multiple Choice
Using AVOIR and ÊTRE are basically the same in the Passé Composé
Vrai
Faux
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Poll
This lesson helped me understand the Passé Composé better
Absolutely!
A lot!
I still need more work
Not at all
I'm even more confused
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