
Le passé récent et le passé composé
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Isabelle Shen
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Le temps du passé : le passé récent et le passé composé
The past tense in French
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Le passé récent avec le verbe "VENIR"
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Le passé composé est un temps composé, c’est à dire en deux parties.
L’auxiliaire Être ou Avoir, conjugué au présent
Le participe passé du verbe conjugué.
La formation du passé composé
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How to form the past participle in French?
1) Regular verbs
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How to form the past participle in French?
1) Regular verbs
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How to form the past participle in French?
1) Regular verbs
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How to form the past participle in French?
2) Some Irregular verbs
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How to form the past participle in French?
3) Summary
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Most verbs construct the passé composé with avoir
--- yes 90% of the time you don't need to worry about it!
1) Auxiliary "AVOIR"
How to choose an auxiliary? Avoir or Être?
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The following verbs of movement construct the passé composé with être: naître/mourir, aller/venir, monter/descendre, arriver/partir, entrer/sortir, apparaître, rester, retourner, tomber
and their related forms such as: revenir, devenir, rentrer, remonter, redescendre, repartir...
2) Auxiliary "Être"
How to choose an auxiliary? Avoir or Être?
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We can use "la maison d'Être" to memorise the verbs with Être
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with reflexive verbs we need to use auxiliary "être"
e.g. se lever, s'habiller, se promener, se rencontrer, se discuter, etc.
2) Auxiliary "Être"
How to choose an auxiliary? Avoir or Être?
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct auxiliary for the following sentence in passé composé.
Je / J' _____ pris un méga coup de soleil.
ai
suis
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct auxiliary for the following sentence in passé composé.
Nous ____ allés en France pendant les dernières vacances.
sommes
avons
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct auxiliary for the following sentence in passé composé.
Il n'____ pas eu (had) très mal au ventre.
a
est
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct auxiliary for the following sentence in passé composé.
Vous ____ fait de la natation le weekend dernier?
avez
êtes
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct auxiliary for the following sentence in passé composé.
Ma soeur ____ rentrée chez elle très tard hier soir.
est
a
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct auxiliary for the following sentence in passé composé.
Nous nous ___ rencontrés (se rencontrer) il y a 2 ans.
sommes
avons
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Agreement of the participe passé when using auxiliary "être"
Observe the following sentences and see if you can find the rules of agreement pf past participle:
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Agreement of the participe passé when using auxiliary "être"
Rules: When a verb takes être as an auxiliary, the participle agrees in gender and number with the subject.
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Agreement of the participe passé when using auxiliary "être"
Rules: In the case of reflexive verbs (which always take être as their auxiliary in the passé composé), the participle generally agrees with the subject
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct form of past participle:
Elle a ___ (vouloir = want) voir mes amis la semaine dernière.
voulu
voulue
voulus
voulue
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct form of past participle:
Elle est ___ (descendre) du train.
descendue
descendu
descendu
descendues
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct form of past participle:
Ils sont ___ (revenir) hier de leur voyage.
revenus
revenu
revenues
revenue
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct form of past participle:
Elle n'a pas ___ (finir) ses exercices.
fini
finie
finis
finies
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct form of past participle:
Tes deux amies se sont ____ (rencontrer) il y a 3 ans.
rencontrées
rencontrés
rencontré
rencontrée
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct form of past participle:
Ils se sont ___ (habillier) hier matin.
habilliés
habilliée
habilliées
habillié
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Some common past participles
Le temps du passé : le passé récent et le passé composé
The past tense in French
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