The Past, Present and Future

Je vais à la plage.

• I am going to the beach.
• I am going to go to the beach.
• I went to the beach.

Je vais aller à la plage.

• I am going to the beach.
• I am going to go to the beach.
• I went to the beach.

Je suis allé(e) à la plage.

• I am going to the beach.
• I am going to go to the beach.
• I went to the beach.

The past tense (le passé composé) is composed of . . .

• Present tense of avoir (helping verb) + past participle
• Present tense of être (helping verb) + past participle
• Both are correct depending on the verb that you are putting int he past tense.

To form the past participle of -er verbs, you remove the ending -er and add . . .

• é
• i
• u

The past participle of "faire" (to do) is . . .

• fait
• lu
• vu
• écrit

The past participle of "lire" (to read) is . . .

• fait
• lu
• vu
• écrit

The past participle of "voir" (to see) is . . .

• fait
• lu
• vu
• écrit

The past participle of "écrire" (to write) is . . .

• fait
• lu
• vu
• écrit

Je reste à la maison.

• I am staying home. / I stay home.
• I am going to stay home.
• I stayed home. / I did stay home.