Bien Dit B1 Lesson 7 Le Passé Composé

The passé composé is the equivalent of the past tense in English.

• vrai

• faux

In French the passé composé has two parts: a helping verb and a past participle.

• vrai

• faux

The helping verb for most verbs is the verb avoir conjugated in the present tense.

• faux

• vrai

You form the past participle of most er verbs by replacing the -er with -é.

• faux

• vrai

The passé composé is the equivalent of these three ways to express the past tense in English.

J'ai mangé = I ate, I have eaten and I did eat.

• vrai

• faux

To make a sentence in the past tense negative you add the n'...pas around the helping verb avoir in its conjugated form.

Ex: Je n'ai pas mangé.

• vrai

• faux

You use the passé composé to talk about an action that was completed, over and done with.

• faux

• vrai

We drank some milk yesterday.

• J'ai bu du lait hier
• Nous avons bu le lait hier.
• Nous avons bu du lait hier.
• Nous avons voulu du coca.

What is the past participle of chanter

• chantu
• chantit
• chanté
• chantons

What two parts make up the passé composé?

• the auxiliary verb + the present participle
• the verb faire + the past participle
• the auxiliary verb + the past participle
• the verb aller + the infinitive

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D