Passé Composé AVOIR & ETRE

What is the Passé Composé?

• the present tense

• tense used to express things in the past

• expresses what is happening right now

• used to express things in the future

Which auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) must you use in the Passé Composé? CHOOSE BOTH

• Avoir

• Etre

• Aller

• Faire

How do you change regular -ER verbs to the past participle?

• Drop the -er, add é

• Use the nous form

• Add an -i

• Drop the ending, add és

How do you change regular -IR verbs to the past participle?

• Drop the -ir, add i

• Use the nous form

• Drop the ending, add é

• Drop the ending, add issi

How do you change regular -RE verbs to the past participle?

• Drop -re, add u

• Use the nous form

• Drop ending, add é

• Drop ending, add i

Which is the correct example of passé composé

• Je joue fais la portable

• J’ai joué sur mon portable

• Je jouais sur mon portable

What's missing: J' ____ fait

• ai

• as

• a

• ont

What's missing: Tu ____ mangé

• ai

• as

• a

• ont

What's missing: Il ____ fini

• ai

• as

• a

• ont

What's missing: Il ____ parlé

• ai

• as

• a

• ont