Passé Composé

The passé composé is a ...

• present tense

• past tense

• future tense

• conditionnel tense

The word composé means ...

• It is a composition tense

• It allows you to compose something

• It consists of multiple parts

• It doesn't mean anything

The first part of the passé composé is:

• a conjugated form of avoir

• a conjugated form of aller

• a conjugated form of être

• a conjugated form of avoir or être

The second part of the passé composé is:

• an infinitive

• a gerund form

• a conjugated form of the verb

• a past participle

Are there any rules for figuring out past participles?

• No, you just need to memorize all of them

• There are some rules for regular verbs, but not for irregular verbs

• Yes, you just change the ending into -é, no matter which verb

• Yes, you just change the ending into -i, no matter which verb

The past participle endings for the -ER, -IR, -RE verbs are:

• - É, -I, -U

• -E, -I, -U

• -I, -U, -I

• -É, -A, -U

Passé Composé: Je .... (manger)

• Je suis mangé

• J'ai mangé

• Je suis mangé(e)

• J'ai mangé(e)

Passé Composé: Tu ... (aller)

• Tu as allé

• Tu es allé(e)

• Tu as allé(e)

• Tu es allés

Passé Composé: Il ... (finir)

• Il a fini

• Il est fini

• Il a finu

• Il est finie

Passé Composé: Elle ... (rester)

• Elle a resté

• Elle a restée

• Elle est restée

• Elle est resté