Le passé composé - basic structure

What does the passé composé express?

• The past

• The present

• The future

Click on the 2 auxiliary verbs:

• être

• aller

• avoir

• faire

For ER verbs, you create the past participle by removing the ​ (a)   and replacing it with ​ (b)  

• ER
• é
• i
• u
• IR
• RE

For IR verbs, you create the past participle by removing the ​ (a)   ​ and replacing it with ​ (b)   ​ ​

• IR
• i
• u
• RE
• ER
• é

For RE verbs, you create the past participle by removing the ​ ​ (a)   ​ and replacing it with ​ ​ (b)   ​

• RE
• u
• ER
• é
• IR
• i

The ​ (a)   is the past tense form of the focus verb.

• past participle
• auxiliary verb
• verb
• pronoun

Match the past participle to it's infinitive verb.

• vendu

• vendre

• choisi

• manger

• fini

• choisir

• joué

• jouer

• mangé

• finir

Reorder the following sentence in the passé compose:

• J'

• un

• ai

• mangé

• sandwich

Reorder the following sentence in the passé composé:

• as

• choisi

• Tu

• un

• bon film

Reorder the following sentence in the passé composé:

• Il

• sa

• voiture

• a

• vendu