Passé Composé (avoir only)

Le passé composé is the verb tense used to express a past, completed action.

• vrai

• faux

J'ai dansé. =

• I'm dancing.

  I am dancing.

• I used to dance.

• I danced.

  I did dance.

  I have danced.

• I will dance.

To create the past participle of an "er" verb, you drop the "er" and add "u"

• vrai

• faux

To create the past participle of "ir" verbs, you drop the "r".

• vrai

• faux

To create the past participle of "re" verbs, you drop the "re" and add "é".

• vrai

• faux

To form the passé composé, you need two parts. A helping verb and a past participle.

• vrai

• faux

Nous ____ parlé.

• ai

• avez

• avons

• ont

J'ai ____ le film.

• mangé

• aimé

• dansé

• maigri

Helping verbs must be used in the passé composé.

• vrai

• faux

Put into past tense: je/finir