FINAL EXAM REVIEW SET #1 LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

What do we use the "passé composé" for?

• To talk about what we're doing now in the present

• To talk about what we did in the past

• To talk about what we will do in the future

What do the verbs represented by

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have in common?

• They all have irregular past participles

• They all have have regular past participles.

• They all use être as the helping verb in the passé composé.

• They all take avoir as the helping verb in the passé composé.

What is the ending for a regular -ER verb in the past tense?

• é
• e
• ê

To form the passé composé, ____________ or __________ is conjugated in the present tense and the ______________ is transformed into the past participle.
 

•  
  être, aller/infinitive
• avoir, aller/infinitive
• être, venir/inifinitive
• avoir, être/ infinitive

 The past participle for "chanter" =

• chanti
• chanté
• chantu
• chantés

 The past participle for "finir" =

• finé
• finie
• fini
• finis

 The past participle for "attendre" =

• attendu
• attendis
• attendé
• attendit

Some verbs have irregular past participles.

• Vrai
• Faux

Which set of verbs use être in the passé composé?
 

• aller, faire, être, avoir, venir
• aller, entrer, rentrer, étudier, perdre
• aller, tomber, montrer, finir, naître
• aller, arriver, venir, revenir, devenir

Which set of verbs use être in the passé composé?
 

• entrer, rentrer, retourner, descendre, attendre
   
• aller, faire, être, avoir, venir
• rester, sortir, partir, naître, mourir
• aller, vendre, revenir, devenir, tomber