1. Le Passé Composé

2. Sometimes in English we use an expression of time and another verb to show that we are talking about the PAST.

3. Le Passé Composé Sometimes in English we use an expression of time or another verb to show that we are talking about the PAST. For example: Yesterday I went to Bath to buy a CD

4. Le Passé Composé Sometimes in English we use an expression of time or another verb to show that we are talking about the PAST. For example: Yesterday I went to Bath to buy a CD or I have eaten the chocolates you gave me

5. Le Passé Composé In French the same thing happens: we use an expression of time or another (auxiliary) verb to talk about the PAST.

6. Le Passé Composé In French the same thing happens: we use an expression of time or another (auxiliary) verb to talk about the PAST. For example: Jai mangé une pomme.

7. Le Passé Composé In French the same thing happens: we use an expression of time or another (auxiliary) verb to talk about the PAST. For example: Jai mangé une pomme. orHier jai acheté un CD dans un magasin

8. Le Passé Composé How do you work out how to write the past tense of a verb?

9. Le Passé Composé How do you work out how to write the past tense of a verb? EASY!

10. Le Passé Composé How do you work out how to write the past tense of a verb? EASY! For verbs that end in -er, like acheter, manger, danser

11. Le Passé Composé How do you work out how to write the past tense of a verb? EASY! For verbs that end in -er, like acheter, manger, danser you change the -er to

12. Le Passé Composé How do you work out how to write the past tense of a verb? EASY! For verbs that end in -er, like acheter, manger, danser you change the -er to é

13. Le Passé Composé How do you work out how to write the past tense of a verb? EASY! For verbs that end in -er, like acheter, manger, danser you change the -er to é and add jai in front

14. Le Passé Composé How do you work out how to write the past tense of a verb? EASY! For verbs that end in -er, like acheter, manger, danser you change the -er to é and add jai in front so acheter becomes

15. Le Passé Composé How do you work out how to write the past tense of a verb? EASY! For verbs that end in -er, like acheter, manger, danser you change the -er to é and add jai in front so acheter becomes jai acheté

16. Le Passé Composé How do you work out how to write the past tense of a verb? EASY! For verbs that end in -er, like acheter, manger, danser you change the -er to é and add jai in front so acheter becomes jai acheté and danser becomes

17. Le Passé Composé How do you work out how to write the past tense of a verb? EASY! For verbs that end in -er, like acheter, manger, danser you change the -er to é and add jai in front so acheter becomes jai acheté and danser becomes jai dansé

18. Le Passé Composé How do you work out how to write the past tense of a verb? EASY! For verbs that end in -er, like acheter, manger, danser you change the -er to é and add jai in front so acheter becomes jai acheté and danser becomes jai dansé and manger becomes

19. Le Passé Composé How do you work out how to write the past tense of a verb? EASY! For verbs that end in -er, like acheter, manger, danser you change the -er to é and add jai in front so acheter becomes jai acheté and danser becomes jai dansé and manger becomes jai mangé

20. Le Passé Composé For verbs that end in -re, like attendre and vendre

21. Le Passé Composé For verbs that end in -re, like attendre and vendre change the -re to -u and add jai in front

22. Le Passé Composé For verbs that end in -re, like attendre and vendre change the -re to -u and add jai in front For example attendre becomes

23. Le Passé Composé For verbs that end in -re, like attendre and vendre change the -re to -u and add jai in front For example attendre becomes jai attendu

24. Le Passé Composé For verbs that end in -re, like attendre and vendre change the -re to -u and add jai in front For example attendre becomes jai attendu and vendre becomes

25. Le Passé Composé For verbs that end in -re, like attendre and vendre change the -re to -u and add jai in front For example attendre becomes jai attendu and vendre becomes jai vendu

26. Le Passé Composé For verbs that end in -ir, like finir and choisir

27. Le Passé Composé For verbs that end in -ir, like finir and choisir change the -ir to -i

28. Le Passé Composé For verbs that end in -ir, like finir and choisir change the -ir to -i and add jai in front

29. Le Passé Composé For verbs that end in -ir, like finir and choisir change the -ir to -i and add jai in front For example finir becomes jai fini

30. Le Passé Composé For verbs that end in -ir, like finir and choisir change the -ir to -i and add jai in front For example finir becomes jai fini and choisir becomes jai choisi