You will finally be able to say “was,”“saw,” and “did” in French!

Le passé composé = Avoir ou être + le participle passé

Another word for “auxiliary” is “helper.” The helper verb for the passé composé is usually avoir, but for SOME verbs it is être. We will learn more about the être verbs later.

For –er verbs, change the ending to –é. For example: mangeré

For –ir verbs, change the ending to –i. For example: finiri

For –re verbs, change the ending to –u. For example: répondreu

chanteré

parleré

écouteré

choisiri

grandiri

rougiri

vendreu

perdreu

attendreu

There are some irregular p ast participles: faire → fait voir → vu vouloir → voulu

The verb aller is one of the verbs that takes être in the past tense instead of avoir! So we don’t say: J’ai allé We say: Je suis allé

Put the verb in the passé composé: Je (manger): __________________ J’ai mangé

Put the verb in the passé composé: Tu (finir): __________________ Tu as fini

Put the verb in the passé composé: Elles (répondre): _________________ Elles ont répondu

Try to do the next questions on your worksheet by yourself!