- LIMPARFAIT ET LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ - LE VERBE VENIR - LES PÉPOSITIONS GÉOGRAPHIQUES Chapter 4 Review

Le passé composé To say what happened in the past: I went to the cinema To talk about an action that is finished: it rained but now its sunny To talk about an action that you did on a specific date: I played a match on Sunday To talk about an action that happened once: he fell To mention a sudden event: suddenly, the music stopped It can be compared to the click of a camera

Main action Interruption Completed action End or beginning Think…

How is it formed? 1. The Subject First comes the subject. This is the person doing the action. Remember: Je - Tu - Il - Elle - On Nous - Vous - Ils - Elles But it could also be Marc, Celine, Mes parents, La glace, Le professeur It is whoever is doing the verb!

2. The Helping Verb This is the part of avoir or être, known as the auxilliary: JaiJe suis Tu asTu es Il/elle/on aIl/elle/on est Nous avonsNous sommes Vous avezVous êtes Ils / elles ontIls/elles sont How do you know which one to use? If its one of the MRS VAN DER TRAMP or a reflexive verb use être otherwise its avoir.

3. The Past Participle For most verbs (regular verbs) you can follow the simple rules to change the infinitive to the past participle: For –ER verbs, take off the ER and add an É Regarder Regardé For –IR verbs, take off the IR and add an I Finir Fini For –RE verbs, take off the RE and add a U Répondre Répondu HOWEVER lots of verbs are irregular and we need to learn the past participles of these. (17 of the Top 20 most used french verbs are irregular!!) DONT FORGET TO MAKE THE PP AGREE IF IT IS AN ÊTRE VERB! (see right)

Limparfait To say what happened in the past but for description purposes: I was singing along peacefully To talked about an action that is finished but lasted some time: it was raining everyday To talk about an action that was happening when something sudden happened: I was drinking my cup of tea when the phone rang To express a condition (before the conditional usually): if I could, I would never work To talk about something you used to do some time ago: I used to play the piano when I was little It can be compared to a short video footage

Think… Weather Age Time Characteristics Habitual actions Emotions Descriptions

How is it formed? Take the nous form of the verb in the present tense Ex. nous parlons Take off the –ons Add the correct ending: Je –ais, tu – ais, il/elle – ait, nous –ions, vous – iez, -aient Ex. Je parlais The one exception is être... ét-jétais

Limparfait ou le passé composé??? J ai parlé J ai commencé Vous partiez Nous sommes allés Il jouait Ils parlaient Tu arrivais (Passé composé) (Imparfait)

Le verbe venir Venir means: to come Je viensNous venons Tu viensVous venez Il/elle vientIls/elles viennent It is a verb of motion and therefore takes être as its auxiliary in the passé composé Je suis venu

Les pépositions géographiques 1. Cities to/in = à from/of = de (d') Je vais à Dallas la semaine prochaine. Je viens de Broughshane.

2. Countries and Continents In & toFrom & of masculineau ( J'habite au Canada) du (Je viens du Canada) masculine vowel en (J'habite en Iran) d (Je viens d'Iran) feminineen (J'habite en France) de (Je viens de France) pluralaux (J'habite aux États-Unis) des (Je viens des États-Unis) Countries that end in an 'e' are nearly all feminine (except for 'le Mexique', 'le Cambodge'). Countries that end in any other letter are masculine.

Dont forget… Vocabulary!!!