1. J’ + manger =He has finished 2. Tu + écouter =we have chosen 3. Il + finir =I have eaten 4. Nous + choisir =They have waited 5. Elle + vendre =She has sold 6. Ils + attendre =you have listened Conjugue les verbes et relie à l’anglais (Conjugate the verbs and match up to the English)

abc 1 I have eaten an apple You (singl) have seen a film She has watched tv 2 They have waited for the bus We have said “No!” You (plur) have read Harry Potter 3 She has sold a bike I have bought a car He has drunk an orange juice

Le passé composé avec l’auxiliaire “être”

The past tense recipe To build the past tense you need 3 ingredients: The first ingredient is the subject: je tuil elle on nousvousils elles

To build the past tense you need 3 ingredients: The second ingredient is the correct form of AVOIR (revised last lesson) Or the Correct form of ETRE ( only for 13 verbs)

Reliez le français et l’anglais jeest tusont ilsuis ellesommes ones nousêtes vousest ilsest ellessont

ABC 1jetuelle 2nousellesil 3ilsonvous

Mrs Van Detramp Monter – to go up – (monté) Rester – to stay – (resté) Sortir – to go out – (sorti) Venir– to come – (venu) Aller – to go – (allé) Naître – to be born – (né) Descendre – to go down – (descendu) Entrer – to enter – (entré) Tomber – to fall – (tombé) Retourner – to return– (retourné) Arriver – to arrive – (arrivé) Mourir – to die – (mort) Partir – to leave – (parti)

To build the past tense you need 3 ingredients: The third ingredient is the correct form of the past participle: Verbs finishing in ER >> become “é” Verbs finishing in IR >> become “i” Verbs finishing in RE >> become “u”

AGREEMENT OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE There is one further point to bear in mind. Verbs taking “être” as an auxiliary verb need to agree with their subject.

>> So, if the subject was male: it’s easy, the verb stays the way it is, nothing to add. e.g.: il est parti (he has left) MASCULINE

>> If the subject was male and plural: you will have to ad “s” at the end of the past participle e.g.: il sont partis (they have left) MASCULINE and PLURAL

>> if the subject was female: you will have to add “e” “e” at the end of the past participle e.g.: elle est partie (she has left) FEMININE

>> if the subject was female and plural: you will have to add “es” “es” at the end of the past participle e.g.: elles sont parties (they have left) FEMININE

He has arrived il + arriver Il est arrivé

she has arrived elle + arriver Elle est arrivée

I have gone je + aller Je suis allé

I have fallen je + tomber Je suis tombée

They have arrived ils + arriver Ils sont arrivés

They have gone elles + aller Elles sont allées

He was born il + naître Il est né

She has gone up elle + monter Elle est montée

We have entered nous + entrer Nous sommes entrés

I stayed He fell I came back She left I had to We read They(f) drank We offered She went They(m) ran They (f) had He wanted