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1 Review of Passé Composé
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2 I. Formation Passé Composé is formed by using the present tense of avoir or être plus a past participle to indicate a single action that has happened in the past.

3 Avoir J’ai Nous avons Tu as Vous avez Il/Elle/On a Ils/Elles ont

4 Past Participle Formation
Step 1: Drop the last 2 letters from a REGULAR VERB, add the following endings: er  é ir  i re  u

5 Irregular Past Participles Used with Avoir
Ending with …….i Rire (to laugh) – ri Sourire (to smile) – souri Suivre (to follow) – suivi Ending with …….is mettre (to put, to wear) – mis prendre (to take) – pris *verbs with mettre and prendre in them will follow the same pattern (permettre, compromettre, apprendre, comprendre, surprendre)

6 Irregulars, cont’d Ending in ……it Ending in ……ert
Dire (to say, to tell) – dit Écrire (to write) – écrit Conduire (to drive) – conduit Produire (to produce) - produit Ending in ……ert Ouvrir (to open) – ouvert Couvrir (to cover) – couvert Découvrir (to discover) – découvert Offrir – (to offer) – offert Souffrir (to suffer) - souffert

7 Irregulars, cont’d Devoir (must) – dû Avoir (to have) – eu
Boire (to drink) – bu Lire (to read) – lu Pouvoir (to be able to) – pu Voir (to see) – vu Croire (to believe) – cru Connaître (to know) – connu Savoir (to know)-su Recevoir (to receive) – reçu Vouloir – voulu Falloir (to be necessary) – Il a fallu Courir (to run) – couru Vivre (to live) - vécu

8 Irregular: Être – (to be) – été Faire (to do; make) – fait

9 être in Passé Composé The verb être is only used in passé composé when you have a Vandertramp or reflexive (se) verb Forms of être: Je suis Nous sommes Tu es Vous êtes Il/elle/on est Ils/elles sont

10 Dr. Mrs. Vandertramp If a verb is NOT on this list and is not reflexive (se verbs), it uses avoir as the auxillary, not être. *Devenir (to become) – devenu *Revenir (to come back) – revenu *Mourir (to die) – mort Rester (to stay) Sortir (to go out)

11 Vandertramp, cont’d *Venir (to come) – venu Aller (to go)
*Naître (to be born) – né Descendre (to go down) Entrer (to enter) Rentrer (to re-enter) Tomber (to fall) Retourner (to return) Arriver (to arrive) Monter (to climb) Partir (to leave)

12 Agreement Rules You will add agreement in 2 ways with passé composé – a) if you are using être as the auxillary verb, and b) if you have a preceeding direct object with avoir. Masc. Fem. Sing. / e s es Plural

13 Reflexives Use reflexive pronoun and add être as auxillary, then follow basic passé composé rules and add agreement if necessary: Je me suis_____ Nous nous sommes _____ Tu t’es _____ Vous vous êtes _____ Il/elle/on s’est ____ Ils/Elles se sont _______ *EX: Je me suis beaucoup amusé à la plage. Elle s’est levée tôt ce matin.


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