1. Key Topic is about… Main Idea So what? (Whats important to understand about this?) Main Idea -Le Passe Compose -Using Avoir-Using Etre: is it a house verb? -expresses a completed past action and is often translated as the present perfect because it uses helping verbs. FRAME

2. Key Topic is about… Main Idea So what? (Whats important to understand about this?) Main Idea -Le Passe Compose -Using Avoir-Using Etre: is it a house verb? -conjugate Avoir as the helping verb (ai, as, a, avons, avez, ont) -conjugate Etre as the helping verb (suis, es, est, sommes, etes, sont) --expresses a completed past action and is often translated as the present perfect because it uses helping verbs. FRAME

3. Key Topic is about… Main Idea So what? (Whats important to understand about this?) Main Idea -Le Passe Compose -Using Avoir-Using Etre: is it a house verb? -conjugate Avoir as the helping verb (ai, as, a, avons, avez, ont) -conjugate Etre as the helping verb (suis, es, est, sommes, etes, sont) --expresses a completed past action and is often translated as the present perfect because it uses helping verbs. -regular participles: er-e, ir-I, re-u-most participles follow the basic rule FRAME

4. Key Topic is about… Main Idea So what? (Whats important to understand about this?) Main Idea -Le Passe Compose -Using Avoir-Using Etre: is it a house verb? -conjugate Avoir as the helping verb (ai, as, a, avons, avez, ont) -conjugate Etre as the helping verb (suis, es, est, sommes, etes, sont) -expresses a completed past action and is often translated as the present perfect because it uses helping verbs. -regular participles: er-e, ir-I, re-u -lots of irregular participles: bu, lu, du, su, pu, cru, connu, eu, vu, vollu, ete, fait, ecrit, dit, pris, mis -most participles follow the basic rule -there are some irregulars: venu, ne, mort FRAME

5. Key Topic is about… Main Idea So what? (Whats important to understand about this?) Main Idea -Le Passe Compose -Using Avoir-Using Etre: is it a house verb? -conjugate Avoir as the helping verb (ai, as, a, avons, avez, ont) -conjugate Etre as the helping verb (suis, es, est, sommes, etes, sont) --expresses a completed past action and is often translated as the present perfect because it uses helping verbs. -regular participles: er-e, ir-I, re-u -lots of irregular participles: bu, lu, du, su, pu, cru, connu, eu, vu, vollu, ete, fait, ecrit, dit, pris, mis -most participles follow the basic rule -there are some irregulars: venu, ne, mort *There is NO agreement between participles & subject *I t is MOST IMPORTANT that subject & participle AGREE FRAME

6. Key Topic is about… Main Idea So what? (Whats important to understand about this?) Main Idea -Le Passe Compose -Using Avoir-Using Etre: is it a house verb? -conjugate Avoir as the helping verb (ai, as, a, avons, avez, ont) -conjugate Etre as the helping verb (suis, es, est, sommes, etes, sont) --expresses a completed past action and is often translated as the present perfect because it uses helping verbs. -regular participles: er-e, ir-I, re-u -lots of irregular participles: bu, lu, du, su, pu, cru, connu, eu, vu, vollu, ete, fait, ecrit, dit, pris, mis -most participles follow the basic rule -there are some irregulars: venu, ne, mort *There is NO agreement between participles & subject *It is MOST IMPORTANT that subject & participle AGREE FRAME We can talk about an event that has occurred by using the passe compose which is a verb made up of two parts, a helping verb and a participle.