Title: Passé composé (1)- ER-Verbs
1THE PAST TENSE
2We use this tense, when talking about things that
have happened in the past. It is actually called
the Perfect Tense in French. First lets check
we remember the Present Tense.
3Present Tense
- I play football
- Je joue au foot
- I eat chips
- Je mange des frites
4Changing from Present into Past
- The big difference between present and past is
that you need two verbs (doing words) instead of
one. - These two words are
- 1) the RIGHT part of the verb avoir to
have - 2) a past participle
5Avoir
- You should already know how to use this verb. You
have been using it since the start of the course.
- Lets have a look at it.
6avoir to have
- jai
- tu as
- il/elle a
- nous avons
- vous avez
- vous avez
- ils/elles ont
- I have
- you (fr) have
- he/she has
- we have
- you (plural) have
- you have (polite)
- they have
7Now lets practice it
- Complete the sentences below
- J un chat
- Tu un stylo?
- Il une soeur
- Nous un chien
- Vous n pas de devoirs
- Elles une gomme
8ANSWERS
- J ai un chat
- Tu as un stylo?
- Il a une soeur
- Nous avons un chien
- Vous n avez pas de devoirs
- Elles ont une gomme
9- WHAT IS A PAST PARTICIPLE?
- It is like ed in English
-
- E.g played, lived
10HOW DO WE MAKE THE PAST PARTICIPLE?
- Take the infinitive
- and cross off the er
ecouter
112. Then add é
Jai ecouté de la musique
12This means I listened to music I have listened
to music I did listen to music In French, we can
translate all three of the phrases using the same
sentence!
13regarder
Jai regardé la télévision
14nager
Jai nagé à la piscine
15danser
Jai dansé à la discotheque
16jouer
Jai joué au foot
17manger
Jai mangé des frites
18Jai joué au rugby
Jai joué au tennis de table
Jai joué au foot
Jai joué au basket
Jai ecouté de la musique
Jai dansé
19- How would you say these sentences?
- Have a go!
20she
we
they
he
Il a joué au rugby Elle a joué au foot Nous avons
mangé des frites Ils ont joué au tennis de table
(HELP!)
jai tu as il/elle a nous avons vous avez vous
avez ils/elles ont
21he
she
they
we
Ils ont joué au basket Il a ecouté de la
musique Nous avons joué au tennis de table Elle a
dansé
22RECAP
- If we want to translate I played into French
- Take the infinitive jouer
- Change it into a past participle joué
- Add the right bit of avoir jai joué
- Remember, this phrase means I have played,
- I played and I did play!!!