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Le passé composé avec avoir pp. 110-111
To describe past actions, the French use a past
tense called the PASSÉ COMPOSÉ. Note the forms
of the passé composé in the following
sentences. Jai acheté un jean. I bought a pair
of jeans. Marc a choisi une veste. Marc chose a
jacket. Nous avons attendu nos copains. We
waited for our friends.
FORMS
The passé composé consists of two words. For most
verbs, the passé composé is formed as follows
PRESENT of avoir PAST PARTICIPLE
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Le passé composé avec avoir pp. 110-111
PRESENT of avoir PAST PARTICIPLE
j
ai
visité
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Le passé composé avec avoir pp. 110-111
PASSÉ COMPOSÉ
Jai
visité Paris.
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Le passé composé avec avoir pp. 110-111
The past participle of regular verbs ending in
-er, -ir, and -re is formed by replacing the
infinitive ending as follows
PAST PARTICIPLEENDING
INFINITIVEENDING
VERBS IN -er -er -é travailler Jai travaillé.
VERBS IN -ir -ir -i finir Nous avons fini.
VERBS IN -re -re -u attendre Sophie a attendu.
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Le passé composé avec avoir pp. 110-111
USES
The passé composé is used to describe actions and
events that took place in the past. It has
several English equivalents. Jai visité
Montréal.

I visited Montreal. I have visited
Montreal. I did visit Montreal.
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Le passé composé forme négative p. 113
Compare the affirmative and negative forms of the
passé composé in the sentences
below. AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE Jai invité Paul. Je
nai pas invité Marc. I did not invite Marc. Éric
a vendu sa guitare. Il na pas vendu son vélo. He
did not sell his bike.
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Le passé composé forme négative p. 113
In the negative, the passé composé is formed as
follows
PASSÉ COMPOSÉ PRESENT of avoir
PAST PARTICIPLE

(negative) (negative)
Je nai pas
étudié.
je
nai pas
étudié
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Les questions au passé composé p. 114
Note how questions are asked in the passé
composé. Tu as travaillé ce week-end? Did you
work this weekend? Est-ce que Paul a travaillé
aussi? Did Paul work too? Quest-ce que tu as
acheté? What did you buy? Où est-ce quAlice a
acheté cette veste? Where did Alice buy that
jacket?
Questions in the passé composé are formed
according to the following pattern
INTERROGATIVE FORM of avoir PAST PARTICIPLE
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Les questions au passé composé p. 114
YES/NO QUESTIONS
INTONATION Tu as ? Tu as travaillé? with est-ce
que Est-ce que tu as ? Est-ce que tu as
travaillé?
INFORMATION QUESTIONS
with est-ce que Quand est-ce que tu as ? Quand
est-ce que tu as dîné? Quest-ce que tu as
? Quest-ce que tu as mangé?
When the subject of the question is a pronoun,
inversion may be used. As-tu ? As-tu
dîné? A-t-il ? A-t-il travaillé?
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Les verbes prendre et mettre p. 116
Review the forms of the verbs prendre (to take)
and mettre (to put, put on).
INFINITIVE
prendre
prends un taxi.
Je
PRESENT
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Les verbes prendre et mettre p. 116
Review the forms of the verbs prendre (to take)
and mettre (to put, put on).
INFINITIVE
mettre
mets ma veste.
Je
PRESENT
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Les verbes prendre et mettre p. 116
Prendre
When used with meals, foods, and beverages,
prendre means to have. Quest-ce que tu
prends? What are you having? Je prends un café
et un croissant. Im having a cup of coffee
and a croissant.
The following verbs are conjugated like prendre
apprendre to learn Nous apprenons le
français. apprendre à INFINITIVE to learn
how to Charlotte apprend à danser. comprendre
to understand Les élèves comprennent le
prof.
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Les verbes prendre et mettre p. 116
Mettre
Mettre has the following meanings to put on,
wear (clothes) Tu mets ta nouvelle veste? to
turn on (the radio, TV) Mets la radio, sil te
plaît. to set (the table) Qui va mettre la table?
The following verbs are conjugated like mettre
permettre to let, allow, permit Permets-tu à ton
frère découter tes CD? promettre to
promise Je promets dêtre patient.