Title: Le Pass
1Le Passé Composé
The Passé Composé is used to write speak in the
past tense.
2FORMATION
- Composé
- compound tense
- Compound tense requires 2 verbs!
3FORMATION
- SUBJECT
-
- HELPING VERB/AUXILIARY VERB
-
- PAST PARTICIPLE
- S HV PP
4SUBJECTS
- JE
- TU
- IL/ELLE/ON
- NOUS
- VOUS
- ILS
- NAMES OF PEOPLE/ALL NOUNS
5HELPING VERBS
- PRESENT TENSE OF AVOIR
- (MOST VERBS)
- OR
- PRESENT TENSE OF ETRE
- (ONLY A SELECT FEW)
6PAST PARTICIPLES
- To form the past participle you
- Take off the ending (er/ir/re)
- Add the following endings
- ER verbs é (travaillé)
- IR verbs i (fini)
- RE verbs u (attendu)
7Identify -the subject- the helping verb, -the
past participle1. Jai travaillé2. Tu as
fini3. Il a attendu4. La classe est allée
8Rewrite in the Passé Composé
- Je chante une chanson.
- Tu finis tes devoirs.
- Elle attend le bus.
- Nous mangeons de la pizza.
- Vous choisissez un film.
- Il rend le livre à la bibliothèque.
- La famille joue un jeu.
- Paul défend son ami.
9ANSWERS
- Jai chanté une chanson.
- Tu as fini tes devoirs.
- Elle a attendu le bus.
- Nous avons mangé de la pizza.
- Vous avez choisi un film.
- Il a rendu le livre à la bibliothèque.
- La famille a joué un jeu.
- Paul a défendu son ami.
10NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- The NE PAS goes around the helping verb.
-
- Je nai pas travaillé
- Il na pas étudié
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11PAST WORDS
- Hier yesterday
- Hier matin yesterday morning
- Hier après-midi yesterday afternoon
- Hier soir last night
- Le weekend dernier last weekend
- (Lundi) dernier last (Monday)
- Le mois dernier last month
- La semaine dernière last week
- Lété dernier last summer
- Lannée dernière last year
- USE these as sentence starters/enders!
12Questions
- Est-ce que S HV PP
- DID
- Est-ce que tu as lu le livre?
- Didi you read the book?
13Irregular Past Participles
- Many verbs in French have irregular past
participles. - Just like in English, you cannot just add ed to
all verbs.
14English Irregulars
- I eated breakfast this morning.
- You runned on the track.
- He sleeped in this weekend.
- We swimmed in the pool.
- They seed a great movie last night.
15English Irregulars
- I ate breakfast this morning.
- You ran on the track.
- He slept in this weekend.
- We swam in the pool.
- They saw great movie last night.
16Irregular Past Participles
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
AVOIR EU HAD
ETRE ÉTÉ WAS
FAIRE FAIT DID/MADE
METTRE MIS PUT/SET
PRENDRE PRIS TOOK
17Irregular Past Participles
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
OUVRIR OUVERT OPENED
OFFRIR OFFERT OFFERED
VIVRE VÉCU LIVED
NAITRE NÉ WAS BORN
MOURIR MORT DIED
18Irregular Past Participles
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
BOIRE BU DRANK
VOIR VU SAW
SAVOIR SU KNEW
CONNAITRE CONNU KNEW
POUVOIR PU WAS ABLE
19Irregular Past Participles
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
DEVOIR DU HAD TO
VOULOIR VOULU WANTED
LIRE LU READ
ECRIRE ÉCRIT WROTE
DIRE DIT SAID
20Irregular Past Participles
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
RECEVOIR REÇU GOT
VENIR VENU CAME
REVENIR REVENU CAME BACK
DEVENIR DEVENU BECAME
21More Irregulars to ADD
- APPRENDRE TO LEARN APPRIS
- (like prendre)
- COMPRENDRE TO UNDERSTAND
- (like prendre) COMPRIS
- PROMETTRE to allow/permit
- (like mettre) PROMIS
22TRANSLATE
- I read a book yesterday.
- She did her homework.
- I had to do my homework.
- He put on a hat.
- He took the pen.
23TRANSLATE
- Jai lu un livre hier.
- Elle a fait ses devoirs.
- Jai du faire mes devoirs.
- Il a mis un chapeau.
- Il a pris le stylo.
24TRANSLATE
- We did not see the film.
- They didnt drink milk.
- I didnt know the answer.
- I wanted to sleep.
- She was on time.
25TRANSLATE
- Nous navons pas vu le film.
- Ils nont pas bu de lait.
- Je nai pas su la réponse.
- Jai voulu dormir.
- Elle a été à lheure
26ÊTRE VERBS
- Some verbs in French require ÊTRE as the Helping
Verb. - These verbs are sometimes called coming and
going verbs -
- DR MRS VANDERTRAMP
27ÊTRE VERBS
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
Descendre déscendu went down/ descended
Rentrer rentré came home
Monter monté went up
Rester resté stayed
28ÊTRE VERBS
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
Sortir sorti went out
Venir venu came
Arriver arrivé arrived
Naïtre né was born
29ÊTRE VERBS
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
Devenir devenu became
Entrer entré entered
Revenir revenu came back
Tomber tombé fell
30VERB PAST PART. MEANING
Retourner retourné returned
Aller allé went
Mourir mort died
Partir Parti left
(P)asser passé passed by/through
31PASSER
- Takes AVOIR or ÊTRE
- Takes ÊTRE when it means to pass by.
- - Je suis passé(e) par la porte.
- - I passed by the door.
- Takes AVOIR when it means to take or spend some
time. - - Jai passé mon examen. Jai passé un an à
Paris - - I took my test. I spent a year in Paris.
32AGREEMENT
- When ÊTRE is used as the Helping Verb AGREEMENT
has to be made with the Past Participles
33AGREEMENT depends
- Must agree in and gender!
- Masc. Singular DO NOTHING
- Fem. Singular add an extra E (elle, je)
- Elle est sortie
- Masc. Plural add an S (ils, vous, nous)
- Ils sont sortis
- Fem. Plural add an ES (elles, nous,vous)
- Elles sont sorties
34Conjugate using être as the HV
- Il _______ (aller)
- Elle _____ (descendre)
- Nous ______ (revenir)
- Je _______ (arriver)
- Elles _______ (monter)
- Ils _______ (partir)
35Conjugate using être as the HV
- Il est allé
- Elle est descendue
- Nous sommes revenus(es)
- Je suis arrivé(e)
- Elles sont montées
- Ils sont partis
36Dice Conjugations
- Grand Subjects Petit Verbs
- 1. Il 1. aller
- 2. Nous 2. partir
- 3. Ils 3. descendre
- 4. Elle 4. revenir
- 5. Je 5. arriver
- 6. Elles 6. entrer
37Donnez-moi Cinq
- 5 rules
- of the
- Passé Composé