Révision du passé composé

• We use le passé​ composé to talk about things that happened in the past

• Le passé​ composé has 2 parts:

  • Le verbe auxiliaire

  • Le participe passé

• Par exemple:

  • Elle a é​tudié l'anglais en Angleterre.

  • Luc est né au Canada.

• Certain verbs are conjugated with ​ÊTRE as le verbe auxiliaire (DR MRS VANDERTRAMPP)

• We conjugate the verb ÊTRE​ in the present tense depending on who is doing the action before adding le participe passé

• We also have to add agreement (where necessary)

ÊTRE

• Most verbs are conjugated using AVOIR as le verbe auxiliaire

• We conjugate the verb AVOIR in the present tense depending on who is doing the action before adding le participe passé

AVOIR

Quelles sont les règles?

• Many verbs have a regular participe passé

• We follow certain rules to form them, based on the type of verb that they are (ER, RE, IR)

​Les participes passés irréguliers:

• There are verbs that have irregular participe passés as well

• These do not follow a specific rule, and we generally have to memorize them to ensure that we are using the correct participe passé

• Tip: many of les participes passés conjugated with avoir end in -oir and - prendre; être ones end in -venir

​DON'T FORGET:

• Verbs conjugated with ÊTRE​ as le participe passé require agreement based on the gender and number of who is doing the action