Le passé récent et le passé composé

Le passé composé est un temps composé, c’est à dire en deux parties.

1. L’auxiliaire Être ou Avoir, conjugué au présent

2. Le participe passé du verbe conjugué.

1) Regular verbs

1) Regular verbs

1) Regular verbs

2) Some Irregular verbs

3) Summary

Most verbs construct the passé composé with avoir

--- yes 90% of the time you don't need to worry about it!

​1) Auxiliary "AVOIR"

1. The following verbs of movement construct the passé composé with être: naître/mourir, aller/venir, monter/descendre, arriver/partir, entrer/sortir, apparaître, rester, retourner, tomber

   and their related forms such as: revenir, devenir, rentrer, remonter, redescendre, repartir...

​2) Auxiliary "Être"

2. with reflexive verbs we need to use auxiliary "être"

   e.g. se lever, s'habiller, se promener, se rencontrer, se discuter, etc.

​2) Auxiliary "Être"

Agreement of the participe passé when using auxiliary "être"

Observe the following sentences and see if you can find the rules of agreement pf past participle:

Agreement of the participe passé when using auxiliary "être"

• Rules: When a verb takes être as an auxiliary, the participle agrees in gender and number with the subject.

Agreement of the participe passé when using auxiliary "être"

• Rules: In the case of reflexive verbs (which always take être as their auxiliary in the passé composé), the participle generally agrees with the subject

Some common past participles