Le passé récent avec le verbe "VENIR"

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.

​La formation du passé composé

How to form the past participle in French?

1) Regular verbs

How to form the past participle in French?

1) Regular verbs

How to form the past participle in French?

1) Regular verbs

How to form the past participle in French?

2) Some Irregular verbs

How to form the past participle in French?

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"

How to choose an auxiliary? Avoir or Être?

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"

How to choose an auxiliary? Avoir or Être?

We can use "la maison d'Être" to memorise the verbs with 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"

How to choose an auxiliary? Avoir or 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