FINAL STUDY GUIDE FRENCH 2
PASSE COMPOSE
 The passé composé is a _______________ tense, which means it has a conjugated
auxillary verb and a __________
_________________, which together form a single
verb in the past tense. IT IS MADE OF 2 PARTS!!!
 The verbs _________ and __________ are the helping verbs used in the passé compose.
 Regular –er verbs end in ______ in the past participle.
 Regular –ir verbs end in ______ in the past participle.
 Regular –re verbs end in ______ in the past participle.
 List the past participles of the following irregular verbs (make sure you know what they
mean)
mettre_______________
prendre__________________
venir________________
faire_____________________
être_________________
avoir_____________________
ouvrir_______________
savoir____________________
connaitre____________
voir________________
vouloir______________
pouvoir___________________
dire________________
écrire_______________
recevoir______________
I watched_________________ She saw_____________________
We finished________________ They made____________________
You said ______________
I took _____________________
VERBS THAT USE ETRE INTHE PASSE COMPOSE MAKE THE PAST PARTICIPLE AGREE IN
_____________ AND __________________with the subject.
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VANDERTRAMP verbs use ____________ as the helping verb

The 17 Vandertramp verbs are (please note any that have irregular past participles)
VANDERTRAMP CONT’D
She fell_________________________ We left_______________________
He went________________________ They stayed______________________
The girls came ___________________________ I went up _____________________
REFLEXIVE VERBS

The reflexive indicates an action the subject does to__________________________.

How can I identify a reflexive verb in the infinitive?________________

The reflexive pronouns match the _______________________.

The reflexive pronouns, in subject pronouns order, are
Je_______
Nous_________
Tu _____
Vous ________
Il/Elle/On _______
Ils/Elles__________
and must stick with the verb in all tenses

Reflexive verbs use _________ as the helping verb in the past tense. There is no
agreement in gender and number with the past participle when followed by a
___________
________________.
She wakes up______________________
She woke up_____________________
We brush our teeth____________________________
We brushed our teeth__________________________________
IRREGULAR PRESENT TENSE VERBS

The verbs ouvrir, offrir and souffrir are formed like regular __________ verbs in the
present tense. Know their meaning and past participles.
I open__________________ We suffer____________________
IMPARFAIT

To find the STEM of verbs in the imparfait, take the ______________ form of the verb
(regular OR irregular) in the present tense and drop the __________.

The only imparfait verb with an irregular stem is ____________. The stem is ________.

The imparfait tense endings are (in subject pronoun order)
Je _____
Nous______
Tu_____
Vous_____
Il/Elle/On______
Ils/Elles_____
IMPARFAIT CONTINUED
Imparfait is used to express past actions that meet the following criteria (this is why it differs from the passé
compose): (write at least 5)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5

Passé compose indicates past actions that indicate the following: ( write at least 2)
1.
2.

What are 2 verbs that are almost always in the imparfait in the past tense?
________________
_________________
We always went to the mountains__________________________
One day I went to the store___________________________
I was sad______________________________
It was hot______________________________
I was reading when the phone rang._________________________________
We often had 2 dogs.____________________________________
NEGATIONS
How do you express the following?
never_________________
always____________________
nothing___________________
something__________________
no one_____________________
someone___________________
no longer ___________________
not yet__________________
These negations go around the helping verb in the passé compose, except ne…personne, which goes around
the whole thing.
I never eat broccoli__________________________________
I didn’t do anything_____________________________
I say nothing________________________________
He didn’t see anyone___________________________
I don’t eat meat anymore___________________________
OBJECT PRONOUNS (order applies to sentences with multiple pronouns)

The object pronouns, in order and in French, are
_______ before _________ before ______ before ________ before ________
________
_________
________
_________
_______
_________
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In English, they mean
_______ before _________ before ______ before ________ before ________
________
_________
________
_________
_______
_________

The indirect object pronouns ______ and _______ replace people or animals
preceded by the preposition à or any of its forms.

The pronoun _______ replaces a noun preceded by the preposition ___de_ or an
indefinite article, and may be followed by a number.

The pronoun ________ replaces a noun of location or a non-person preceded by à

The object pronoun comes before the ______________verb in the passé composé or,
in the case of two verbs, before the __________________.

In the negative, the object pronouns sticks with the ________________.
I see him______________________
I saw him __________________________
I don’t want to talk to them_________________________
I’ll take two of them._____________________
We went there yesterday.____________________________
The give them to me._____________________________
I want to give them to her___________________________
COMPARATIVE
Comparative adjectives (don’t forget adjective agreement and placement)
Plus…que, moins…que, assez …que
Elle est _______ ___________________ _________ Michele. (smarter)
Nous sommes __________ ________________ _______ vous. (as funny as)
Ils sont __________ _________________ ___________ lui. (less interesting)
Je suis _______________ _______ lui en maths. (better)
Comparative with nouns
Plus de (noun) que, moins de (noun) que, autant de (noun) que
Il y a _________ ____ voitures ________ chevaux en ville. (more)
Il n’a pas ___________ ____ argent ________ que Bill Gates. (as much)
J’ai ________ ______ argent ________ Bill Gates. (less)
GEOGRAPHIC PREPOSITIONS
To
_______(city)
_______(city beginning with a vowel)
_______(feminine country/masculine country beginning with a vowel)
________(masculine country)
____ Chine
_____ Maroc
______ Paris
GEOGRAPHIC PREPOSITIONS CONT’D
______ Iran
From
_______(city)
_______(city beginning with a vowel)
_______(feminine country/masculine country beginning with a vowel)
________(masculine country)
____ Chine
_____ Maroc
______ Paris
______ Iran
PREPOSITIONS OF LOCATION
next to______________________
on____________________________
in_______________________
to the right _________________________
to the left_________________________
across from_______________________
straight ahead________________________
at the end of________________________
under_________________________
far from __________________________
close to __________________________
QUEL/CE/TOUT
This /that /these/ those
Singular
Plural
M
M
This book___________________
F
F
These girls_______________________
Which/What
Singular
Plural
M
M
F
F
Which bedroom?______________
What homework? __________________
All
Singular
Plural
M
M
F
F
All my friends______________________
All the time_____________________
Vocabulary
Trains, planes, hotel
childhood activities
Hotel and downtown
Food shopping
Chores and the house
cooking
Parties and holidays
Daily routine