Passé Composé with avoir: NOTES
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All sentences we have been writing so far have been in the ________________________ tense.
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Present = ______________________________________________________________
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Futur = ________________________________________________________________
We are now going to start talking about things that have happened in the PAST
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To do this in French we use the _____________________________________________
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The passé composé involves _______________________________________________
The passé composé involves using a ______________________________ and the __________
_______________________ of the MAIN verb
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The helping verb is either ____________________ or ___________________________
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The helping verb must be changed to agree with the subject
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All sentences in the Past _______________________________ the helping verb (no matter what
the sentence)
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After starting with the helping verb, you then put the past participle of the ___________________
in the sentence.
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The past participle ___________________________ to agree with the subject…it stays
the same for each subject!
ER VERBS
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All REGULAR ER verbs change to _____________ as the past participle
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Manger -> mangé
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Parler -> parl_______
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Laver -> ________________
EXAMPLES
• I ate the cake
• J’ai mangé le gateau
• She decorated the Christmas tree
• Elle ______ décoré le sapin de noel.
• We washed the car
• Nous __________________________ la voiture
• They (m.) cleaned the garage
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IR VERBS
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ALL REGULAR IR verbs change to “____________” as the past participle
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Choisir -> choisi
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Finir -> fin_____
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Grossir -> _________________
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Maigrir -> __________________
EXAMPLES
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I have chosen the music.
• J’ai choisi la musique
He finished the chips
• Il ______________ fini les chips
We gained weight
• Nous avons _____________________________.
You (plural) have lost weight.
• _________________________________________________________________.
RE VERBS
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REGULAR RE verbs change to ‘____________’ as the past participle
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Attendre -> attendu
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Vendre -> vendu
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Entendre -> entend______
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Perdre -> ____________
EXAMPLES
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We waited for midnight
• Nous avons attendu minuit.
They sold candy
• Elles ont _____________ les bonbons
I heard music
• J’_________________________ la musique
She lost the tickets
• ___________________________________________
IRREGULAR PAST PARTICIPLES
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Some verbs have irregular past participles. These must be MEMORIZED!!
Boire -> ______
connaitre -> _________
Mettre -> ___________
Pleuvoir -> _____
pouvoir -> _______
prendre -> ___________
Savoir -> ______
voir -> _______
Offrir -> ____________
Vouloir-> ______
dire -> ________
ouvrir -> _____________
Écrire -> _______
faire -> ________
recevoir-> _____________
Avoir -> _______
etre -> ________
EXAMPLES
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She did shopping. = Elle a fait du shopping
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I had a pig = J’ai _________ un cochon
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They were happy = Elles ___________________________ contents
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We took the metro.
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NEGATIVE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ
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To form the negative of passé composé, put _____________ before the helping verb (avoir or
etre) and ____________ after the helping verb
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Examples
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Je n’ai pas étudié.
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Nous n’___________ pas _____________ à un match de foot
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VOCABULAIRE: QUAND?
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___________________ - Yesterday
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_________________ - During
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_________________________ – Last
Saturday* (can change)
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_________________ - First
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_________________ - Then
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_______________________ - finally
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_________________ –at last
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_________________ - Before
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_________________ - After
LES QUESTIONS AU PASSÉ COMPOSÉ
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Est-ce que questions are formed:
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Inversion questions are formed:
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_______________________________________________________________?
NOTE: Question words go at the beginning of a question (before est-ce que before verb!)
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Quand est-ce que tu as travaillé?
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DEJA and NE…JAMAIS