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Passé Composé

The document discusses the Passé Composé tense in French. It is formed using the present tense of "avoir" or "être" plus the past participle of the main verb. Examples are provided of forming the past participle for -ER, -IR, and -RE verbs. Practice sentences in the Passé Composé are given for the learner to complete using this tense.

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Passé Composé

The document discusses the Passé Composé tense in French. It is formed using the present tense of "avoir" or "être" plus the past participle of the main verb. Examples are provided of forming the past participle for -ER, -IR, and -RE verbs. Practice sentences in the Passé Composé are given for the learner to complete using this tense.

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The Passé Composé

Tense
Look at the following sentences.
Ali played football yesterday
They have visited Paris 3 times

What do they have in common?

Is this done in the same way in each sentence?

All of these English tenses can be translated by


just 1 tense in French. It is called…
Each of the following sentences contains an
example of the Passé Composé tense.

Ali a joué au foot hier


Ils ont visité Paris 3 fois

What is the first thing you notice about this tense?


Look at the first of the highlighted words in each
sentence.
Where have you come across this before?

As a reminder to you, here is the Present Tense


of Avoir
The Present tense of Avoir

J’ai Nous avons


Tu as Vous avez
Il a Ils ont
Elle a Elles ont
Now take a look at the second of the
highlighted words in each sentence.
Ali a joué au foot hier
Ils ont visité Paris 3 fois

This is known as the Past Participle


To form the past participle, take the infinitive
(the form of the verb you find in the dictionary)
and do the following:

•For –ER verbs, remove the –er and change it to -é


•For –IR verbs, remove the –ir and change it to -i
•For –RE verbs, remove the –re and change it to -u
Here are some examples of the 3 types of verb.
Change the infinitive into the past participle

travailler travaillé
regarder regardé

finir fini
choisir choisi

répondre répondu
entendre entendu
So remember…
The Passé Composé is made up of 2 parts.

•The first is part of the present tense of Avoir

•The second if the past participle of the verb


you want to put into the past
Eg Il a regardé
Nous avons fini
J’ ai répondu

Part of avoir Past participle


Now that you know the present tense of
Avoir and how to form the Past Participle,
test yourself with the following sentences

J’ ai travaillé (travailler)

ont ai a
avez as avons

travaillu travaillé travailli


Il a regardé (regarder)

ont ai a
avez as avons

regardu regardi regardé


Nous avons fini (finir)

ont ai a
avez as avons

finu fini finé


Ils ont joué (jouer)

ont ai a
avez as avons

jouu joui joué


Maman a répondu (répondre)

ont ai a
avez as avons

répondu répondi répondé


Vous avez choisi (choisir)

ont ai a
avez as avons

choisu choisi choisé


Christina et moi avons chanté (chanter)

ont ai a
avez as avons

chantu chanti chanté


Reto et Marc ont écouté (écouter)

ont ai a
avez as avons

écoutu écouti écouté


Tu as parlé (parler)

ont ai a
avez as avons

parlu parli parlé


Elle a entendu (entendre)

ont ai a
avez as avons

entendu entendi entendé


1.Hier, nous _________ (manger) au restaurant.
2.Elle _________ (regarder) un film intéressant
la semaine dernière.
3.Ils _________ (faire) leurs devoirs ce matin.
4.Tu _________ (acheter) un nouveau vélo ce
mois-ci.
5.J'_________ (visiter) ma grand-mère le week-
end dernier.
6.Nous _________ (lire) un livre captivant cet
été.
7.Les enfants _________ (jouer) dans le jardin
hier.
8.Vous _________ (écouter) de la musique hier
soir ?
9.Mon frère _________ (parler) à son professeur
1.Hier, nous avons mangé au restaurant.
2.Elle a regardé un film intéressant la semaine
dernière.
3.Ils ont fait leurs devoirs ce matin.
4.Tu as acheté un nouveau vélo ce mois-ci.
5.J'ai visité ma grand-mère le week-end dernier.
6.Nous avons lu un livre captivant cet été.
7.Les enfants ont joué dans le jardin hier.
8.Vous avez écouté de la musique hier soir ?
9.Mon frère a parlé à son professeur ce matin.
10.Elles ont pris le bus pour aller à l'école.

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