a b c

1 I have eaten an

apple

You (singl) have seen a

film

She has watched tv

2 They have waited for

the bus

We have said “No!”

You (plur) have read

Harry Potter

3 She has sold a bike

I have bought a car

He has drunk an orange

juice

Le passé composé

avec

l’auxiliaire “être”

The past tense recipe

To build the past tense

you need

3 ingredients:

The first ingredient is the subject:

je tu il elle on

nous

vous

ils elles

To build the past tense

you need

3 ingredients:

The second ingredient is the

correct form of AVOIR (revised last lesson)

Or the

Correct form of ETRE ( only for 13 verbs)

Reliez le français et l’anglais

je est

tu sont

il suis

elle sommes

on es

nous êtes

vous est

ils est

elles sont

A B C

1 je tu elle

2 nous elles il

3 ils on vous

Mrs Van DetrampMonter – to go up – (monté)Rester – to stay – (resté)Sortir – to go out – (sorti)

Venir– to come – (venu)Aller – to go – (allé)Naître – to be born – (né)

Descendre – to go down – (descendu)

Entrer – to enter – (entré)Tomber – to fall – (tombé)

Retourner – to return– (retourné)Arriver – to arrive – (arrivé)Mourir – to die – (mort)Partir – to leave – (parti)

To build the past tense

you need

3 ingredients:

The third ingredient is the

correct form of the past participle:

Verbs finishing in ER >> become “é”

Verbs finishing in IR >> become “i”

Verbs finishing in RE >> become “u”

AGREEMENT OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE

There is one further point to bear in mind.

Verbs taking “être” as an auxiliary verb

need to agree with their subject.

>> So, if the subject was male: it’s

easy, the verb stays the way it is,

nothing to add.

e.g.: il est parti (he has left)

MASCULINE

>> If the subject was male and plural: you will have to ad

“s” at the end of the past participle

e.g.: il sont partis (they have left)

MASCULINE and PLURAL

>> if the subject was female:

you will have to add

““e”e” at the end of the past participle

e.g.: elle est partie (she has left)

FEMININE

>> if the subject was female and plural:

you will have to add

““es”es” at the end of the past participle

e.g.: elles sont parties (they have left)

FEMININE

He has arrived

il + arriver

Il est arrivé

she has arrived

elle + arriver

Elle est arrivée

I have gone

je + aller

Je suis allé

I have fallen

je + tomber

Je suis tombée

They have arrived

ils + arriver

Ils sont arrivés

They have gone

elles + aller

Elles sont allées

He was born

il + naître

Il est né

She has gone up

elle + monter

Elle est montée

We have entered

nous + entrer

Nous sommes entrés

1 12

3

8

4

11

7

9 5

10

9 13

I stayedI stayed

He fellHe fell I came back

I came backShe leftShe left

I had toI had toWe readWe read

They(f) drank

They(f) drank We offeredWe offered

She wentShe wentThey(m) ran

They(m) ran

They (f) had

They (f) had

He wantedHe wanted