Passé Composé

Rules of PC

100

How do you form the past participle of ER verbs: parler, travailler, diner aimer?

Change the ER to an ê: parlê, travaillê, dîner?

200

What does one of the helping verbs HAVE to be?

Avoir or être (I will accept just AVOIR)

300

Conjugate Être

Je suis Nous sommes Tu es Vous êtes Il/Elle est Ils/Elles sont

400

The passé composé is a compound conjugation, which means it has two parts:

1. present tense of the auxiliary verb (either avoir or être) 2. past participle of the main verb

500

What is the second step in the PC?

Write the correct form of the verb (either avoir or être)

Past Participles

100

What is a past participle? Give an example

The past form of the verb (saw, heard, ran, etc.)

200

How do you form the past participle of ER verbs?

take off the "er" and add an e with the accent mark (é). I will also accept, take off the "r" and add an accent mark over the "e" (é)

300

What is special about the passé composé using ALLER? TWO THINGS!!!

You use ETRE and you must match the ending of allé with who you are talking about

400

In the negative, do the ne/n'... pas go around the past participle? If not, where do they go?

No, they go around the helping verb (form of avoir or être)

500

Can you have more than 1 past participle?

NO

Irregular past Participles

100

What is the Past participle of faire?

fait

200

What is the Past participle of prendre?

pris

300

What is the Past participle of voir?

What is vu

400

What is the Past participle of lire

What is lu

500

What is the Past participle of pouvoir?

What is pu

Asking/talking about the week-end

100

How do you ask someone what they did YESTERDAY?

What is "Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier

200

How do you say "first"

What is d'abord or premier

300

How do you ask someone where they went?

What is "tu es allé(e) où?"

400

How do you say "I wrote a book this weekend"

What is "J'ai écrit un livre ce week-end."

500

How do you ask if they had a good week-end?

What is "Tu as passé un bon week-end?"

New Verbs

100

Comment dit-on I sang yesterday

What is j'ai chanté hier

200

Comment dit-on He went to the mall. 

What is "Il est allé au centre commercial"

300

Comment dit-on I worked at a fast food place?

What is j'ai travaillé au fast-food.

400

Comment dit-on I won a soccer game.

What is "j'ai gagné un match de foot"

500

Comment dit-on I earned 20 euros?

What is j'ai gagné vingt euros.