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 é: parlé, travaillé, dîné, aimé?

200

What does one of the helping verbs HAVE to be?

Avoir or être (I will accept just AVOIR)

300

Conjugate avoir in present tense

J'ai Tu as Il/Elle a Nous avons Vous avez Ils/Elles ont

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 the past participle of mettre?

What is mis?

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 something in the past or the weekend

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 "last"

What is dernier?

300

How do you ask someone "What did you do?"

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

400

How do you say "He watched a film"

What is "Il a vu un film"

500

How do you ask if someone had a good weekend?

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

New Verbs

100

Comment dit-on I played ?

What is j'ai joué

200

Comment dit-on I studied?

What is "J'ai étudié"

300

Comment dit-on Mme Harriott worked as a teacher. 

What is Mme Harriott a travaillé comme professeure.

400

Comment dit-on I read a book?

What is "j'ai lu un livre"

500

Comment dit-on we finished the homework?

What is Nous avons fini les devoirs?