Passé Composé

Rules of PC

100

How many parts does the past tense have? 

3

200

What are the two types of auxiliary verbs?

Avoir or être (I will accept just AVOIR)

300

Conjugate AVOIR

j'ai, tu as, il a/elle a, nous avons, vous avez, ils ont/elles ont

400

How do you form the past participle of:

* ER verbs

* IR verb 

* RE verbs

* Change the ER to an é: parlé, travaillé, dîné, aimé

* Change the IR to an i: fini

* Change the RE to a u: rendu

500

Translate the following: 

* I ate

* I bought

* I chose

* J'ai mangé

* J'ai acheté

* J'ai choisi

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 to say "I went"? 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 a trip to Paris

100

How do you say "I visited Paris"?

J'ai visité Paris

200

How do you say "he drank a hot chocolate"

Il a bu un chocolat chaud

300

How do you say "on the first day"?

Le premier jour

400

How do you say "yesterday I arrived in Paris"?

Hier, je suis arrivé à Paris

500

How do you say "it was fantastic"?

C'etait fantastique!

Past tense with ETRE

100

Conjugate the verb "être"

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

200

How do you say "I went"?

Je suis allé?

300

How do you say "We returned to Sydney"?

Nous sommes rentrés/ retournés à Sydney

400

How do you say "He went to the Louvre"

Il est allé au Louvre

500

Which verbs take ETRE in the past tense?

DR MRS VANDERTRAMP (movements verbs)