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?

200

What are the two possible auxiliaries (helping verbs)?

Avoir or être 

300

Conjugate Être

Je suis, Tu es,  Il/elle/on est, Nous sommes, Vous êtes, 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 are the two parts of Passé Composé?

1. auxiliary ( avoir or être), 2. past participle

Past Participles

100

What is a past participle? Give an example

The past form of the verb (saw, heard, ran, = j'ai vu, j'ai entendu, j'ai court.)

200

How do you form the past participle of ER verbs?

take off the "er" and add an e with the accent mark (é).

300

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

You use the auxiliary ÊTRE and you must match the ending of allé with who you are talking about (agreement with the subject)

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

What is the past participle of "mettre"?

mis

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 vouloir (to want)?

What is voulu

400

What is the Past participle of lire

lu

500

What is the Past participle of pouvoir?

pu

Asking/talking about the week-end

100

How do you ask someone what they did YESTERDAY?

Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier?

200

How do you say "first"

What is d'abord

300

How do you ask someone where they went?

Tu es allé(e) où? / Où es-tu allé(e)?

400

How do you say your week-end was horrible?

C'était horrible!  / C'était épouvantable!

500

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

Tu as passé un bon week-end?

New Verbs

100

Comment dit-on I played video games ?

J'ai joué aux jeux vidéo

200

Comment dit-on I missed my bus?

J'ai raté mon bus.

300

Comment dit-on I did my homework?

J'ai fait mes devoirs.

400

Comment dit-on I won a soccer game.

J'ai gagné un match de foot"

500

Comment dit-on I earned 20 euros?

What is j'ai gagné vingt euros. (YOU MUST SAY 20 IN FRENCH!!)