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Rules of PC
Past Participles
Irregular past Participles
Asking/talking about the week-end
New Verbs
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To form the past tense, you need two helping verbs. What are they?

avoir ou être

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How do you form the past participle of er, ir and re verbs?

er = é; ir = i; re = u

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What is the Past participle of faire?

fait

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How do you ask someone what they did YESTERDAY?

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

100

Comment dit-on: I sang in the choir?

Jai chanté dans la chorale

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Conjugate avoir.

J'ai / tu as / il elle on a / nous avons / vous avez / ils elles ont

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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)

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What is the Past participle of prendre?
pris
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How do you ask: Did you sleep well last night?

As-tu bien dormi hier soir?

Est-ce que tu as bien dormi hier soir?

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Comment dit-on: I walked to school?

What is "J'ai marché à l'école"

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Conjugate être.

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

300

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

You use ETRE and the ending of allé must have e or s added to agree with the subject

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What is the Past participle of voir?
What is vu
300

How do you ask someone: Did you eat breakfast this morning?

As-tu mangé le petit déjeuner ce matin?

Est-ce que tu as mangé le petit déjeuner ce matin?

As-tu pris le petit déjeuner ce matin?

Est-ce que tu as pris le petit déjeuner ce matin?

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

What is j'ai travaillé au fast-food.

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These two categories of verbs require être for the passé composé.

Verbs of motion (or Vandertramp verbs) and reflexive verbs

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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)

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What is the Past participle of boire?

What is bu

400

How do you sayyour week-end was horrible?

What is "C'était épouvantable!"

400

Comment dit-on I won a soccer game.

What is "j'ai gagné un match de foot"

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If you're not speaking about the past using the passé composé, then you're using this other verb tense.

the imparfait

500

Can you have more than 1 past participle at a time?

NO

500

What are the Past participles for the Big 4?

What are été, fait, eu, and allé?

500

How do youask if they had a good week-end?

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

500

Comment dit-on I earned 20 euros?

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