Passé Composé

Rules of PC

100

How do you form the past participle of re verbs: repondre

Change the re to a u: repondu

200

What does one of the auxiliary 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

When do you know when it's imparfait vs passé composé? 

The passé composé expresses a breakdown, a particular moment or a change in the past. On the other hand, the imparfait describes ongoing states or habits in the past. The imperfect has no clear beginning or end.

Past Participles

100

What is a past participle in ENGLISH? 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 a vandertramp verb? TWO THINGS!!!

You use ETRE and you must match the ending of the verb 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

300

How do you ask someone where they went?

What is "tu es allé(e) où?"

400

How do you say it was horrible?

What is "C'était épouvantable!"

500

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

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

Vandertramp

100

Translate: We went to the house last night.

What is Nous sommes allé(e)s à la maison hier soir. 

200

Translate: She was born in France last year.

What is "Elle est née en France l'année derrière"? 

300

Translate: They (m) got off the subway quickly.

What is "ils sont descendus du métro rapidement"

400

Translate: You (inf) fell sick last week?

What is "Tu es tombé(e) malade la semaine dernière? "

500

Translate: Marie and Sadie went to the café after school.

What is " Marie et Sadie sont allées au café après l'école."