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Title: The%20Perfect%20Tense


1
le passé composé
Jai commandé un café
I ordered a coffee.
2
There are three ingredients to the passé composé
  1. The person or pronoun (je, tu, il elle, nous,
    vous, ils/elles
  2. The part of the helper/auxiliary verb AVOIR (or
    ÊTRE in a few cases).
  3. The past participle (did, ate, drank, bought)

3
For most verbs, the helper/auxiliary verb is
AVOIR. To use the past tense accurately, learn it
by heart!
I have
J Tu Il Elle
Nous Vous Ils Elles
ai
avons
We have
as
avez
You have
You have
a
ont
They have
He has
She has
a
ont
They have
4
How to make the past participle
ER verbs, like manger and jouer
joué
jouer
IR verbs like finir and choisir
fini
finir
RE verbs like attendre and descendre
attendre
attendu
5
There are some IRREGULAR PAST PARTICIPLES. They
do not follow the pattern on slide 4.
boire
bu
lire
lu
voir
vu
faire
fait
prendre
pris
écrire
écrit
mettre
mis
dire
dit
recevoir
reçu
voulu
vouloir
été
eu
avoir
etre
6
Building phrases in the passé composé
Remember, there are three ingredients to the
passé composé.
1. The subject ( je, tu, il, nous etc)
2. An auxiliary, or helping verb either avoir
or être
3. The past participle Knock off the infinitive
ending and add the past participle ending.
- er
é
manger
mangé
- ir
i
finir
fini
- re
attendu
u
attendre
7
Traduissez les phrases.
1. We ordered a lemonade
Nous
avons
commandé
une limonade
2. I ate an ice-cream
J
ai
mangé
une glace
3. She watched TV.
Elle
a
regardé
la télé
Ils
ont
vendu
la maison
4. They sold the house.
Nous
avons
fini
5. We have finished!
8
Mets les phrases en français!
  1. Ive finished my work.
  2. You (singular) have eaten a horse.
  3. She has found a cake in the garden.
  4. We have visited a dragon in the garage.
  5. Ive lost my hat.

Jai fini mon travail.
Tu as mangé un cheval.
Elle a trouvé un gâteau dans le jardin.
Nous avons visité un dragon dans le garage.
Jai perdu mon chapeau / ma casquette.
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