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#1 The passé composé is the most common French past tense. The passé composé can express any of the following: 1. An action completed in the past 2. An action completed a number of times in the past. 3. A series of actions completed in the past.. passé composé

#2 passé composé The passé composé has three English equivelents. 1. I danced 2. I have danced 3. I did dance. passé composé

#3 passé composé The passé composé has two parts. 1. Present tense of the auxilary verb (avoir or être) 2. The past participle. passé composé

#3 passé composé The passé composé has two parts. 1. Present tense of the auxilary verb (avoir or être) 2. The past participle. *When the aux. verb is être, the past participle must agree with the subject in gender and in number. (e, es, s). passé composé

In order to do this past tense you need to have the present tense of the verb avoir and the verb être completely memorized. Please review this auxiliary verb on the next to slides. Do you have them both completely memorized? passé composé

Present tense être – to be Je suis Nous sommes Tu es Vous êtes Il Elle On est Ils Elles sont

Present tense Avoir – to have J` ai Nous avons Tu as Vous avez Il Elle Ils Elles ont

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The following is a list of verbs that use être as their auxiliary verbs in passé composé:   Devenir – to become – devenu Revenir – to come back – revenu Monter – to go up – monté Rester – to stay – resté Sortir– to exit – sorti passé composé

The following is a list of verbs that use être as their auxiliary verbs in passé composé:   Venir – to come – venu Aller – to go – allé Naître – to be born – né Descendre – to descend – descendu Entrer – to enter – entré Retourner – to return – retourné Tomber – to fall – tombé Rentrer- to re-enter- rentré Arriver – to arrive – arrivé Mourir – to die – mort Partir – to leave – parti passé composé