Objectives: Learn the use of the past tense (1) Formation Verbs ER Verbs IR-Verbs RE être/avoir Exercises

Qu’est-ce que tu as fait hier? J’ai + ……… é You use the perfect tense to talk about the past. In French this is called the ‘passé composé’ because it is ‘composed’ of 2 parts: the auxiliary or ‘helper’ verb and the past participle of the main verb. Part 1 is the helper verb which you must always have in the sentence to make the past. Part 2 is the past participle of the main verb

Verbs ending in ER é Verbs ending in RE i Verbs ending in IR u Remove ‘er’ and add ‘é’ Remove ‘re’ and add ‘u’ Remove ‘ir’ and add ‘i’ Ex: jouer joué (played) aller allé (gone) Ex: vendre vendu (sold) attendre attendu (waited) Ex: partir parti (gone) choisir choisi (chosen) The past participle depends on the verb ending-See below

Most verbs ‘go with’ avoir ‘ to have’ (just as in English)…

J’ai mangé J’ai mangé une pomme J’ai mangé J’ai mangé une carotte

Tu as mangé Tu as mangé une pomme

EEEE llll llll eeee a a a a m m m m aaaa nnnn gggg éééé une pomme

On a parlé de sport.

Insert the right part of ‘avoir’ I have You have (informal) She has We have You have (formal) They have (feminine)

Insert the right part of ‘avoir’ I have You have (informal) She has We have You have (formal) They have (feminine)

…but some ‘go with’ être (usually verbs of movement or reflexive verbs)

Aller and rester are two examples of the verbs which ‘go’ with ‘être’. There are 16 in all! When you are writing you have to remember to make the past participle ‘agree’, but when you are speaking you can’t hear the difference: Il est allé- he went Elle est allée- She went Ils sont allés- They went (boys) Elles sont allées- They went (girls)

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