1.  The “passé composé” is the tense that help us to express actions done in the past.  Ex: Hier, j’ai mangé une pizza  (Yesterday, I ate a pizza)  Notice there are 2 parts in the verb “ai” and “mangé”  “ai” is the verb “AVOIR” in present tense (= présent)  “mangé” is called the “Participe passé” in French. STRUCTURE – Conjugaison Le passé composé

2.  AVOIR in present tense + Participe Passé  Or  ETRE in present tense + Participe Passé  Ex 1: Hier, il a mangé une pizza (Yesterday, he ate a pizza)  Ex 2: Hier, elle est allée au cinéma (Yesterday, she went to the movie) HOW TO BUILD THE “PASSÉ COMPOSÉ”?

3.  Verbs in French are classified in 3 groups.  1er group = verbs ending with – ER (in infinitive form)  2 nd group = verbs ending with – IR (in infinitive form), with ending – ISS with nous/vous/ils  3 rd group = all the rest (irregular verbs) HOW TO BUILD A PARTICIPE PASSÉ ?

4.  To build the participe passé for verbs belonging to the 1 st group, ending with – ER, and conjugated with AVOIR.  Take the verb in infinitive form, remove the ending --- – ER, and replace it by the ending – É.  Ex: Infinitive Participe Passé  Nager  Nagé  Passé composé: J’ai nagé HOW TO BUILD A PARTICIPE PASSÉ ?