2. LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ THE PERFECT TENSE Talking about actions, completed in the past

3. USING THE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ How do we talk about things in the past in English? Here are a few examples: 1I have eaten my breakfast 2You have bought (your cds) 3They have finished their homework

4. HOW IT WORKS IN FRENCH Now here are a few sentences in French: 1Jai mangé le petit déjeuner 2Tu as acheté tes CDs! 3Ils ont fait leurs devoirs Can you guess what the above sentences mean? 1 2 3

5. SO WHATS THE RULE? Jai mangé le petit déjeuner 1. The verb avoir (to have) in the right form 2. The action in the past (the past participle) I have eaten my breakfast

6. Your turn - use arrows to link! Tu as acheté tes cds! 1. The verb avoir (to have) in the right form You have bought your cds 2. The action in the past (the past participle)

7. Your turn - use arrows and colours to link! Ils ont fait leurs devoirs 1. The verb avoir (to have) in the right form They have finished their homework 2. The action in the past (the past participle)

8. SUMMARY SO FAR WHAT HAVE WE FOUND SO FAR? You need 2 things to talk in the past - what are they? NOW SEE IF YOU ARE RIGHT! 1. …...2. …..

9. THE TWO THINGS ARE…. 1. The verb avoir (to have) in the right form 2. The action in the past (the past participle)

10. 1. THE VERB AVOIR - TO HAVE JaiI have Tu asYou have (singular) Il/Elle/On aHe/she/one has Nous avonsWe have Vous avezYou have (plural) Ils/Elles ontThey have Can you remember the parts of avoir?

11. 2. THE ACTION IN THE PAST (PAST PARTICIPLE) Can you see a pattern? –VerbPast participle –MangerMangé –DanserDansé –AcheterAcheté –RegarderRegardé –LireLu –FaireFait The patterns I see...

12. 2. ACTION IN THE PAST A few verbs do not follow this rule, and have to be remembered separately. Here are some you will use regularly: –VerbPast part.Example –Faire (to do)FaitJai fait (I have done) –Lire (to have)LuJai lu (I have read) –Boire (to drink)BuJai bu (I have been) –Prendre (to take)PrisJai pris (I have taken)

13. NOW FOR PRACTICE The key things to remember: –You need to know the verb avoir (to have) –You need to know the past participle of the verb These rules apply to 95% of all verbs in French! You will learn later how the other 5% work! Now for some practice!

14. TASKS a) Remembering the verb avoir b) Re-ordering sentences in the past c) Finding past participles d) You create

15. A) Remembering the verb avoir Trouvez la bonne réponse: –e.g.Je aiJaiJas –i)Tu asTu aTu es –ii)Il asIl aIle a –iii)Nous avonsNous ontNous sommes –iv)Vous avexVous a Vous avez –v)Elles ontElles sontElle ont

16. A) Remembering the verb avoir.. J__I have Tu __You have (singular) Il/Elle/On _He/she/one has Nous _____We have Vous ____You have (plural) Ils/Elles ___They have Fill in the gaps (without looking back if possible!)

17. B) Reordering sentences in the past Mettez dans le bon ordre: –e.g. ai / visité / la / Tour Eiffel / J Jai visité la Tour Eiffel –i) Il / joué / football / au / a … –ii)Nous /regardé / la / avons / t élé … –iii)ont / fait/ les / ils / magasins /... Il a joué au football Nous avons regardé la télé football Ils ont fait les magasins

18. C) Match up the past participles lubuNous avons nagéfaitElle a fait

19. Finish the sentence Jai écouté Jai regardé Jai lu Jai bu Jai fait

20. D) You create On a separate sheet in Word or Powerpoint create your own page to remember how to form the passé composé for the majority of verbs To remind you, include –the verb avoir –lots of examples –how to form the past particple Refer back to the slides here to help you!

21. 2. THE ACTION IN THE PAST (THE PAST PARTICIPLE) Were you right? –With ER verbs (e.g. Manger/Danser), take off the ER and add É to form the past participle –With RE verbs (e.g. Vendre/Perdre), take off the RE and add U to form the past participle –With IR verbs (e.g. finir/Servir), take off the IR and add I to form the past participle

22. Qu est-ce que tu as regard ē la tēlē ? Tu as fait les magasins? Tu es allē au cinēma ? Tu as lu ? Tu as ēcoutē de la musique ? C é tait comment ? Quest-ce que tu as achet é ? Quest-ce que tu as regard é ? Quest-ce que tu as lu ? C é tait comment ? Quest-ce que tu as écouté ? C é tait comment ? Jai regardé Je nai pas regardé Jai lu Je nai pas lu Jai écouté Je nai pas écouté Jai fait Je nai pas fait Je suis allé (e) Je ne suis pas allé (e)

23. Qu est-ce que tu as regard ē la tēlē ? Tu as fait les magasins? Tu es allē au cinēma ? Tu as lu ? Tu as ēcoutē de la musique ? C é tait comment ? Quest-ce que tu as achet é ? Quest-ce que tu as regard é ? Quest-ce que tu as lu ? C é tait comment ? Quest-ce que tu as écouté ? C é tait comment ?