1. Le Passé Simple
Written Past Tense

2. Obj:
SWBAT form the literary past tense

3. Put the following in the past tense you have learned:
Tu: aller
il: marcher
nous: frapper
vous: finir
ils: trouver

4. Why do we need another past tense?
This is the tense that is used in writing only.
You are going to be able to form and recognize it so that when we use it in our reading it will be understandable.

5. What does the ‘passé simple’ mean
The same as the passé composé
The -ed form of the verb
I studied
We noticed

6. How do you form it?
You need :
Stem
endings

7. Stem: Find the past participle of the verb you are using. er-é ir-i
marcher - marché
finir- fini
attendre - attendu

8. Endings. These depend whether you are using an er, ir, or re verb.
When using an er verb, you’re past participle was é.
Your endings will begin with ‘a’
Je ai
tu . . .as
il . . a
nous âmes
vous ates
ils èrent

9. Example Je: trouver find P.P. - trouvé get rid of é add in ai
je trouvai

10. Ir Verbs If your past participle is from an ir verb, it became i.
Your endings will be: is it
îmes
îtes
irent

11. Exemple Nous: finir your past participle is fini
get rid of i, add in imes
nous finîmes

12. RE verbs If you have an re verb, your past participle was u
your endings are: us ut
umes
utes
urent

13. Exemple
Vous: répondre
Repondu - p.p.
Je répondus