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1 Le passé composé (the simple past) (the perfect tense)

2 The perfect tense – Le passé composé In French you use the perfect tense (le passé composé) to say what you have done in the past. The passé composé is usually formed by using the present tense of avoir and the past participle of the verb, just as in English

3 Par exemple: J’ai joué = I have played Nous avons gagné = We have won Elle a dormi = She has slept Tu as répondu = You have replied

4 Auxiliary verb J’ai Tuas Ila Ellea Nousavons Vousavez Ilsont Ellesont

5 Past participles To form the past participle of –er verbs, take the -er off the infinitive and replace it with -é Regular –ir verbs form the past participles by taking off the final –r Regular -re verbs take off the final –re and replace it with u

6 Irregular past participles with AVOIR Avoir = Eu Boire = Bu Lire = Lu Voir = Vu

7 Dire = Dit Écrire = Écrit Faire = Fait Être = été

8 Prendre = Pris Apprendre = Appris Comprendre = Compris Mettre = Mis

9 In the perfect tense most verbs take the auxiliary verb Avoir But some take Être To help you learn which verbs take être you can memorise the mnemonic DR & MRS VANDERTRAMPP

10 Devenir Revenir & Monter Rester Sortir

11 Venir Aller Naître Descendre Entrer Rentrer Tomber Retourner Arriver Mourir Passer Partir

12 La maison d’être

13 Present tense forms of ÊTRE Je suis Tu es Il est Elle est On est Nous sommes Vous êtes Ils sont Elles sont

14 Agreement Notice that with verbs that take être as the auxiliary verb, the past participle agrees with the subject (the person or thing doing the action). If the subject is feminine you must add an extra -e (elle est arrivée) and if the subject is plural you must add an extra -s. (ils sont arrivés) If it is plural and feminine you must add - es (elles sont arrivées)

15 IRREGULAR past participles with ÊTRE Devenir* = devenu Revenir* = revenu Venir* = venu Mourir = mort Naître = né

16 REFLEXIVE VERBS ALL reflexive verbs in the passé composé use ÊTRE Order = Subject + reflexive pronoun + present tense form of être + past participle Ex: Nous nous sommes lavés Elles se sont lavées


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