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Understanding the Passé Composé: Forming Past Events in French

The Passé Composé is a crucial French tense used to describe completed actions or events in the past. It combines the auxiliary verb 'avoir' (to have) with the past participle of the main verb. Regular verbs follow specific patterns: -er verbs replace -er with -é, -ir verbs with -i, and -re verbs with -u. For example, "J’ai joué" means "I played." Practicing this structure with sentences like "I watched TV last night" or "We just finished our homework" helps in mastering the tense. Create your own compositions using these patterns!

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Understanding the Passé Composé: Forming Past Events in French

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  1. Le Passé Composé speaking about pastevents

  2. Passé Composé • Events that are complete, that have happened IN THE PAST • I watched TV last night • He played football this afternoon • Mum and Dad went to the theatre • I got a bike for Christmas

  3. Passé Composé • Events thathave just completed • I have just picked up my room • We have just finished our homework • You have just washed the dishes

  4. I play => I (have) played He listens => He (has) listened Je joue => J’ai joué Il écoute => Il a écouté How do we form the P.C.?

  5. How do we form the P.C.? verbe AVOIR + participepassé du (conjugated in the verbe corresponding form) • participe passé: • regular -er verbs – replace –er with –é • regular -irverbs – replace –ir with –i • regular -re verbs replace –re with -u

  6. Examples: 1. J’ai rangé ma chambre. (I pickedup/have pickedup my room) 2. Patrick amaigri beaucoup. (Patrick lost/has lost a lot of weight) 3. Tu as entendu la musique. (You heard/have heard the music)

  7. H/w Write a short composition about yourpast weekend. Use 3 –er verbs, 2 –irverbs, and 2 –reverbs (from the listbelow) Use at least 4 transition verbs

  8. verbes réuliersen -er • Acheter (to buy) • Assister (to attend) • Cuisiner (to cook) • Déjeuner (to have lunch) • Demander (to ask) • Dépenser (to spend money) • Dîner (to have dinner) • Discuter (to discuss) • Donner à (to givesomeone) • Gagner (to win, to earn) • Inviter (to invite) • Laver (to wash) • Oublier (to forget) • Ranger (to arrange, to pick up) • Travailler (to work) • Trouver (to find)

  9. verbes réuliersen -ir • obéir(to obey) • réussir (to succeed) • grossir (to gain weight) • réfléchir à (to think about) • finir (to finish) • maigrir (to loseweight • grandir (to grow up)

  10. verbes en -re • vendre (to sell) • attendre(to wait, to wait for) • rendrevisite à (to visit a person) • perdre(to lose) • entendre (to hear) • répondre (to answer)

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