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Understanding the Passé Composé in French: Conjugation and Usage

Welcome to a French lesson on the Passé Composé! In this lesson, we will explore how to use this important tense to express actions completed in the past. You will learn to conjugate French verbs from the first group, understand the rules for using the auxiliary verbs "avoir" and "être," and grasp how the past participle's ending changes for gender and number. We will provide practical examples and exercises, ensuring you're ready to incorporate the Passé Composé into your French conversations.

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Understanding the Passé Composé in French: Conjugation and Usage

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  1. Welcome to a French lessonBonjour classeCan you tell me using a verb what have you done yesterday, this morning or before you came to this class?

  2. Le Passé Composé Is an action completed in the past

  3. Objectives 1- Students will be able to conjugate French verbs from the first group in the “Passé Composé”. 2- The conjugation’s rules using Auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” 3- When The past participle’sGrammar ending may changes for: - Masculine - Feminine - Plural (feminine and masculine)

  4. The passé composé has three possible English equivalents. For example, j'aidansé can mean: 1- I danced (simple past) 2- I have danced (present perfect) 3- I did dance (past emphatic)

  5. The passé composé is a compound conjugation, which means it has two parts: 1- Present tense of the auxiliary verb (either avoir or être) 2- Past participle of the main verb

  6. Rules: • To put a regular verb in the past participle you should remove the termination (ER), replacing it with an É. • [ avoir or être in the present tense] + [past participle of the verb] avoir/être + past participle avoir + terminer terminé être + monter monté (e) (es) (s)

  7. Grammar ending When the auxiliary verb is être, the past participle must agree with the subject • Masculine: none • Feminine: e • Masculine plural: s • Feminine plural: es When the auxiliary verb is avoir, the past participle may have to agree with its direct object (We’ll do this next week)

  8. Verbs avoir and être in the present tense

  9. Practice: Verbs using “avoir” • Chanter : j’ai chanté / il a chanté • Parler : tu as parlé / nous avons parlé • Manger : ils ont mangé / elles ont mangé Verbs using « être » • Tomber : elle est tombée / Marie et Margaret sont tombées • Entrer : nous sommes entrés (es) / Tu es entré (e) • Rester : vous êtes restés (es) / ils ont restés

  10. Closure • Can a volunteer tell us how many parts are they in the “passé composé? • Can another volunteer tell us what are they? • What is the past participle for “terminer”? • how do we conjugate “je (dancer)” in the passé composé?

  11. Merci beaucoup et à la prochaine leçon

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