DAY ONE Leçon 30 Le passé composé

Using multiple verbs – le futur proche In French, it is often useful to use ________ than one verb in a single sentence. In the ________ ________ tense, for example, two verbs are always used: the conjugated form of ALLER and the secondary verb. EX: I am going to eat. ________________________________________. EX: We are going to go to school. ________________________________________. more near future Je vais manger Nous allons aller à l’école.

Using multiple verbs – what one likes to do You can also use multiple verbs in the ________ tense to describe what you ________ or ________. Just like in the future tense, the ________ verb is ________ and the ________ is left in the ________ form. EX: What do you like to do for exercise? ________________________________________ ? EX: I like to swim. ________________________________________. EX: I prefer to jog. ________________________________________. present likeprefer first conjugated second infinitive Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire comme exercise? J’aime nager Je préfère faire du jogging

Complete each sentence below about how / where / with whom you like to vacation. Mes vacances préférées sont … Pendant les vacances de Noel, je préfère… Pendant les grandes vacances, je préfère … Quand je voyage pendant les vacances, je préfère voyager … Quand je vais loin, je préfère voyager … Using multiple verbs – what one likes to do

Using multiple verbs You can also use multiple verbs to create phrases in the SIMPLE _____________ tense. EX: I would like to swim. ________________________________________. I would like to jog. ________________________________________. conditional Je voudrais nager Je voudrais faire du jogging

Le passé composé The passé composé describes past events. In the sentences below, the verbs highlighted in red are in the passé composé. Hier, j’ai réparé mon vélo. ____________________________. Le weekend dernier, Marc a organisé une boum. ____________________________. Pendant les vacances, nous avons visité Paris. ____________________________. Yesterday, I fixed my bike Last weekend, Mark organized a party During vacation, we visited Paris

What do you notice about past-tense endings in English and French. The French __________ __________ end in -___. The English past participles end in -___. What do you notice about HOW the French PP is formed? The French PP is form using _____ VERBS: __________ verb+ __________ __________ verb past participles é ed two auxiliary past participles

Formation of the Past Participle Most verbs use AVOIR as their auxiliary, so for most French verbs, the past tense is formed as follows: Present of __________ + PP avoir

Note : As its name indicates, the passé composé is the __________ tense __________ of two parts. It is formed like the English present perfect tense: We have worked. Nous avons travaillé. __________ + __________ VERB + PAST __________ past composed subject auxiliary participle

AVOIR is conjugated in the present tense, as follows: J’ __________ Tu __________ Il __________ Nous __________ Vous __________ Elles __________ ai as a avons avez ont

Formation of the Past Participle For –er verbs, the past participle is formed by chopping of the –er of the infinitive and adding a –é. Convert each of the verbs below from their infinitive form to their past participle: visiter = __________ jouer = __________ parler = __________ téléphoner = __________ visité joué parlé téléphoné

Using the passé composé Now try creating a sentence with each pair of subjects and past participles shown below: visité / je ________________________________________. joué / il ________________________________________. parlé / elles ________________________________________. téléphoné /vous ________________________________________. J’ai visité à Paris Il a joué au foot Elles ont parlé de lui Vous avez téléphoné à Chirstine.

In French, the passé composé is used to describe past actions and events, but has three English equivalents: EX: J’ai visité Montréal. = I ________ Montreal. = I ________ ________ Montreal. visited have visited did visit

Pratique: P. 310 ex. 6 Due demain!

Devoirs d’hier: p. 310 ex. 6 Nous avons Vous avez Marc a Hélène et Juliette ont Éric et Stéphanie ont Mes copains ont Les voisins ont acheté des vêtements. assisté à un concert de jazz. dîné dans un restaurant vietnamien. joué au Monopoly. organisé une boum. regardé un film à la télé. travaillé dans le jardin / dans un restaurant vietnamien visité un musée.

DAY TWO Leçon 30 Le passé composé

Partie III: Des participes passés As you already know, the past participle (_______ _______ ) for –er verbs is formed by chopping off the –er and adding a –___. For –ir verbs and –re verbs, the PP is formed a bit differently… participe passé é

Revue : des verbes en –ir In the present tense, -ir verbs follow a reglar conjugation pattern, wherein the –ir is removed and a different ending added, according to the subject. Translate the following phrases in the present tense: I finish.  _______ You (s) finish.  _______ He succeeds.  _______ We heal.  _______ You (pl) reflect.  _______ They (f) blush.  _______ Je finis Tu finis Il réussit Nous guérissons Vous réfléchissez Elles rougissent

Participes passés: des verbes en -ir The French past participle for –ir verbs is conjugated in much the same way as for –er verbs. You still need to use an _______ VERB (avoir) + _______ _______. The past participle for –ir verbs is formed by chopping off the –ir and adding a –___. EX: I finished = ______________ auxiliary past participle i J’ai fini

Participes passés: des verbes en -ir Translate each of the following sentences into French: You (s) chose the red shoes. _____________________________________________. He succeeded (at) his test. _____________________________________________. We recovered after our illness. _____________________________________________. You (pl) reflected on the problem. _____________________________________________. They (f) blushed when he spoke. _____________________________________________. Tu as choisi les chaussures rouges Il a réussi son examen Nous avons guéri après notre maladie Vous avez réfléchi sur le problème Elles ont rougi quand il a parlé

Revue : des verbes en –re Review how to conjugate –re verbs in the present tense by translating each of the following phrases: I go down the stairs. = _________________ You(s) sell your car.= _________________ He loses his book. = _________________ We wait for them. = _________________ You (pl) hear the television. = _________________ They stretch their legs. = _________________ Je descends les escaliers. Tu vends ta voiture. Il perd son livre. Nous attendons pour eux. Vous entendez la télé. Ils étendent leurs jambes.

The past participle for –re verbs is formed by chopping off the –re and adding a –___. EX: You(s) sold your car. = ______________________. u Tu as vendu ta voiture

Translate each past-tense phrase using the auxiliary verb and –re past participle. He lost his book. _________________________________________ We waited for them. _________________________________________ You (pl) heard the TV. _________________________________________ They stretched their legs. _________________________________________ Il a perdu son livre. Nous avons attendu pour eux. Vous avez entendu la télé. Ils ont étendu leurs jambes

Devoirs P. 322 ex 5 and 6

Devoirs d’hier: P. 322 ex 6 QUESTION: In what tense are the words shown in PURPLE? 1. Aujourd’hui, je téléphone à mon cousin. Hier, j’ai téléphoné a mes copains. 2. Aujourd’hui tu finis ce livre. Hier tu a fini ce magazine. 3. Aujourd’hui nous mangeons des sandwichs. Hier, nous avons mangé une pizza. 4. Aujourd’hui Mélanie choisit une jupe. Hier, elle a choisi un chemisier. 5. Aujourd’hui, les élèves réussissent à l’examen de français. Hier, ils ont ressui à l’examen d’anglais. 6. Aujourd’hui, Philippe vend sa chaîne-stéréo. Hier, il a vendu ses disques. 7. Aujourd’hui, Philippe et Jean-Pierre rendent visite à leurs cousins. Hier, ils ont rendu visite à leur grand-mère. 8. Aujourd’hui, les touristes attendent le train. Hier, ils ont attendu le car. présent

In the course of studying the passé compose as it related to regular –er, -ir, and –re verbs, you have learned to combine the psat participle of these three verb types with a conjugated auxiliary verb—in this case, the verb ________. All PPs are created in much the same way—that is, by removing the verb ending and adding a past participle ending. Therefore… -ir  - ___ -re  -___ -er  -___ Partie IV: le passé composé et des verbes irréguliers avoir i u é

DAY THREE Leçon 30 Le passé composé

Les verbes irreguliers… You’ve already learned the past participle for at least one irregular verb, FAIRE. In the present tense, FAIRE is conjugated, as follows: However, the Past Participle of FAIRE is simply _______. EX: I made a cake. _____________________________________ JeNous TuVous IlElles fais fait faisons faites font fait aifaitungâteauJ’J’

Les verbes irreguliers… Chances are, if a verb is irregular in the _____ tense, it will also have an irregular _____ _____. For example, the following verbs all also have irregular past participles: être avoir mettre voir _____     present past participle été eu mis vu to be to have to put to see     _____

Translate each of the following phrases into French using your new irregular verbs. HINT: look at the yellow box on page 324 in your book for reminders about time expressions – maintenant, avant, après, etc…) Yesterday, I was sick. ________________________________________________ Yesterday morning, I was sick to my stomach. ________________________________________________. I put on my pajamas. ________________________________________________. I stayed in bed during the whole day. ________________________________________________. Yesterday afternoon, I saw a good movie on TV. ________________________________________________. Hier, j’ai été malade. Hier matin, j’ai eu mal à l’estomac. J’ai mis mon pyjama. J’ai resté au lit pendant tout la journée. Hier après-midi, j’ai vu un bon film à la télé.

NOTE: Don’t forget that the verb être can have more than one meaning in the passé composé: EX: Mme Lebrun a été malade. Mrs. Lebrun _____ _____ sick. Elle a été à l’hôpital. She _____ in the hospital. has been was

DEVOIRS: P. 323 ex. 9 Write each answer as a single sentence, joining the two clauses with parce que (because). EX: Éric est content. (avoir un « A » à l’examen) Éric est content parce qu’il a eu un « A » à l’examen.