Le passé composé Objectif: Savoir comment former verbes au passé composé (avoir).

Les 3 parties du passé composé… The past tense equation Auxillary verb Past participle + + Subject joué J’ ai fini as Tu Most verbs use AVOIR as the auxillary verb

How do I form the past participle? -er verbs Remove the ‘er’ from the end of the verb. Then add an é. e.g. Parler parlé -ir verbs Remove the ‘ir’ from the end of the verb. Then add an i. e.g. finir fini -re verbs Remove the ‘re’ from the end of the verb. Then add an u. e.g. vendre vendu

The perfect tense (avoir) Lets look at some examples: J’ai acheté. Nous avons lavé la vaisselle. Mathilde a fini ses devoirs. Ils ont puni leur chien. Vous avez entendu la musique? Elle a vendu sa bicyclette. Using the interactive white board, pupils highlight in different colours the subj – aux verb – past participle

Après le collège D’habitude, après le collège, je mange des fruits pour le goûter mais je mange des chips aussi quelquefois. Je fais mes devoirs et quand je finis je joue à l’ordinateur ou je parle avec mes copains. Finalement je regarde la télé avant d’aller au lit. Go through as a class to identify verbs – change into past tense

Roll the dice 1 Je 2 Tu 3 Il/elle/on 4 Nous 5 Vous 6 Ils/elles 1 finir manger 3 jouer 4 parler 5 regarder 6 répondre Pupils use dice in groups and roll – they must then conjugate the verb – other peer assess to decide if each pupil gets the point. The winner from each team gets a reward.

MS VANDERTRAMP Objectif: Savoir comment former verbes au passé composé (être). Pour commencer: Mettez les verbes au passé composé. 1. Acheter (tu) 3. répondre (ils) 2. Parler (nous) 4. finir (Je)

What is the main difference between the perfect tense with avoir and the perfect tense with être? The perfect tense with être is used to describe a movement or a change of state: Eg: I went to the supermarket. (movement) My brother was born in 1996. (change of state)

Rester to stay / to remain Tomber to fall Retourner to return There are about 13 verbs that use the perfect tense with ‘être’. You will need to remember them all: Monter to go up Sortir to go out Venir to come Aller to go Naître to be born Descendre to go down Entrer to go in Rester to stay / to remain Tomber to fall Retourner to return Arriver to arrive Mourir to die Partir to leave

The equation remains the same – you replace ‘avoir’ with ‘être’ Auxillary verb Past participle + + Subject Je Tu Il/elle Nous Vous Ils/elles monté né descendu allé venu suis es est sommes êtes sont

Attention les filles! This is for you!!! With the verb être, you have to add an extra ‘e’ at the end of the past participle, to make it feminine. Je suis arrivée Je suis née Je suis venue Je suis morte etc.

Garçons… Don’t think ‘Great, I can forget all about this rule!’ It works also when you talk about other female subjects: Ma mère est descendue Elle est partie Ma soeur est tombée etc.

Tous les deux… This applies to all of you! When you have a plural subject, you need to put an ‘s’ at the end of your past participle. If the person is feminine AND plural, then guess what? You add an ‘s’ AND an ‘e’! Ils sont rentrés Mes soeurs sont arrivées

A ton tour maintenant! My mother went upstairs I fell My cat died Traduis les phrases suivantes en Français! My mother went upstairs I fell My cat died My sister was born My parents arrived EXT: Can you create any of your own? Be as creative as you can!

Les réponses…

Qu’est-ce tu as fait hier? Write an account of what you did yesterday – try to include at least 2 MS VANDERTRAMP verbs - if you can include some present tense also (e.g. normalement je vais au centre ville mais hier je suis restée à la maison)