Le Passé Composé Formation ER – IR and RE Verbs être/avoir Exercises

J’ai or je suis + Past participle (é, i, u) You use the perfect tense to talk about the past. In French this is called the ‘passé composé’ because it is ‘composed’ of two parts: the auxiliary verb (etre or avoir) and the past participle of the main verb. J’ai or je suis + Past participle (é, i, u) Part 1 is the auxiliary verb Part 2 is the past participle of the main verb

Just a quick look at the conjugation of être and avoir Être- to be Avoir- to have Je suis J’ai Tu es Tu as Il/elle est Il/elle a On est On a Nous sommes Nous avons Vous êtes Vous avez Ils/elles sont Ils/elles ont

é u i The past participle depends on the verb ending Verbs ending in ER Verbs ending in RE Verbs ending in IR Remove ‘er’ and add ‘é’ Remove ‘re’ and add ‘u’ Remove ‘ir’ and add ‘i’ é u i Ex: jouer joué (played) aller allé (gone) Ex: vendre vendu (sold) attendre attendu (waited) Ex: partir parti (gone) choisir choisi (chosen)

Most verbs ‘go with’ avoir (just as in English)… I have reminded my mother about my birthday J’ai rappellé à ma mère la date de mon anniversaire

J’ai mangé un éclair au chocolat Tu as écouté la chanson Elle a vendu sa maison Nous avons choisi le menu

Irregular verbs: A number of verbs do not form their past participle following the rules above. These need to be learned separately, the main ones as as follows: avoir = eu être = été faire = fait boire = bu conduire = conduit connaître = connu courir = couru croire = cru devoir = dû

Irregular verbs: dormir = dormi écrire = écrit falloir = fallu lire = lu mettre = mis ouvrir = ouvert pleuvoir = plu prendre = pris

Irregular verbs: comprendre = compris apprendre = appris pouvoir = pu recevoir = reçu rire = ri savoir = su tenir = tenu vivre = vécu

Insert the right part of ‘avoir’ I have You have (informal) She has We have You have (formal) They have (feminine)

CORRECTION I have You have (informal) She has We have You have (formal) They have (feminine)

But some verbs ‘go with’ être But some verbs ‘go with’ être. There are 16 verbs which follow this rule + All Reflexive verbs.

Aller and rester are two examples of the verbs which ‘go’ with ‘être’ Aller and rester are two examples of the verbs which ‘go’ with ‘être’. When you are writing you have to remember to make the past participle ‘agree’ in gender and number with the subject, however when you are speaking you can’t hear the difference: Il est allé- he went Elle est allée- She went Ils sont allés- They went (boys) Elles sont allées- They went (girls) Ecoutez

Mrs Van Der Tramp Monter --> monté (went up) Retourner --> retourné (returned) Sortir --> sorti (went out) Venir --> venu (came) Arriver --> arrivé (arrived) Naître --> né (was born) Descendre --> descendu (went down) Entrer --> entré (entered) Rester --> resté (stayed) Tomber --> tombé (fell) Rentrer --> rentré (went back in) Aller --> allé (went) Mourir --> mort (died) Partir --> parti (left)

Useful websites http://www.lepointdufle.net/passecompose.htm http://carmenvera.eoidehellin.es/hotpot/chansons/index.htm http://www.frenchrevision.co.uk

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