Welcome to a French lesson Bonjour classe Can you tell me using a verb what have you done yesterday, this morning or before you came to this class?

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1 Welcome to a French lesson Bonjour classe Can 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 conjugations rules using Auxiliary verb avoir or être 3- When The past participles Grammar ending may changes for: - Masculine - Feminine - Plural (feminine and masculine) Objectives 1- Students will be able to conjugate French verbs from the first group in the Passé Composé. 2- The conjugations rules using Auxiliary verb avoir or être 3- When The past participles Grammar ending may changes for: - Masculine - Feminine - Plural (feminine and masculine)

4 The passé composé has three possible English equivalents. For example, j'ai dansé 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/être + past participle avoir + terminer terminé avoir + terminer terminé être + monter monté (e) (es) (s) 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 Masculine: none Feminine: e Feminine: e Masculine plural: s Masculine plural: s Feminine plural: es Feminine plural: es When the auxiliary verb is avoir, the past participle may have to agree with its direct object (Well do this next week)

8 Verbs avoir and être in the present tenseAvoir (To have) Être (To be) Je (I) aisuis Tu (You) ases Il / Elle / On (He/She/It) aest Nous (We) avonssommes Vous (You) avezêtes Ils / Elles (They) ontsont

9 Practice: Verbs using avoir Chanter : jai chanté / il a chanté Chanter : jai chanté / il a chanté Parler : tu as parlé / nous avons parlé Parler : tu as parlé / nous avons parlé Manger : ils ont mangé / elles ont mangé Manger : ils ont mangé / elles ont mangé Verbs using « être » Tomber : elle est tombée / Marie et Margaret sont tombées Tomber : elle est tombée / Marie et Margaret sont tombées Entrer : nous sommes entrés (es) / Tu es entré (e) Entrer : nous sommes entrés (es) / Tu es entré (e) Rester : vous êtes restés (es) / ils ont restés 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 a volunteer tell us how many parts are they in the passé composé? Can another volunteer tell us what are they? Can another volunteer tell us what are they? What is the past participle for terminer? What is the past participle for terminer? how do we conjugate je (dancer) in the passé composé? how do we conjugate je (dancer) in the passé composé?

11 Merci beaucoup et à la prochaine leçon Merci beaucoup et à la prochaine leçon