PASSÉ COMPOSE Used… To tell what happened After words that indicate a specific moment in the past After words that indicate in which order a series of.

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1 PASSÉ COMPOSE Used… To tell what happened After words that indicate a specific moment in the past After words that indicate in which order a series of events occurred To talk about an event that occurred while another action was going on

2 PASSÉ COMPOSE To make a verb past tense, conjugate the helping verb (être or avoir). The helping verb changes depending on the noun. Verbs use the same endings regardless of the noun.

3 PASSÉ COMPOSE – REGULAR VERBS -er verbs always end in -é. -ir verbs always end in -i. -re verbs always end in –u. InfinitiveAimer (to like) Choisir (to choose) Vendre (to sell) Stem Ending Past ParticipleAim -éChois -iVend -u Passé ComposeJai aiméJai choisiJai vendu

4 PASSÉ COMPOSE – IRREGULAR VERBS être été avoir eu prendre pris lire lu faire fait recevoir reçu boire bu voir vu mettre mis

5 PASSÉ COMPOSE WITH AVOIR Uses the present tense form of avoir and the past participle of the main verb. To make it negative, place ne…pas around avoir, but not around the main verb. InfinitiveAimer (to like) Choisir (to choose) Vendre (to sell) Boire (to drink) Stem Ending Past Participleaim -échois -ivend -ubu Passé Compose Jai aiméJai choisiJai venduJai bu

6 PASSÉ COMPOSE WITH ÊTRE Used when the verb indicates motion, a state, or condition. The past participle has to agree in gender and number with the subject. To make it negative, place ne…pas around être, but not around the main verb.

7 PASSÉ COMPOSE WITH ÊTRE The DR AND MRS VANDERTRAMP verbs use être. Descendre Retourner Monter Rentrer Soritr Venir Aller Naître Entrer Revenire Tomber Rester Arriver Mourir Partir

8 PASSÉ COMPOSE WITH ÊTRE EXAMPLE Jesuisallé(e) Tuesallé(e) Il/Elle/OnEstallé(e)(s) Noussommesallé(e)s Vousêtesallé(e)(s) Ils/Ellessontallé(e)s Aller

9 THE IMPARFAIT (IMPEFECT TENSE) Used… To describe how things and people were in the past To describe general conditions or to set the scene After words that indicate a repeated action in the past To emphasize you were in the middle of something when something else happened To make a suggestion

10 THE IMPARFAIT (IMPERFECT TENSE) The stem used for the imperfect is the nous form of the verb in present tense without -ons (écrire nous écrivons écriv) The stem of –ger (like manger) keeps the –e To make the imperfect negative, place ne…pas around the verb. Avoir and étre can be used in the imparfait to talk about the past.

11 StemEndings Jécriv-ais Tuécriv-ais Il/Elle/Onécriv-ait Nousécriv-ions Vousécriv-iez Ils/Ellesécriv-aient écrire Javais Tuavais Il/Elle/Onavait Nousavions Vousaviez Ils/Ellesavaient Avoir Jétais Tuétais Il/Elle/Onétait Nousétions Vousétiez Ils/Ellesétaient