Passé composé with être (a “D”, “R”, and “P” are missing. They stand for devenir, revenir and passer.

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1 Passé composé with être (a “D”, “R”, and “P” are missing. They stand for devenir, revenir and passer

2 What do we know so far? We use the passé composé to describe a _____________, ___________ action in the past There are 3 parts to the verb phrase: the _____________, the auxiliary verb and _____________ To form the past participle, we always start by ___________________ from the infinitive

3 What do we know about formation? To form the past participle: -er verbs: remove ___________ and add ____ -ir verbs: remove ___________ and add ____ -re verbs: remove ___________ and add ____

4 Irregular past participles prendre lire boire voir vouloir être faire avoir devoir dire pris lu bu vu voulu été fait eu dû dit

5 Passé composé with être

6 A small group of verbs use être as the auxiliary verb, instead of avoir: Monter (to go up) Rester (to stay) Sortir (to go out) Venir (to come) Arriver (to arrive) Naître (to be born) Descendre (to go down) Entrer (to enter) Tomber (to fall) Retourner/rentrer (to return) Aller (to go) Mourir (to die) Partir (to leave / depart)

7 Past participles follow the usual rules, with a few exceptions: Monter (monté) Rester (resté) Sortir (sorti) Venir (venu) Arriver (arrivé) Naître (né) Descendre (descendu) Entrer (entré) Tomber (tombé) Retourner/rentrer (retourné/rentré) Aller (allé) Mourir (mort) Partir (parti)

8 Le verbe être: jesuis tu es il/elle/onest nous sommes vous êtes ils/ellessont

9 Que signifient les phrases suivantes? Il est allé au parc Je suis né à Birmingham Ils sont partis en vacances Ils sont sortis avec leurs copains Nous sommes arrivés en train Ma sœur est restée à la maison Tu es rentré à quelle heure hier soir? Do you notice anything else about the verb endings?

10 Recap -There is a group of _____ verbs that use être as the auxiliary verb, instead of avoir -These are known as the MRSVANDETRAMP verbs (How many can you remember?) -Most past participles follow the regular formation but 3 are irregular: they are _______, ________ and _________ -If a subject is _________ or _________, agreement is needed in the written form

11 Comment dit-on ….. I went to the shops ( J s a a m ) I went out with my friends ( J s s a m c ) He died in 1678 ( I e m e 1678 ) He came to my party ( I e v a m f ) She left at 9 o’clock ( E e p a n h ) She went up the Eiffel Tower ( E e m l T E ) We went to Spain ( N s a e E ) We stayed in the restaurant ( N s r d l r )