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Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present tense of Avoir Then add the past participle of the verb you want to put into the past Eg Il a regardé Nous avons joué
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Page 1: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Passé Composéwith Etre

You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder:

Past participlePart of avoir

• Use part of the present tense of Avoir

• Then add the past participle of the verb you want to put into the past

Eg Il a regardé Nous avons joué

Page 2: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

BUT one group of 16 verbs use the present tense of Etre instead.

MOST verbs use part of Avoir to form the passé composé.

Here is that list

Page 3: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

List of Verbs which use Etre to form their Passé Composé

Deviner Monter Venir

Tomber

Reviner Rester Aller

Retourner Sortir Naître

Arriver

Descendre

Mourir Entrer

Partir Rentrer

These verbs are usually known as the“DR MRS VAN DER TRAMP” verbs.

Page 4: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

When the passé composé is formed with Etre, the past participle behaves like an adjective. So, if you have a feminine subject (the “doer” of the verb), you must also have a feminine past participle.

Eg

Elle est allé (feminine)e

If the subject is plural, the past participle must also be plural.

Eg Ils sont allé (masculine plural)

s

Il est allé (masculine)

BUT

Elles sont allé (feminine plural)

es

Page 5: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Here is a table showing all the agreements

je suis allé(e)tu es allé(e)il est alléelle est alléenous somme

sallé(es)(s)

vous êtes allé(e)(es)(s)ils sont alléselles sont allées

Page 6: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Here are the past participles of some of the “Etre” verbs

Infinitive Past Participle

English

Rentrer Rentré(e)(s) went backEntrer Entré(e)(s) enteredVenir Venu(e)(s) cameRester Resté(e)(s) stayedSortir Sorti(e)(s) went outPartir Parti(e)(s) leftRetourner Retourné(e)

(s)returned

Aller Allé(e)(s) wentTomber Tombé(e)(s) fell

Page 7: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Can you remember what to do?

Il est …

allés allé allée

allé

allées

Choose the correct past participle.

Page 8: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Ils sont…

allés allées

allée

allés

allé

Page 9: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Elles sont…

allés allées

allée

allées

allé

Page 10: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Je m’appelle Isabelle. Je suis…

allés allées

allée

allée

allé

Page 11: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Nous (m.pl) sommes…

allés allées

allée

allés

allé

Page 12: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Eric et Pierre sont…

allés allées

allée

allés

allé

Page 13: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Tu (f) es …

allés allées

allée

allée

allé

Page 14: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Monsieur Dubois., vous êtes…

allés allées

allée

allé

allé

Page 15: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Salut, je suis Marie. Samedi ma mère et moi sommes…

allés allées

allée

allées

allé

Page 16: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Ils sont…

allés allées

allée

allés

allé

Page 17: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Mathieu et Celine, vous êtes…

allés allées

allée

allés

allé

Page 18: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Martin et Francois sont…

allés allées

allée

allés

allé

Page 19: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Bonjour, je m’appelle Thomas. Ma copine est …

allés allées

allée

allée

allé

Page 20: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

Maman, Joanne et Laura sont…

allés allées

allée

allées

allé

Page 21: Passé Composé with Etre You already know how to form the Passé Composé tense. Here is a reminder: Past participle Part of avoir Use part of the present.

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