Passé Compose

Question 1

How To Form Passé Compose

Answer 1

Subject Pronoun (Je, Tu, Le Garcon…) + Etre/Avoir in Present Tense + Past Participle/Participe Passé (é, i, u…)

Question 2

Examples of subject pronouns

Answer 2

Je, tu, il, elle, nous, vous, ils, elles, le garcon, ma mère, le père, un étranger, sa grand-mère…etc.

Question 3

Conjugating Etre/Avoir in Present Tense

Answer 3

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Question 4

Past Participle/Participe Passé for most common verb endings

Answer 4

1) er -é
2) ir -i
3) re -u
4) avoir -eu
5) être -été
6) ire -it
7) enir -enu
8) -ouvrir -ouvert
9) prendre -pris
10) mettre -mis
11) naître -né
12) vivre -vécu
13) -indre -int
14) -battre -battu
15) -croître -crû
16) -vêtir -vêtu

Question 5

Do past participles change according to their personal pronouns?

Answer 5

Not if they’re conjugated in “avoir” but change if in “etre”

Question 6

What is passé compose used for?

Answer 6

For things that START in the past and END in the past.

Question 7

What is the main difference between the sentence structures of passe compose and present tense?

Answer 7

• In Passé Compose, you HAVE TO HAVE either avoir or etre (for the auxillary verb) but you get RID of it in Present Tense. So if someone asked you if you ate pizza (Est-ce que tu as mangé de la pizza?) and you answered in present tense, it would be “Non, je le mange maintenant.” (No, I’m eating it now) but if you answered in past tense, it would be “Oui, j’ai mangé ça hier.”
• In Passé Compose, you use PAST PARTICIPLES when conjugating the verb. In Present Tense, you conjugate it according to the verb endings and the personal pronoun (je - e, tu - es, il/elle/on - e…).

Question 8

Examples of Passé Compose

Answer 8

• j’AI (avoir) MANGÉ (past participle) la pizza HIER (when)
• j’AI (avoir) REGARDÉ (P.P) un film vendredi (when)
• j’AI (avoir) MANGÉ (P.P) le pomme et la pizza HIER (when)
• Lilly EST (etre) ALLÉE au magasin HIER (when)
• Elle A (avoir) CASSÉ (P.P) sa montre HIER (when)
• il EST (etre) NÉ (P.P) HIER (when)
• ils SONT (etre) PARTIS (P.P) de France LUNDI (when)
• nous SOMMES (etre) RENTRÉS a 15h00 (when)
• tu AS (avoir) MARCHÉ (P.P) avec tes amis DIMANCHE (when)
• ils ONT JOUÉ au football MARDI
• nous AVONS ASSISTÉ a la classe MARDI
• elles SONT ALLÉES courir CE MATIN
• ma soeur EST NÉE en AVRIL
• ils SONT ARRIVÉS en Inde HIER

Question 9

What are two IMPORTANT things when it comes to past participles in Passé Compose?

Answer 9

• Add an extra “e” to a past participle that ends with an “é” when it refers to a FEMALE AND is conjugated using ÊTRE.
• Add an extra “s” to a past participle that ends with an “é” if it refers to MORE THAN ONE PERSON (PLURAL) AND is conjugated using ÊTRE.

**Note: DO NOT do either of this if the auxiliary verb is avoir rather than être.