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How to form the Passé Composé

How to form the Passé Composé

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World Languages

6th - 12th Grade

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Elyse Davies

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How to form the Passé Composé

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How to form the passé composé

  • The past tense is a compound tense. This means that it contains 2 parts.

  • In French, most the of the time we use the verb AVOIR when forming the past tense.

  • Next, we add a past participle.

  • Form of avoir + past participle = past tense

  • Let's quickly review avoir...

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Multiple Choice

Je/ avoir

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ai

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as

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suis

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avoire

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Multiple Choice

nous/ avoir

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sommes

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avons

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avoirons

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avez

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Multiple Choice

elle/ avoir

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est

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avoire

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a

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ont

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Fill in the Blank

Type the tu form of avoir

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Fill in the Blank

Type the ils form of avoir

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AVOIR - to have

j'ai

tu as

il / elle / on a

nous avons

vous avez

ils/elles ont

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Multiple Choice

Which word is the correctly formed past participle of chanter?

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chanti

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chantu

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chanté

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Multiple Choice

Which word is the correctly formed past participle of manger?

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mangi

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mangu

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mangé

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Multiple Choice

Which word is the correctly formed past participle of choisir?

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choisi

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choisu

3

choisé

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Multiple Choice

Which verb is the correctly formed past participle of perdre?

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perdi

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perdu

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perdé

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Fill in the Blank

Type the past participle of attendre

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Practice: Predict the translation

  • We lost -->

  • Nous avons perdu.

  • She ate. -->

  • Elle a mangé.

  • You (s) chose. -->

  • Tu as choisi.

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Practice: Predict the change from present to past

  • Vous attendez. -->

  • Vous avez attendu.

  • Je perds. -->

  • J'ai perdu.

  • Ils grossissent. -->

  • Ils ont grossi.

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Multiple Select

What do you use in the past tense? Check all that apply.

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a form of aller

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a form of avoir

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a past participle

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an infinitive

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Multiple Choice

Which sentence is formed correctly in the passé composé?

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Elle mange.

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Elle est mangé.

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Elle a mangé.

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Elle a mangi.

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Multiple Choice

How do you change this from the present to the past?

Je regarde Netflix.

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Je suis regardé Netflix.

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J'ai regardé Netflix.

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Je regardé Netflix.

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Je regardé.

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Multiple Select

LAST ONE!

Which sentences are formed correctly?

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Tu as entendu le téléphone.

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Nous avons nagé à la piscine.

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Il a rangé sa chambre.

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Ils ont fini leurs devoirs.

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