4.1.5 - Review The Passé Composé

Question 1

Define être and give its past participle

Answer 1

to be:

été

Question 2

Define faire and give its past participle

Answer 2

to do/to make:

fait

Question 3

Define prendre* and give its past participle

Answer 3

to take:

pris

Question 4

Define mettre and give its past participle

Answer 4

to put, to put on, to set:

mis

Question 5

Define avoir and give its past participle

Answer 5

to have

eu

Question 6

Define boire and give its past participle

Answer 6

to drink

bu

Question 7

Define voir and give its past participle

Answer 7

to see

vu

Question 8

Define pouvoir and give it past participle

Answer 8

to be able to / can

pu

Question 9

Define vouloir and give its past participle

Answer 9

to want

voulu

Question 10

Define croire and give its past participle

Answer 10

to believe

cru

Question 11

Define savoir and give its past participle

Answer 11

to know a fact or to know how

su

Question 12

Define connaître and give its past participle

Answer 12

to know, as in “be familiar with”

connu

Question 13

Define lire and give its past participle

Answer 13

to read

lu

Question 14

• Define and give the past participles for comprendre and apprendre

Answer 14

comprendre
- to understand
compris

apprendre
- to learn
appris

Question 15

How many verbs use etre in the passe compose?

Answer 15

17

Question 16

what are the verbs that use etre in the passe compose called?

Answer 16

MR. & MRS. VANDERTRAMPP verbs

Question 17

Conjugate ÊTRE in the present tense.

Answer 17

je suis
tu es
il/elle/on est
nous sommes
vous êtes
ils/elles sont

Question 18

How many VANDERTRAMPP verbs have irregular past participles?

Answer 18

3 and throught the suffix 5

Question 19

What are the VANDERTRAMPP verbs that have irregular past participles? Give their meanings

Answer 19

naître (to be born) > né,
mourrir (to die) > mort,
venir (to come) > venu (devenir > devenu, revenir > revenu) Devenir = to become
revenir = to come back

Question 20

Define devenir and give its past participle

Answer 20

to become, devenu

Question 21

Define revenir and give its past participle

Answer 21

to come back, revenu

Question 22

Define mourrir and give its past participle

Answer 22

to die

mort

Question 23

Define retourner and give its past participle

Answer 23

to return, go back

retourné

Question 24

Define sortir and give its past participle

Answer 24

to go out

sorti

Question 25

Define venir and give its past participle

Answer 25

to come

venu

Question 26

Define arriver and give its past participle

Answer 26

to arrive

arrivé

Question 27

Define naître and give its past participle

Answer 27

to be born

né

Question 28

Define descendre and give its past participle

Answer 28

to go down

descendu

Question 29

Define entrer and give its past participle

Answer 29

to enter

entré

Question 30

Define rentrer and give its past participle

Answer 30

to go home* return

rentré

Question 31

Define tomber and give its past participle

Answer 31

to fall

tombé

Question 32

Define rester and give its past participle

Answer 32

to stay

resté

Question 33

Define aller and give its past participle

Answer 33

to go

allé

Question 34

Define monter and give its past participle

Answer 34

to go up

monté

Question 35

Define partir and give its past participle

Answer 35

to leave

parti

Question 36

Define passer and give its past participle

Answer 36

to pass by, stop by

passé

Question 37

Define rentrer and retourner. What distinguishes rentrer from retourner?

Answer 37

retourner - to return/go back
rentrer - to go home/return
The difference is rentrer is the idea of GOING HOME, or back to where you belong (the
place you’re staying, the country you’re from, etc.)

Question 38

How many VANDERTRAMPP verbs depending on the circumstance use avoir instead of etre in the passe compose

Answer 38

6

Question 39

What makes a VANDERTRAMPP verb use avoir instead of etre?

Answer 39

If it is one of the special types of VANDERTRAMPP verbs that take avoir it will take it when it has a direct object.

Question 40

What VANDERTRAMPP verbs take avoir when they have direct objects?

Answer 40

descendre, monter, rentrer, entrer, sortir, passer

Question 41

Which helping verb do reflexive vebs use in the passe compose?

Answer 41

etre

Question 42

Where does ne… pas go in the passe compose?

Answer 42

around the form of avoir or etre