Etre - Irregular Verbs

Question 1

What does the agreement of the past participles have to agree with?

Answer 1

The person who is doing the action (I/we/they/you)

Question 2

What is the agreement for a female doing the action (I or she)

Answer 2

Add an e to the past participle

Question 3

What is the agreement for more than one person doing the action (They/ We)

Answer 3

Add an s to the past participle

Question 4

What is the agreement if more than one person is doing the action and they are all female (They the girls)

Answer 4

Add an es to the past participle

Question 5

What is the mnemonic for remembering which verbs take etre in the past tense?

Answer 5

MRS VAN DER TRAMP

Question 6

Which of the MRS VAN DE TRAMP verbs are irregular?

Answer 6

Naitre - ne
Venir - venu
Mourir - mort

Question 7

What are the 4 stages for forming the passe compose with etre?

Answer 7

1) Find the verb from MRS VAN DER TRAMP
2) Find the past participle
3) Remember the part of etre that goes with that subject pronoun
4) Make sure the past participle agrees with the subject pronoun