Passé Composé

Question 1

When to use Passé Composé

Answer 1

→ When talking about one-time
→ When talking about actions that took place in the past on a specific occasion
(The tense places emphasis on the results of consequences of an action)
→ Listing sequential past actions one after another
→ Introduce a new past action that interrupted another that was already in progress
Example: Mais un jour, pendant que je parlais avec un agriculteur, j’ai reçu un appel. (Reçu is the world to look out for)

Question 2

How to Conjugate in Passé Composé

Answer 2

Passé Composé is written the following format

Pronoun + Present tense of avoir or être + past participle (participe passé)

Question 3

How to form the participe passé

Answer 3

For regular verbs use the following conjugations for all pronouns

-er → é
-ir → i
-re → u

Irregular verbs have no pattern and have to be memorized

Question 4

Avoir or Être

Answer 4

Most verbs use avoir, however, être is used in the following cases…

→ With reflexive verbs
→ With verbs of movement: mourir, venir, naître, arriver, partir, etc
→ In passive sentence where the passé composé is like an adjective
DR MRS VANDERTRAMP