Passé Composé Flashcards
The passé composé is comprised of two parts:
The auxiliary verb and the past participle
With the passé composé you mostly use ______ as the auxiliary (“helping”) verb
Avoir
To form a past participle from a regular (“er”
or “ir”) verb what do you do?
You replace the “er” with an “é” and the “ir” with an “I”.
To use negation with the passé composé, where do you place the “ne” and “pas”?
Before and after the auxiliary verb
To use inversion to ask questions using the passé composé you …
invert the subject and avoir (if that’s the auxiliary verb)
Example: Avez-vous fêté votre anniversaire? (Did you celebrate your anniversary?)
Did Luc like his gift?
Luc a-t-Il aimé son cadeau?
When using the passé composé place the adverbs déjà, encore, bien, mal and beaucoup where?
Example: Tu as déjà mangé ta part de gâteau (You already ate your piece of cake)
When using the negative with passé composé and one of the adverbs: déjà, encore, bien, mal and beaucoup, in what order do you place the words?
First comes the subject, then “ne” and the auxiliary verb, followed by “pas” and next the adverb. Then comes the past participle. Finally comes the object.
Example: Elle n’a pas encore visité notre ville.”
The passé composé, using “ir” ending verbs is formed by…
replacing the “ir” ending with “I”.
Example: “Sylvie a dormi jusqu’à dix heures.”
Past participle of “apprendre” is
appris
The past participle of “avoir” is
eu
The past participle of “boire” is
bu
The past participle of “comprendre” is
compris
The past participle of “courir” is
couru
The past participle of être is
été
The past participle of faire is
fait
The past participle of “pleuvoir” is
plu
The past participle of “prendre” is
pris
The past participle of “suprendre” is
supris
We were very late:
On a été très en retard.
My sisters made a chocolate cake.
Mes sœurs ont fait un gâteau au chocolat.
