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The perfect tense (Le Pass é Composé)

The perfect tense (Le Pass é Composé). 1- Use and formation 2- Perfect with Avoir 3- Perfect with Etre 4-Time expressions. 1-Use and formation. This tense is used to describe a single completed action in the past.

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The perfect tense (Le Pass é Composé)

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  1. The perfect tense(Le Passé Composé) 1- Use and formation 2- Perfect with Avoir 3- Perfect with Etre 4-Time expressions V. Passerat

  2. 1-Use and formation • This tense is used to describe a single completed action in the past. • It needs 2 parts: the auxiliary verb (avoir or être in the present) and the past participle. V. Passerat

  3. Regular past participles • The past participle of a verb is the form that generally corresponds to the –ed ending in English (played, changed, finished…) • -ER verbs end in –é (manger mangé) • -RE verbs end in –u (vendre vendu) • -IR verbs end in –i (finir fini) V. Passerat

  4. 2-Avoir verbs • Most verbs use the auxiliary avoir . • The endings always stay the same. -ER -RE -IR REGARDER VENDRE FINIR J’ai regardé vendu fini Tu as regardé vendu fini Il, Elle, On a regardé vendu fini Nous avons regardé vendu fini Vous avez regardé vendu fini Ils, Elles ont regardé vendu fini V. Passerat

  5. Irregular past participles Avoir (j’ai eu/I had), être (j’ai été/I was), faire (j’ai fait/I did), peindre (j’ai peint/I painted). Ending in “it”:Ending in “ert”: dire (j’ai dit/I said) offrir (j’ai offert/I offered) écrire (j’ai écrit/I wrote) ouvrir (j’ai ouvert/I opened) Ending in “is”: mettre (j’ai mis/I put) prendre (j’ai pris/I took) promettre (j’ai promis/I promised) remettre (j’ai remis/I put back), V. Passerat

  6. Ending in “u”: boire (j’ai bu/I drank), connaître (j’ai connu/Iknew), courir (j’ai couru/I ran), devoir (j’ai dû/I had to), disparaître (j’ai disparu/I disappeared), lire (j’ai lu/read), pleuvoir (il a plu/It rained), pouvoir (j’ai pu/I could), recevoir (j’ai reçu/I received), savoir (j’ai su/I knew), tenir (j’ai tenu/I held), vivre (j’ai vécu/I lived), voir (j’ai vu/I saw), vouloir (j’ai voulu/I wanted). V. Passerat

  7. 3- Etre verbs • There are some verbs that use the auxiliary être. • In that case, the past participle agrees with the subject (masculine, feminine, singular or plural endings). V. Passerat

  8. -ER -RE -IR ALLER DESCENDRE PARTIR Je suis allé(e) descendu(e) parti(e) Tu es allé(e) descendu(e) parti(e) Il,Elle, On est allé(e) descendu(e) parti(e) Nous sommes allé(e)s descendu(e)s parti(e)s Vous êtes allé(e)(s) descendu(e)(s) parti(e)(s) Ils, Elles sont allé(e)s descendu(e)s parti(e)s V. Passerat

  9. List of Etre verbs • Monter (to go up) monté(e)(s) • Rester (to stay) resté(e)(s) • Venir (to come) venu(e)(s) • Arriver (to arrive) arrivé(e)(s) • Naître (to be born) né(e)(s) • Sortir (to go out) sorti(e)(s) • Tomber (to fall) tombé(e)(s) • Rester (to stay) resté(e)(s) • Aller (to go) allé(e)(s) • Mourir (to die) mort(e)(s) • Partir (to leave) parti(e)(s) • Entrer (to enter) entré(e)(s) • Descendre (to get off/go down) descendu(e)(s) V. Passerat

  10. Reflexive verbs • All reflexive verbs use the auxiliary être in the perfect tense. Se lever (to get up) Je me suis levé(e) Tu t’es levé(e) Il,Elle,On s’est levé(e) Nous nous sommes levé(e)s Vous vous êtes levé(e)(s) Ils,Elles se sont levé(e)s V. Passerat

  11. 4- Time expressions • L’année dernière (last year) • Avant-hier (the day before yesterday) • Hier (yesterday) • Hier matin/soir (yesterday morning/evening) • Pendant les dernières vacances (during the last holidays) • La semaine dernière (last week) • Le week-end dernier (last week-end) V. Passerat

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