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a b c 1 I have eaten an apple You (singl) have seen a film She has watched tv 2 They have waited for the bus 3 We have said You (plur) have “No!” read Harry Potter She has sold I have bought He has drunk a bike a car an orange juice Le passé composé avec l’auxiliaire “être” The past tense recipe To build the past tense you need 3 ingredients: The first ingredient is the subject: je tu il elle on nous vous ils elles To build the past tense you need 3 ingredients: The second ingredient is the correct form of AVOIR (revised last lesson) Or the Correct form of ETRE ( only for 13 verbs) Reliez le français et l’anglais je est tu sont il suis elle sommes on es nous êtes vous est ils est elles sont A B C 1 je tu elle 2 nous elles il 3 ils on vous Mrs Van Detramp Monter – to go up – (monté) Rester – to stay – (resté) Sortir – to go out – (sorti) Venir– to come – (venu) Aller – to go – (allé) Naître – to be born – (né) Descendre – to go down – (descendu) Entrer – to enter – (entré) Tomber – to fall – (tombé) Retourner – to return– (retourné) Arriver – to arrive – (arrivé) Mourir – to die – (mort) Partir – to leave – (parti) To build the past tense you need 3 ingredients: The third ingredient is the correct form of the past participle: Verbs finishing in ER >> become “é” Verbs finishing in IR >> become “i” Verbs finishing in RE >> become “u” AGREEMENT OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE There is one further point to bear in mind. Verbs taking “être” as an auxiliary verb need to agree with their subject. MASCULINE >> So, if the subject was male: it’s easy, the verb stays the way it is, nothing to add. e.g.: il est parti (he has left) MASCULINE and PLURAL >> If the subject was male and plural: you will have to ad “s” at the end of the past participle e.g.: il sont partis (they have left) FEMININE >> if the subject was female: you will have to add “e” at the end of the past participle e.g.: elle est partie (she has left) FEMININE >> if the subject was female and plural: you will have to add “es” at the end of the past participle e.g.: elles sont parties (they have left) He has arrived il + arriver Il est arrivé she has arrived elle + arriver Elle est arrivée I have gone je + Je suis allé aller I have fallen je + tomber Je suis tombée They have arrived ils + arriver Ils sont arrivés They have gone elles + aller Elles sont allées He was born il + Il est né naître She has gone up elle + monter Elle est montée We have entered nous + entrer Nous sommes entrés 1 He wanted 12 I stayed They(f) 8 drank We11 offered They(m) 7 ran She3went We 4 read I had 10 to She 9 left He 5 fell They (f) 9 had I 13 came back