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Passé Composé

Subject + Avoir / Être + Past Participle



Door 1: Past Participle (Regular)

For regular verbs, finding the past participle is super easy!

→-ER verbs: cut -er, add -é Exam Tip! 💡
Don't forget the accent
Example: manger ➝ mangé on the -é for ER verbs.
Marks are often cut for
this!
→-IR verbs: cut -ir, add -i

Example: finir ➝ fini



→-RE verbs: cut -re, add -u
Example: vendre ➝ vendu




Door 11
Door




b y F igo Su re sh



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Irregular Participe Passé
Common Mistake:
Colony 1: The "-U" Group Spelling check! It is
vécu (vivre) and couru
→Avoir ➝ eu (had) (courir). Don't mess
→Lire ➝ lu (read)
them up!
→Boire ➝ bu (drank) →Devoir ➝ dû (had to)

→Savoir ➝ su (known) →Vivre ➝ vécu (lived)

→Pouvoir ➝ pu (been able) →Courir ➝ couru (ran)

→Valoir ➝ valu (been worth)



Colony 2: The "-IS" Group

→Prendre ➝ pris

→Mettre ➝ mis

→S'asseoir ➝ assis


Colony 3: The "-IT" & "-AIT" Group

→Faire ➝ fait

→Dire ➝ dit

→Écrire ➝ écrit

→Peindre ➝ peint


Colony 4: The "-ERT" Group

→Ouvrir ➝ ouvert
!!


→Offrir ➝ offert


CHAMAK DON (The boss): Être ➝ été
b y F igo Su re sh



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Conjugation Blocks

Door 2: Conjugation with Avoir

Most verbs use AVOIR as the auxiliary verb. Let's look at examples:



Finir Lire

J' ai fini J' ai lu

Tu as fini Tu as lu

Il/Elle a fini Il/Elle a lu

Nous avons fini Nous avons lu

Vous avez fini Vous avez lu

Ils/Elles ont fini Ils/Elles ont lu



Door 3: Conjugation with Être

Use ÊTRE for motion verbs / state changes (DR MRS
VANDERTRAMP) + Reflexive verbs (se ...).


→Devenir →Descendre

→Revenir →Entrer

→Monter →Retourner
Memory Trick & Grammar!
→Rester →Tomber If us
ing Être, the past
→Sortir →Rentrer participle MUST AGREE
with the subject:
♀️
👥 Add -e (elle est allée)
→Venir →Arriver

→Aller →Mourir
♀️👥Add -s (ils sont allés)
Add -es (elles sont
→Naître →Partir / al lées)
Passer


b y F igo Su re sh

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