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The Pass Compos

Tense


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Look at the following 3 sentences.

Ali played football yesterdayThey have visited Paris 3 times

We did tidy the bedroom

What do they have in common?

Is this done in the same way in each sentence?

All 3 of these English tenses can be translated

by just 1 tense in French. It is called


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Each of the following sentences contains anexample of the Pass Compos tense.

Ali ajou au foot hierIls ont visit Paris 3 fois

Nous avons rang la chambre

What is the first thing you notice about this tense?Look at the first of the highlighted words in eachsentence.

Where have you come across this before?

As a reminder to you, here is the Present Tenseof Avoir


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Jai Nous avons

Tu as Vous avez

Il a Ils ont

Elle a Elles ont

The Present tense of Avoir


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Now take a look at the second of thehighlighted words in each sentence.

This is known as the Past ParticipleTo form the past participle, take the infinitive(the form of the verb you find in the dictionary)and do the following:

For ER verbs, removetheer and changeit to-For IR verbs, removetheir and changeit to-iFor RE verbs, removethere and changeit to-u

Ali ajou au foot hierIls ont visit Paris 3 fois

Nous avons rang la chambre


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Here are some examples of the 3 types of verb.

Change the infinitive into the past participle

travailler travaillregarder regard

finir fini

choisir choisi

rpondre rpondu

entendre entendu


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Eg Il a regardNousavons finiJ ai rpondu

Part of avoir Past participle

So remember

The Pass Compos is made up of 2 parts.

The first is part of the present tense of Avoir

The second if the past participle of the verbyou want to put into the past


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Now that you know the present tense of

Avoir and how to form the Past Participle,test yourself with the following sentences

ont ai a

avez as avons

travaillu travaill travailli

J (travailler)ai travaill


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ont ai a

avez as avons

regardu regardi regard

Il (regarder)a regard


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ont ai a

avez as avons

finu fini fin

Nous (finir)avons fini


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ont ai a

avez as avons

jouu joui jou

Ils (jouer)ont jou


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ont ai a

avez as avons

rpondu rpondi rpond

Maman (rpondre)a rpondu


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ont ai a

avez as avons

choisu choisi chois

Vous (choisir)avez choisi


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ont ai a

avez as avons

chantu chanti chant

Christina et moi (chanter)avons chant


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ont ai a

avez as avons

coutu couti cout

Reto et Marc (couter)ont cout


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ont ai a

avez as avons

parlu parli parl

Tu (parler)as parl


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ont ai a

avez as avons

entendu entendi entend

Elle (entendre)a entendu


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