French 2, Semester I; La Description
Sections:

Introduction  |   Section 1  |  Section 2  |   Section 3   |  Dictionaries

  Section Two:

Part A |   Part B  |  Part C   |   Part D |   Part E

Section Two: Part A

Recycle informationLe Passé
Do you remember that in Unit 4, we began to learn the passé composé in French? Let's review here.

The passé composé is the past tense, composed of two parts. Do you remember which two parts?

So, let's review forming the past participles for regular verbs in French.

Regular -er verbs like travailler
arrow travaillé
Regular -ir verbs like finir
arrow fini
Regular -re verbs like vendre
arrow vendu

These are the patterns for regular verbs. We learned some irregular past participles in Unit 4. Do you remember those?

être
 arrow été
faire
 arrow fait
mettre
 arrow mis
avoir
 arrow eu
voir
 arrow vu

We still use the regular form of "avoir", but instead of forming the past participle as the regular verbs do, these have an irregular past participle.

Practice
Practice your new vocabulary in this activity. Jigword

Key Concept

D'autres Irréguliers
There are some other irregulars that we are going to learn now. See if you can guess the meanings of the words based on the context of the sentence. Try to see what verb infinitive (with meaning) they come from.

J'ai écrit les devoirs.
J'ai lu le livre pour la classe.
Le prof a dit qu'il y a un examen demain.
Nous avons bu un soda.
Vous avez pris le petit-déjeuner.

 


Writing PracticeAu travail!
Change the verbs to the past tense. Click on the present tense sentence to see if you are right once you have done the activity.

Aujourd'hui
Hier
Je marche à l'école.
Je parle avec mes amis.
Tu lis beaucoup.
Nous écrivons en classe.
Vous buvez du café.
Nous mettons un pull.
J'ai un examen.
Tu fais des exercises.
Vous dîtes bonjour.
Ils lisent le livre.
Il dit "oui."

Now go on to Part B.

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