| Section Two: Part D
 D'autres verbes au passé composé
The majority of French verbs form the passé composé using avoir, as we have been practicing and hopefully you are becoming very accustomed to using.
There are, however, a handful of verbs that do not use avoir. These verbs use être to form their passé composé. There are some slight differences in the form of the verb, but the main difference is that instead of avoir, we now use être. One such verb is "aller." Regarde:
aller -- to go (passé composé) |
| je |
suis allé
suis allée |
nous |
sommes allés
sommes allées |
| tu |
es allé
es allée |
vous |
êtes allé
êtes allée
êtes allés
êtes allées |
il/on
|
est allé |
ils |
sont allés |
| elle |
est allée |
elles |
sont allées |
Do you see what some of the differences are? Unlike the past participles we have worked with up until now, these past participles must make a change according to the gender and number of the subject.
 Devoir
Go to the discussion area and talk about where various people went yesterday. Write at least three sentences and then ask someone if they went somewhere in French. Ce devoir vaut 12 points.
 Practice these verbs with this activity. Match the present verb with the preterit verb. Matchword
 Au travail!
Say where these people went yesterday or last week. Write a complete sentence in French. Click on the first column to see the correct response.
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