1. Passé Composé with “être” There are 16 common verbs that had a “falling out” with “avoir.” They chose “être” as their helping verb. More free powerpoints at http://www.worldofteaching.com

2. Conjugating with “être” means: Instead of: j’ai nous avons tu as vous avez il a ils ont You use: je suis nous sommes tu es vous êtes il est ils sont

7. Something called “agreement”must be added to the past participle! (e) (e) s (e) (e) (s) (es) -- s e es

9. Past participles are formed in the normal manner, except for 5 exceptions : Venir = venu; Revenir = revenu; Devenir = devenu Mourir = mort Naître = né

11. FIN 2007 Marlene Sanges