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Pronunciation, Definite Article (L1)
Pronunciation, Subject Pronouns, The Present Tense of Regular -ER Verbs (L2)
Pronunciation, The Verbs ÊTRE and AVOIR, the Plural of Nouns, Adjective Agreement (L3)
My Family, Basic Negative Structures, Cardinal Numbers 1-100 (L4)

Pronunciation, Asking Questions, Indefinite Article (L5)
Word List - Lessons 1-5
Take a Test (1)
Play Games
At the Bakery, Polite Forms of the Verb VOULOIR, the Verb ACHETER (L6)
At the Bakery - Vocabulary, The Present Tense of -RE Verbs, Indirect Object Pronouns (L7)
Irregular Verbs - DEVOIR, Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises(L8)
At the Market (Dialogue), Using the Partitive Article (L9)
At the Market - Vocabulary, Using Partitive Article - Exercises (L10)
Preposition De in Negative Structures - Exercises (L11)
Using Pronoun EN, Exercises (L12)
Word List - Lessons 6-12
Virtual French Dialogues - At the Market
Flash Cards
Using the pronoun EN, Exercises (L12)
Going on Vacation (L13)
Going on Vacation - Vocabulary (L13)
Going on Vacation - Vocabulary Exercises (L14)
The Immediate Future and the Passé Composé (L14)
Asking for Directions - Dialogue (L15)
Asking for Directions -Vocabulary and Exercises (L15)
Directions - Interactive Games
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Learn French - the Immediate Future and the Passé Composé

The Immediate Future - ALLER + Infinitive

1. The Immediate Future is used to express future intentions or plans. It is formed using the verb ALLER followed by an infinitive. It often replaces the regular future tense in conversation and is almost always translated as "to be going to".

Nous allons faire un tour de Montréal à Québec. - We are going to make a trip from Montreal to Quebec.

The Passé Composé

2. The Passé Composé is commonly used to talk about situations in the past to express a completed action. It is formed with a conjugated form of AVOIR or ÊTRE. Most verb take avoir in the passé composé.

The past participle of regular -er verbs is formed by dropping the -er of the infinitive and adding an é ending.

marcher - march-er - marché

to repair - RÉPARER
I repaired

you repaired

he/she/one repaired

we repaired

you repaired

they repaired

j'ai réparé

tu as réparé

il/elle/on a réparé

nous avons réparé

vous avez réparé

ils/elles ont réparé

The passé composé is translated in two ways:

1. J'ai réparé ma voiture. 1. I repaired my car.

2. I have repaired my car.

Many past participles are irregular and need to be memorized:

InfinitivePast Participle
avoir euto have
êtreététo be
lireluto read
savoirsuto know
fairefaitto do
voirvuto see
boirbuto drink
direditto say
prendrepristo take

Some verbs take être in the passé composé. Most of these verbs express movement or describe change. In this case, the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject.

to arrive - ARRIVER
I arrived

you arrived

he arrived

she arrived

we arrived

you arrived

they arrived (masc. pl.)

they arrived (fem. pl.)

je suis arrivé(e)

tu es arrivé(e)

il est arrivé

elle est arrivée

nous sommes arrivé(e)s

vous êtes arrivé(e)s

ils sont arrivés

elles sont arrivées

The negative of the passé composé is formed by placing ne ... pas around the conjugated form of avoir or être.

Je n'ai pas parlé à M. Dupont. - I haven't talked to Mr. Dupont.

To ask a question in the passé composé, invert the subject and the conjugated form of avoir or être.

Avez-vous jamais voyagé à l'étranger?  - Have you ever traveled abroad?

 

r 1. Monique is talking about her trip to London last summer. Re-write he story in the passé composé.

  1. Nous trouvons une agence touristique par Internet.
  2. Nous réservons un tour de dix jours.
  3. L'agent nous téléphone pour confirmer la réservation.
  4. Nous partons le lundi 3 juin.
  5. Nous allons nous promener dans la ville de Canterbury.
  6. Nous faisons un petit tour en ville.
  7. J'achète des souvenirs dans une boutique.
  8. À Londre, nous voyons l'abbaye de Westminster, le Parlement et Big Ben.

  

 

 








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