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Passé Composé with Present Tense: regular verbs Future with ALLERP.C. with ÊTRE
AVOIR Normally/Usually I… I am going to….
I have ____ed/I ___ed…
I have ____ed/I ___ed… ‐ER verbs ‐IR verbs ‐RE verbs Je vais
Phrases for completed Je suis Aimer (to like) Finir (to finish) Vendre (to sell) Tu vas
Tu es il/elle/on va + infinitive
actions. J’aime ‐ I like Je finis ‐ I finish Je vends ‐ I sell
Use the subject + il/elle/on est Nous allons (e.g. faire)
(1+2) Tu aimes Tu finis Tu vends
auxiliary (1+2) and the Nous sommes + il/elle/on aime Il/elle/on finit Il/elle/on vend Vous vous allez
past participle (3) to form; Vous êtes Nous aimons Nous finissons Nous vendons ils/elles vont
J’ai (3) ils/elles sont Vous aimez Vous finissez Vous vendez
Tu as ils/elles aiment ils/elles finissent ils/elles vendent Simple Future tense: I will…
(1+2) il,elle/on a + Monté(e/s/es) ‐ Climbed Present Tense: common irregular verbs/reflexives
Take the infinitive (e.g. chanter)
Nous avons Retourné(e/s/es) ‐ Returned Je me lève – I get up Je suis ‐ I am Je dois – I must Je prends – I take of the verb and add endings:
Vous avez Sorti(e/s/es) ‐ Went out NB: RE verbs for the infinitive
Tu te lève Tu es Tu dois Tu prends stem take off the E (eg vendre)
ils/elles ont
il/elle/on se lève il/elle/on est il/elle/on doit il/elle/on prend Je ‐ai
Regular verbs – PPs Venu(e/s/es) ‐ Came Nous nous levons Nous sommes Nous devons Nous prenons
Arrivé(e/s/es) ‐ Arrived Tu ‐as
Parler ‐ parlé Vous vous levez Vous êtes Vous devez Vous prenez il/elle/on ‐a
(3) Vendre ‐ vendu Né(e/s/es) ‐ Born ils/elles se lèvent ils/elles sont ils/elles doivent ils/elles prennent Nous ‐ons
Finir ‐ fini Je veux – I want Je peux – I can Je fais ‐ I do/make J’ai ‐ I have Vous ‐ez
Descendu(e/s/es)‐Went
Common irregular Past Tu veux Tu peux Tu fais Tu as ils/elles ‐ont
down
Participles using AVOIR il/elle/on veut il/elle/on peut il/elle/on fait il/elle/on a Irregular Future stems:
Entré(e/s/es) ‐ Entered
I, You… = J’ai, Tu as.. + Resté(e/s/es) ‐ Stayed Nous voulons Nous pouvons Nous faisons Nous avons Avoir (To have) aur‐
bu ‐ Drank Vous voulez Vous pouvez Vous faites Vous avez Aller (to go) ir‐
lu ‐ Read Tombé(e/s/es) – Fell down ils/elles veulent ils/elles peuvent ils/elles font ils/elles ont Devoir (to have to) devr‐
su ‐ Knew Rentré(e/s/es) – Went home Être (To be) ser‐
vu ‐ Saw Allé(e/s/es) ‐ Went Faire (To do/ make) fer‐
dû ‐ Had to Mort(e/s/es) ‐ Died Pouvoir(to be able to) pourr‐
cru ‐ Believed Parti(e/s/es) – Left Phrases for past opinions, descriptions and past habits in the Venir (to come) viendr‐
pu ‐ Could Reflexive verbs ‐ IMPERFECT: Vouloir (to want) voudr‐
eu ‐ Had Je me suis I used to ____/I was ____ing Voir (to see) verr‐
voulu ‐ Wanted Tu t’es Pleuvoir (to rain) pleuvr‐
‐ Received Take the 1 st person plural of the present tense (nous form)
reçu
‐ Knew
(1,2,3) il/elle/on s’est knock off the ons (e.g. finissons) and add endings: CONDITIONAL TENSE
connu
couru ‐ Ran Nous nous sommes + I would/could/should
mis ‐ Put (4) Vous vous êtes Je ‐ais Être – stem is irregular – ét‐ Take the FUTURE STEM of the verb
pris ‐ Took Ils/elles se sont Tu ‐ais e.g. c’était – it was and add IMPERFECT endings:
appris ‐ Learn Levé (e/s) – Got Up il/elle/on ‐ait Je voudrais
compris Understood Réveillé (e/s) – Woke up Nous ‐ions il y avait – there was Tu voudrais
écrit ‐ Wrote Habillé (e/s) ‐ Dressed Vous ‐iez quand j’étais petit(e) il/elle/on voudrait
dit ‐ Said Couché (e/s) – Went to bed ils/elles ‐aient ‐ when I was small/young Nous voudrions
fait ‐ Did Douché (e/s) ‐ Showered je jouais/faisais – I used to play Vous voudriez
été ‐ Was Amusé (e/s) – Had Fun ils/elles voudraient
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