LFC: Le passé composé avec être

Le passé composé avec être

Que faire ? - Below you will find a presentation on le passé composé avec être. You learned this concept in French 1, but it is certainly a concept worth reviewing over again. Don't forget to complete the activities that follow the presentation.

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Practice Activities

Activity 1:

Activity 2: Complete the activity below to check your comprehension of le passé composé.

The 4 possible responses indicate the following:

  • no change in past participle means that there is no change in the past participle (nothing is added)
  • add -e means that an -e must be added to the past participle
  • add -s means that an -s must be added to the past participle
  • add -es means that -es must be added to the past participle

Remember you have to make the past participle agree with the subject for verbs that take "être" as the helping (auxiliary) verb.