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_PASSE COMPOSE what you have done or did (past/completed) Rules: 1.

. Present tense auxialiary verb (avoir/ tre) [ai / as /a / avons / avez / ont] [suis / es / est / sommes / tes / sont] 2. Plus past participle o ER verbs - take of -er, change to o IR verbs - take off ir, change to i o RE verbs - take off re, change to u o IRREGULAR verbs = avoir - eu / boire - bu / conduire - connu / croire - cru / courir - courru / devoir - d / dire - dit / crire crit / tre - t / faire - fait / lire - lu / mettre - mis / ouvrir - ouvert / pleuvoir - plu / prendre - pris / reevoir - reu / rire - ri / savoir - su / vivre - vcu / voir - vu / tenir - tenu / venir -venu Imparfait a habit OR was -ing Rules: 1. nous present tense 2. remove ons 3. add endings ais/ais/ait/ions/iez/aient o IRREGULAR verbs (past participles) = boire - buv / crire - criv / lire - lis / vouloir - voul / avoir - av / prendre - pren / mettre mett / voir - voy / devoir - dev / vendre - ven / savoir - sav / conduire - conduis / sortir - sort / connitre - conaiss / pouvoir pouv / tre - t **vouloir dire = to mean to say Argeement Rule - Perfect tense (all forms) o The perfect tense is formed with avoir. Il a remarqu quelque chose o But 2 groups of verbs take tre ( VANDERTRAMP / reflexives) o With tre verbs, the past participle always agrees with the subject of the verb! Nous sommes rentres chez lui. o A verb that uses avoir does not! o Verbs that use avoir only argree when the direct object comes before the past participle O est la note que jai laisse au tlphone ? La jupe ? je ne lai pas touche ! Future tense what your going to do Rules: 1. Present tense aller + (vais/vas/va/allons/allez/vont)

infinitive of verb

Future tense what you will do Rules: 1. Stem + endings (ai/as/a/ons/ez/ont) [aller in present tense] regular verbs - infinitive + ending -ir verbs - infinitive + ending -re verbs - infinitive [-e] + ending Irregular verbs = tre - ser / avoir - aur / aller - ir / courrir - courr / devoir - devr / faire - fer / pouvoir - pourr / savoir - saur / venir viendr / voir - verr / vouloir - voudr same stems as conditional ! Conditional tense what you would do Rules: 1. Stem + endings (ais/ais/ait/ions/iez/aient) regular verbs - infinitive + ending -ir verbs - infinitive + ending -re verbs - infinitive [-e] + ending Irregular verbs = tre - ser / avoir - aur / aller - ir / courrir - courr / devoir - devr / faire - fer / pouvoir - pourr / savoir - saur / venir viendr / voir - verr / vouloir - voudr same stems as simple future !
**NOTE**

Remember, pouvoir in conditional can mean could AND devoir in conditional can mean should

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