A2 · Module 1: Describing Your Week & Past Events
Sample Lesson: Everyday Conversations & Passé Composé
Talk about what you did yesterday using avoir and être in the passé composé.
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Lesson Explanation
Sample Lesson: To describe completed actions in the past, French uses the passé composé: auxiliary verb (avoir or être in present tense) + past participle.
Most verbs use avoir (J'ai visité Ottawa), while verbs of movement and reflexive verbs use être (Je suis arrivé(e) au Canada).
Key Examples
Hier, j'ai pris le métro à Montréal.
Yesterday, I took the subway in Montreal.
Elle est arrivée au bureau à huit heures.
She arrived at the office at 8 o'clock.
Lesson Vocabulary
hier
— yesterday
la semaine dernière
— last week
prendre -> pris
— to take -> took
Grammar Takeaways
Passé Composé Agreement
With être, the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject (elle est allée).
Practice Activity
Write three sentences describing what you did yesterday evening.
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