Le passé composé: Introduction with Avoir

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Le passé composé: Introduction with Avoir
World Languages · French 1-2 · Grades 10-12 · 50 minutes
Time needed
50 minutes (one class period)
Prep
Copy the 2-page worksheet. Write the formula and examples on the board (about 5 minutes).
Technology
None.
Student
independence
Medium-high. Students work alone, then check with a partner.
Copies to make
One 2-page worksheet per student
Materials
Pencils, Worksheet, Whiteboard or chalkboard
Goal for today: Students will form and use the passé composé with avoir for regular -er verbs and a few common
irregular verbs in affirmative and negative sentences.
Before the bell
☐ Copy the worksheet, one per student (2 pages).
☐ Write on the board: Passé composé = avoir (present) + past participle. For -er verbs: drop -er, add -é.
Example: jouer → j’ai joué, tu as joué, il a joué, nous avons joué, vous avez joué, ils ont joué.
☐ Write on the board: Irregular: faire → fait · prendre → pris · avoir → eu. Negative: Je n’ai pas joué. Time
word: hier = yesterday.
☐ Keep the answer key on your desk. It has all the answers and English translations.
Say this to start
Good morning! Today in French you are learning how to say what you did in the past. The French past tense is made
with two parts: a helper verb and a past participle. The pattern and examples are on the board. Work on your own at
first, and then check with a partner.
Run of show
Minutes
What you do
What students do
0–5
Take attendance. Hand out the worksheet. Point to the
formula on the board.
Take out a pencil and read the board.
5–12
Walk through the example on the board. Ask a volunteer to
read “j’ai joué, tu as joué, il a joué…” aloud. Ask, “What are
the two parts of the past tense?”
Read aloud and answer: a helper verb
(avoir) and a past participle.
12–20
Tell students to complete the table in Part A and the
participles in Part B (questions 1–7).
Write full forms and past participles.
20–32
Tell students to complete Part C (questions 8–13).
Write the passé composé of each verb.
32–44
Tell students to do the translations (questions 14–17) and
the Error Detective table. Partners may compare.
Translate into French. Find and fix the
errors.
44–50
Read answers from the key. Students mark their own work.
Collect worksheets.
Check answers and hand in the worksheet.

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If things go wrong
• If students ask about verbs that use être (like aller), tell them that today’s sheet only uses avoir.
• If students ask why “hier soir” is used, tell them it means “last night.”
• If students ask how to pronounce participles, tell them -é sounds like “ay.”
• If students finish early, use the early finishers list.
Early finishers
• Write five true sentences about what you did yesterday, using the passé composé.
• Write a short dialogue: one student asks Qu’est-ce que tu as fait hier ? and the other answers using the passé
composé.
Support and challenge
• Support: Students complete Part A, questions 1–5, and questions 8–11. They may use the board.
• Challenge: Students write the negative form (ne … pas) of questions 8–13.
Notes for the teacher (you fill this in)
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How far the class got / what to pick up next:
Students who were especially helpful:
Anything the teacher should know: