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Il est allé au parc.
Elle est partie.
Passé Composé
with Etre
Ils sont allés à la campagne.
Elle est revenue au chateau.
DRMRSVANDERTRAMPP
• Anagrams: See how many words or phrases
you can make out of the letters above (you
don’t need to use all the letters)
• Doodle: If you separate the words above,
you’ll notice that it says “Dr Mrs
Vandertrampp.” How do you picture this
couple looking? Draw a quick sketch of Dr. and
Mrs. Vandertrampp.
What is it really?
• It’s actually an acronym, which represents the 17
verbs that use être as a helping verb.
• The verbs are: devenir- to become, revenir- to
come back, mourir- to die, retourner- to return,
sortir- to go out, venir- to come, arriver- to arrive
(to happen), naître- to be born, descendre-to
descend, entrer- to enter, rentrer- to return,
tomber- to fall, rester- to stay, to remain, aller- to
go, monter-to go up, partir- to leave, passer-to
pass by
What makes etre verbs different?
• Instead of using avoir as a helping verb, you are
going to use être. You still need to conjugate it to
agree with the subject.
Remember:
Je suis
Nous sommes
Tu es
Vous êtes
Il, elle, on est
ils, elles sont
• You’ll still have your subject, then your conjugated
helping verb, then a past participle
• Unlike with avoir, the participle will change, it
needs an ending to agree with the subject in
gender and number
Examples
Passé Composé with Avoir (subject, helping verb,
participle)
• J’ai visité Paris. I visited Paris.
• Nous avons mangé le petit- déjeuner ce matin.
We ate breakfast this morning.
Passé Composé with Etre (subject, helping verb,
participle)
• Nous sommes allés à la plage. We went to the beach.
• Napoleon est né le 15 aout, 1769. Napoleon was born
August 15, 1769.
• Elle est arrivée à Paris. She arrived at Paris.
• Elles sont arrivées à Marseille. They arrived at
Marseille.
Past Participles
• Like with avoir, the past participles of verbs that end
in –er are going to change to é, then add endings
for feminine or plural agreement
• Verbs that end in –re change to u for the participle,
then agree
• Ir verbs change to –i for the participle, then agree
• Some of the past participles with être are irregular:
Mourir- mort
devenir- devenu
Naître- né
venir- venu
Revenir- revenu
Practice
1.
2.
3.
4.
Je
Tu
Elle
Nous
(tomber)
5. Vous
6. Elles
au match de foot. (aller)
à la maison. (rentrer)
à 8h30. (partir)
dans les escaliers.
au stade. (arriver)
de Paris hier. (venir)
Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Je suis allé
au match de foot.
Tu es rentré
à la maison.
Elle est partie
à 8h30.
Nous sommes tombés dans les escaliers.
Vous êtes arrivés
au stade.
Elles sont venues de Paris hier.
How do I remember those verbs again?
Revenir,
mourir,
…?
Another way to remember is the
“house of être”- picturing the activities
being performed in a house
Some creative versions
What could you come up with?
• Think for minute about the different versions
you could come up with: a haunted house of
être, a castle of être, a sunken ship of être, a
jungle of être, farm of être, etc
• In your writing journal, you are going to sketch
your own version, and label it with the verbs
• (A little later, with a group, you are going to
make a poster to display with the être verbs)