C'est mardi, le dix-sept janvier

• Give out 'What every French II student should know!' sheet
• Past Expressions Vocabulary...hmmm- little quiz tomorrow? 

1. Hier soir - Last night
2. Ce soir - This evening
3. Ce matin - This morning
4. Hier - Yesterday
5. Samedi dernier - Last Saturday
6. Dimanche dernier - Last Sunday
7. Récemment - Recently
8. Le weekend dernier - Last weekend
9. La semaine dernière- Last week
10. L'année dernier - Last year

http://www.fabfrench.co.uk/docs/games/Grammar/past%20expressionspairs_7434.swf

http://www.frenchteacher.net/powerpoints.html

Le Passé Composé

Regular avoir verbs

The perfect tense has two parts called the auxiliary and the past participle

e.g.  il a joué  =  he played, or he has played

<!--[if !supportLists]-->-     <!--[endif]-->er verbs

The auxiliary is the present tense of the verb avoir.

To form the past participle take the infinitive of the verb, knock off the –er, then add é

e.g. jouer       → joué

So, here is a whole verb with all the parts:

J’ai joué                  Nous avons joué

Tu as joué               Vous avez joué

Il a joué                  Ils ont joué

-ir verbs

To form the past participle you knock off the  « r »

e.g. finir

       il a fini   =   he finished, he has finished

-re verbs

To form the past participle of –re verbs, you knock off the –re and add a “u”

e.g.   vendre

        nous avons vendu   =   we sold, we have sold