Lesson 7: Weekend Recap – passé composé with avoir/être, Shopping and Short Trips
In this lesson we introduce the passé composé through the themes of 'weekend recap' and 'shopping', plus basic directions and opinions.
About this lesson
Lesson 7 builds on the foundations of previous lessons and takes your first steps into the past tense (passé composé) using the auxiliary verbs avoir and être. You'll talk about a past weekend, describe shopping experiences and short trips, ask for a size in a store, and understand simple directions. To wrap up, you'll share brief opinions about your experiences (e.g. 'It was expensive / lovely').
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Talk about what you did over the weekend using the passé composé with avoir and être.
- Describe a shopping experience: ask for a size, say what you bought, and explain how you paid.
- Talk about short trips: 'I took the train / the metro', 'I arrived in...'.
- Understand and give basic directions (left / right) to a shop or a station.
- Express simple opinions in the past tense: 'It was expensive / lovely / easy'.