\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{MimsyLu} \pdfinfo{ /Title (le-passe-compose.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (MimsyLu) /Subject (Le Passé Composé Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{A39912} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F9F8F0} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Le Passé Composé Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{MimsyLu} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/90038/cs/20950/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}MimsyLu \\ \uline{cheatography.com/mimsylu} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 1st November, 2019.\\ Updated 1st November, 2019.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.38896 cm} x{2.58804 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Step 1: Choose Your Auxiliary Verb}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Avoir & Être \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} J'ai & Je suis \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Tu as & Tu es \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Il/Elle/On a & Il/Elle/On est \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Nous avons & Nous sommes \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Vous avez & Vous êtes \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ils/Elles ont & Ils/Elles sont \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.08602 cm} x{1.08602 cm} x{1.29487 cm} p{0.71009 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Step 2: Add the Past Participle}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Verb Ending & \seqsplit{Replacement} & \seqsplit{Ex.Infinitive} & \seqsplit{Ex.Past} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} -ER & -é & Porter & \seqsplit{porté} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} -IR & -i & Finir & fini \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} -RE & -u & Attendre & \seqsplit{attendu} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{How Do I Know Which Verbs Use Être or Avoir?}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{All verbs use Avoir except for 14 of them that use Être. They can remembered by the acronym {\bf{MRS VAN DERR TRAMP}}% Row Count 3 (+ 3) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{1.79172 cm} x{3.18528 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{MRS VAN DER TRAMP}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{M}} & Monter \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{R}} & Retourner \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{S}} & Sortir \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{V}} & Venir \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{A}} & Arriver \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{N}} & Naître \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{D}} & Descendre \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{E}} & Entrer \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{R}} & Revenir \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{R}} & Rentrer \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{T}} & Tomber \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{R}} & Rester \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{A}} & Aller \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{M}} & Mourir \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{P}} & Partir \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Reflexive Verbs with Passé Composé}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{In the past tense all reflexive verbs use Être. Remember {\bf{the pronoun goes before the verb and nothing but the verb}}. Therefore:\{\{nl\}\}je me réveille —\textgreater{}je me suis réveillé.\{\{nl\}\}Reflexive Verbs in the past tense follow the same endings as normal verbs in the past tense.% Row Count 6 (+ 6) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{3.08574 cm} p{1.89126 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Faire & Fait \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Dire & Dit \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Écrire & Écrit \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Prendre & Pris \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Mettre & Mis \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Boire & Bu \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Lire & Lu \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Vouloir & Voulu \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Pouvoir & Pu \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Savoir & Su \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Être & Été \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Avoir & Eu \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Voir & Vu \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} Venir & Venu \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Tenir & Tenu \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} Devoir & Dû \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Connaître & Connu \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} Croire & Cru \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}