What have you done?!What have you done?!

Well, that’s just PERFECT!!!

A person + to have + past participleA person + to have + past participle

John has fallen

We have eaten

Rosie and Jim have arrived

Jenny has left

Surprise!Surprise!

It’s the same in French!

Personne + avoir + participe passéPersonne + avoir + participe passé

J’ ai travaillé

Marc a joué

Marie a nagé

Do you rememberDo you remember avoir avoir ??

J’ ai Tu as Il a Elle a Nous avons Vous avez Ils ont Elles ont

Recipe for a past participle.Recipe for a past participle.

Take one verb.

Cut off the –er ending.

Add a different ending

nager

nag

nagé

C’est à toi!C’est à toi!

regarder

acheter

danser

regardé

acheté

dansé

Now add the past participle to Now add the past participle to the right part of avoir!the right part of avoir!

J’ ai

Marc a

Elles ont

regardé

acheté

dansé

The past tenseThe past tense

we use the past tense to talk about something which has already happened.

in French we mostly use the verb avoir followed by the past participle of another verb.

to make the past participle of an –er verb take away the –er ending and put é instead.

E.g. regarder becomes

The past tenseThe past tense

we use the past tense to talk about something which has already happened.

in French we mostly use the verb avoir followed by the past participle of another verb.

to make the past participle of an –er verb take away the –er ending and put é instead.

E.g. regarder becomes il a regardé

Remember!Remember!

Personne

+ avoir

+participe passé