Well, that’s just PERFECT!!! What have you done?! Well, that’s just PERFECT!!!

A person + to have + past participle John has fallen We have eaten Rosie and Jim have arrived Jenny has left

Surprise! It’s the same in French!

Personne + avoir + participe passé J’ ai travaillé Marc a joué Marie a nagé

Do you remember avoir ? J’ ai Tu as Il a Elle a Nous avons Vous avez Ils ont Elles ont

Recipe for a past participle. Take one verb. Cut off the –er ending. Add a different ending nager nag nagé

C’est à toi! regarder acheter danser regardé acheté dansé

Now add the past participle to the right part of avoir! regardé acheté dansé J’ ai Marc a Elles ont

The 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 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! Personne + avoir +participe passé