LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ AVEC AVOIR PAGES 110, 111 LE VERBE AVOIR LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ AVEC AVOIR PAGES 110, 111

AVOIR J’ai Tu as Il/Elle/On a

AVOIR Nous avons Vous avez Ils/elles ont

LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ Le passé composé is used to describe events that took place in the past. It is the combination of: avoir + the past participle of another verb. Example: j’ai + mangé

J’ai mangé – I have eaten Tu as + travaillé LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ J’ai mangé – I have eaten Tu as + travaillé Tu as travaillé – You have worked

LE PARTICIPE PASSÉ THE PAST PARTICIPLE The past participle of a regular –er verb is formed by dropping the -er ending of the verb and replacing it by –é.>

LE PARTICIPE PASSÉ THE PAST PARTICIPLE Example: manger – mangé J’ai mangé beaucoup hier.

LE PARTICIPE PASSÉ THE PAST PARTICIPLE The past participle of a regular –ir verb is formed by dropping the ending -ir of the verb and replacing it by -i. Example:

LE PARTICIPE PASSÉ THE PAST PARTICIPLE partir – parti Il est parti à dix heures.

LE PARTICIPE PASSÉ THE PAST PARTICIPLE The past participle of a regular –re verb is formed by dropping the -re ending of the verb and replacing it by –u.

LE PARTICIPE PASSÉ THE PAST PARTICIPLE vendre – vendu Nous avons vendu la maison.