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

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

3. Surprise!
It’s the same in French!

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Remember!
Personne
+ avoir
+participe passé