1. Le passé composé

2. You form the passé composé by using a conjugation of avoir and a past participle.
It is a past tense.

3. Avoir
j’ ai
tu as il
elle a on
nous avons
vous avez
ils ont
elles

4. Past participles
now you need to form the past participles:
for regular –er verbs, you drop the –er and add é
parler- parlé

5. past participles
for regular –ir verbs, you drop the –ir and add i
finir- fini
for regular –re verbs, you drop the –re and add u
vendre- vendu

6. We passed our tests.
Nous avons réussi à nos examens.
I sold that bread.
J’ ai vendu ce pain.
You played soccer.
Tu as joué au foot.

7. You will place the ne… pas in the same position.
It will go around the conjugated verb.
The conjugated verb is a form of “avoir”

8. They did not finish their homework.
Ils n’ont pas fini leurs devoirs.
She did not study last night.
Elle n’a pas étudié hier soir.
I did not return that book.
Je n’ai pas rendu ce livre.