The perfect tense With avoir verbs An Gulinck. The perfect tense or passé composé is a past tense. We use this tense to mention what you have done in.

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1 The perfect tense With avoir verbs An Gulinck

2 The perfect tense or passé composé is a past tense. We use this tense to mention what you have done in the past. Ex: Hier j’ai joué au foot. An Gulinck

3 Some words that can introduce the perfect tense: Hier (yesterday) Le week-end passé (last week-end) La semaine dernière (last week) L’année dernière (last year) Il y a deux mois (two months ago) An Gulinck

4 The two main components To make the perfect tense, you need two important parts: An Gulinck A form of AVOIR The PAST PARTICIPLE of the verb you want to put in the past The PAST PARTICIPLE of the verb you want to put in the past

5 Avoir J’ai Tu as Il/elle/on a Nous avons Vous avez Ils/elles ont J’ai Tu as Il/elle/on a Nous avons Vous avez Ils/elles ont An Gulinck Remember the AVOIR song?

6 Past participles The second element is a ‘past participle’. Ex: I have ran 5 km ; He has swum in the Olympics. How do we make them? a)Take the infinitives of the verbs b)Change their endings The second element is a ‘past participle’. Ex: I have ran 5 km ; He has swum in the Olympics. How do we make them? a)Take the infinitives of the verbs b)Change their endings An Gulinck - ER verbs - RE verbs -IR verbs É U I

7 Some examples TO PLAY= Jouer TO FINISH=Finir To sell= Vendre An Gulinck J’ai joué Tu as fini Nous avons vendu

8 Exercises Hier j’………………………………………..au foot (jouer) Le week-end dernier nous………………… notre voiture (vendre) Il y a deux mois il……………………………..ce film (regarder) Ce matin j’……………………………….un croissant (manger) Hier ils………………………………leurs devoirs (rendre) Vous…………………………………combien de semaines en France? (passer) Elle………………………………une belle chanson (écouter) An Gulinck

9 No rules without exceptions...

10 Irregular past participles EnglishInfinitive Irregular past participles To learnapprendreappris To haveavoireu To drinkboirebu To understandcomprendrecompris To discoverdécouvrirdécouvert To saydiredit To disappeardisparaîtredisparu To writeécrireécrit To beêtreété To do/makefairefait To readlirelu To putmettremis To give (presents)offriroffert To openouvrirouvert To be able topouvoirpu To takeprendrepris To receiverecevoirreçu To seevoirvu To wantvouloirvoulu

11 An Gulinck J’ai Tu as Il/elle/on a Nous avons Vous avez Ils/elles ont J’ai Tu as Il/elle/on a Nous avons Vous avez Ils/elles ont - ER verbs - RE verbs -IR verbs É U I The passé composé with avoir CONCLUSION