What have you done?!

1. 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 • Ilsont • Elles ont

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

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

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

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