how to use the perfect tense.. we use the perfect tense to talk or write about events that have...

USING TENSESHow to use the perfect

tense .

THE PERFECT TENSE We use the perfect tense to talk or write

about events that have happened in the past.

I have played

He has lived

They have built

HOW TO FORM THE PERFECT TENSEYou need three parts to make the perfectTense.

THE SUBJECT : the person

THE PAST PARTICIPLE: the action you have done

THE AUXILIARY : avoir or être

HOW TO FORM THE PERFECT TENSEYou need three parts to make the perfectTense. THE SUBJECT : the person

je

tu

il

elle

on

nous

vous

ils

elles

HOW TO FORM THE PERFECT TENSEYou need three parts to make the perfectTense. THE SUBJECT : the person

j’

tu

il

elle

on

nous

vous

ils

elles

ai

as

a

a

a

avons

avez

ont

ont

THE AUXILIARY VERB: avoir

HOW TO MAKE THE PAST PARTICIPLE OF REGULAR VERBS.

Take the infinitive of the verb you want to use and remove the ‘er’, ‘ir’, ‘re’

jouer

finir

vendre

é

i

u

And add in the following endings

J’ai joué au foot.

J’ai fini mes devoirs

J’ai vendu la maison

IRREGULAR PAST PARTICIPLESSome common verbs do not follow the

patternwe have just seen and you just need to

learn the past participle.avoir – eu devoir - dû

boire – bu écrire - écrit

faire – fait voir - vu

être - été

lire - lu

prendre - pris

HOW TO FORM THE PERFECT TENSEThere are 13 verbs which take ‘être’

rather than ‘avoir’ as the auxiliary verb.THE SUBJECT : the person

je

tu

il

elle

on

nous

vous

ils

elles

suis

es

est

est

est

sommesêtes

sont

sont

THE AUXILIARY VERB: être

PERFECT TENSE WITH ETREThe 13 verbs which take ‘être’M onter - monté Tomber -

tombéRentrer - rentré Retourner - retournéSortir - sorti Arriver - arrivéVenir - venu Mourir - mortAller - allé Partir - partiNaître - néDescendre - descenduEntrer - entré

je suis allé au cinéma.

je suis parti en vacances.

je suis monté les éscaliers.

VERBS WITH ‘ÊTRE’

The past participles of the verbs which take ‘être’ have to show whether the subject is masculine or feminine, singular or plural, by adding an ‘e’ or/and an ‘s’

Masculine

Feminine

MasculinePlural

Feminine plural.

allé

allée

allés

allées