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Mastering French Past Participles Made Easy

Learn how to form past participles in French easily by following simple steps. Understand the structure and usage of past tenses with examples and practice exercises. Perfect for learners of all levels.

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Mastering French Past Participles Made Easy

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  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

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