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The perfect tense with avoir

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Revision of time expressions 1

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Introduction to the perfect tense with avoir 2

You already know how to talk about what is happening now…

You already know how to talk about what is happening now…

Je joue souvent au foot. – I often play football.

Je joue souvent au foot. – I often play football.

You might also know how to talk about something that will happen in the future…

You might also know how to talk about something that will happen in the future…

Demain je vais jouer au foot. – Tomorrow I’m going to play football.

Demain je vais jouer au foot. – Tomorrow I’m going to play football.

So how do you talk about something that has already happened, for example last year?

So how do you talk about something that has already happened, for example last year?

To do this you use the perfect tense…

To do this you use the perfect tense…

Hier j’ai joué au foot. –Yesterday I played football.

Hier j’ai joué au foot. –Yesterday I played football.

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Can you match the infinitives below with their translation? When you have done it, write the je form of the perfect tense for each and note what it means.

Infinitive

parlertrouverporterdanser

travaillerdessiner

Meaning

to drawto danceto speakto find

to wearto work

Meaning

to speakto find

to wearto danceto workto draw

Meaning

I spokeI foundI wore

I dancedI workedI drew

Perfect tensePerfect tense

j’ai parléj’ai trouvéj’ai portéj’ai dansé

j’ai travailléj’ai dessiné

Meaning

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1) The present tense of avoir

2) The past participle.

When we use it to make the perfect tense, we call avoir the auxiliary verb.

The second verb ending in -é (joué / mangé etc.) is called the past participle.

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J’ai joué au hockey.

The perfect tense is madeup of:

ai joué

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J’Tu

IlElleOn

NousVous

IlsElles

aiasa

aa

avonsavezontont

mangémangémangémangémangémangémangémangémangé

I ateYou ateHe ateShe ateWe ateWe ateYou ateThey ateThey ate

Revising avoir 1

Obviously, you will sometimes want to talk about someone other than yourself! It might be a good idea to remind yourself of all the different parts of avoir.

Obviously, you will sometimes want to talk about someone other than yourself! It might be a good idea to remind yourself of all the different parts of avoir.

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Revising avoir 2

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Revising avoir 3

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The perfect tense of -er verbs 1

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The perfect tense of -er verbs 2

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Now make up five sentences of your own. Write the English next to each one.

J’TuIlElleOnNousVousIls Elles

aiai

asasaa

ontont

avonsavons

avezavez

mangémangé

jouéjoué

dessinédessiné

achetéacheté

portéporté

trouvétrouvé

regardéregardé

des fritesdes frites

une voitureune voiture

une maisonune maison

mon amimon ami

la téléla télé

un match de footun match de foot

au rugbyau rugby

un t-shirt bleuun t-shirt bleu €10,00€10,00le week-end dernier.

vendredi dernier.

l’année dernière.

il y a une semaine.

la semaine dernière.

The perfect tense of -er verbs 3

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The perfect tense of -er verbs 4

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The perfect tense of -er verbs 5

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The perfect tense of -ir verbs 1

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The perfect tense of -ir verbs 2

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The perfect tense of -re verbs 1

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The perfect tense of -re verbs 2

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The perfect tense of regular verbs

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-er verbs (eg jouer – to play)j’ai joué

-ir verbs (eg finir – to finish)j’ai fini

-re verbs (eg attendre – to wait)j’ai attendu

take off the -er ending and add é

take off the -ir ending and add i

take off the -re ending and add u

Irregular verbs in the perfect tense 1

Unfortunately, not all verbs are regular in the perfect tense.

Unfortunately, not all verbs are regular in the perfect tense.

Before we look at irregular verbs, can you remember the patterns for regular verbs?

Before we look at irregular verbs, can you remember the patterns for regular verbs?

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Here are some more of the most common irregular verbs in the perfect tense.

avoir boire croire devoir dire

écrire être faire lire

mettre pouvoir prendre recevoir

voir vouloir

infinitive

j’ai eu j’ai bu j’ai cru j’ai dû j’ai dit

j’ai écrit j’ai été j’ai fait j’ai lu

j’ai mis j’ai pu j’ai pris j’ai reçu

j’ai vuj’ai voulu

perfect

Irregular verbs in the perfect tense 2

Can you fill in the 3rd column?

Can you fill in the 3rd column?

meaning

I have eatenI have drunk

I have believedI had to

I have saidI have writtenI have beenI have doneI have read

I have put (on)I have been able to

I have takenI have received

I have seenI have wanted (to)

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