Introduction to the perfect tense with avoir 4

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v e s L e a n n g o b e c Learn when we use the perfect tense and how to form it with

avoir

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The perfect tense of -er verbs 1

The perfect tense is used to talk about completed actions in the past. The perfect tense has

two parts

: the

auxiliary

– the present tense of

avoir

the

past participle

To form the past participle of regular -er verbs, remove the

-er

and add -

: mang

mang

La souris

a mangé

le fromage.

auxiliary past participle

The perfect tense of -er verbs 2