1. The perfect tense with avoir
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The perfect tense with avoir

2. Learn when we use the perfect tense and how to form it with avoir.
Learning objectives
Learn when we use the perfect tense and how to form it with avoir.
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3. 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 -é:
manger
mangé
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La souris a mangé le fromage.
auxiliary
past participle

4. The perfect tense of -er verbs 2
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