The Passé Composé with Avoir in French

What you will go through

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   1 Step 1 of 9 ·1 min Recognize Completed Past Events Learn to recognize when French presents a past action as a completed event, including single events and event sequences.
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   2 Step 2 of 9 ·3 min Build the Two-Part Verb Form affirmative passé composé sentences with present-tense avoir and regular past participles.
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   3 Step 3 of 9 ·3 min Use Common Irregular Participles Retrieve common irregular past participles and recognize them in short affirmative sentences.
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   4 Step 4 of 9 ·2 min Add Negatives and Common Adverbs Use negation and selected short adverbs while keeping the two parts of the passé composé in the correct order.
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   5 Step 5 of 9 ·2 min Ask What Happened Ask yes/no and information questions about completed past events while preserving the passé composé structure.
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   6 Step 6 of 9 ·3 min Place Object Pronouns Replace one object with a French pronoun and position it correctly before avoir in affirmative and negative passé composé sentences.
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   7 Step 7 of 9 ·3 min Check Agreement with Direct Objects Use object position and object type to decide whether an avoir past participle agrees.
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   8 Step 8 of 9 ·2 min Connect Events into a Short Account Link completed passé composé events into a short, chronological French account.
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   9 Step 9 of 9 ·4 min Final Task: Tell What Happened Integrate passé composé with avoir in a short, coherent written account and verify the key forms.