Irregular Past Tense (conjugated with avoir)

To form a verb in the past tense, you need: 1. the present tense form of avoir (e.g. j’ai, il a, ils ont) 2. the past participle of the verb. You need to learn off the past participles for irregular verbs

past participle of: to be

été

past participle of: être

été

past participle of: avoir

eu

past participle of: to have

eu

past participle of: écrire

écrit

past participle of: to write

écrit

past participle of: dire

dit

past participle of: to say/tell

dit

past participle of: to do/make

fait