Perfect Tense In The Negative

Question 1

What do you need to do to form the negative in the perfect tense?

Answer 1

To form the negative in the perfect tense you need to “sandwich” the auxiliary verb with NE…..PAS. Essentially, put either NE or N’ before the auxiliary verb and PAS after.

Question 2

I didn’t eat the bread

Answer 2

Je n’ai pas mangé le pain

Question 3

You (pl) didn’t play tennis

Answer 3

Vous n’avez pas joué au tennis

Question 4

He didn’t see the dog

Answer 4

Il n’a pas vu le chien