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• Use avant de followed by an infinitive to mean ‘before (eg doing)’.

• Use après avoir followed by a past participle to mean ‘after (eg doing)’.

Use avant de followed by an infinitive to mean ‘before (eg doing)’.

For example:

Avant de recycler du plastique, il faut essayer de le réutiliser. – Before recycling plastic, you should try to re-use it.

Nous avons joué au foot avant d’aller au cinéma. – We played football before going to the cinema.

Use après avoir followed by an infinitive to mean ‘after (eg doing)’.

For example:

Après avoir fait mes devoirs, j’ai regardé la télé. – After doing my homework, I watched TV.

Il faut boire de l’eau après avoir joué au tennis. – You need to drink water after playing tennis.

If the verb takes ê�ٰ��� in the perfect tense, use après ê�ٰ���.

For example:

Après ê�ٰ��� allée au supermarché, elle a cuisiné. – After going to the supermarket, she cooked.

Remember

When the verb in the sentence takes ê�ٰ��� in the perfect tense, the past participle must agree with the subject of the sentence.

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